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The Daily: Monad sets mainnet and airdrop for Nov. 24, Ripple raises $500M, Bitcoin’s ‘IPO moment,’ and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Paradigm leads $6 million seed round for Harmonic, aiming to help Solana reach Nasdaq speed
“Harmonic brings Solana closer to being the onchain Nasdaq,” Harmonic co-founder Jakob Povšič told The Block.
Dinari Taps Chainlink to Tokenize S&P DJI's Upcoming Crypto Market Index
The S&P Digital Markets 50 Index tracks a basket of blockchain-focused stocks and digital assets; Chainlink will prov…
Gemini preparing to launch prediction market contracts: Bloomberg
In May, the exchange filed to launch a derivatives exchange, which may be used for prediction markets trading.
Appeals court judges question Sam Bankman-Fried’s claims over FTX solvency
Arguments made by former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer in a bid to get a new trial may not have been convincing,…
The Daily: Stream Finance external fund manager discloses $93 million loss, Sequans dumps nearly a third of its bitcoin holdings, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman Fried returns to court seeking new trial after FTX fraud conviction
Jailed former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is back in court as he looks to get a redo after being found guilty on multip…
Stablecoin-enabled payments infrastructure platform Zynk raises $5 million from Coinbase Ventures and others
Zynk raised $5 million in a seed round led by Hivemind Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, among others.
UBS, Chainlink Execute First Onchain Tokenized Fund Redemption in $100T Market
The transaction involved the tokenized UBS USD Money Market Investment Fund Token (uMINT) on Ethereum, with DigiFT as…
FTX withdraws motion seeking to limit repayments in China, Russia and other restricted jurisdictions
Meanwhile, Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted founder of FTX, is scheduled to appear at an appeal hearing in New York o…
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest buys $12 million worth of Bullish shares
Bullish, a crypto exchange backed by Peter Thiel, launched spot trading in the US last month after obtaining a key Ne…
Wintermute’s Evgeny Gaevoy says the market maker isn’t suing Binance and ‘never had plans to’
Evgeny Gaevoy said Wintermute will not sue Binance over losses incurred during the largest crypto liquidation event o…
FTSE Russell taps Chainlink to bring Russell 1000 and other index data onchain
The tie-up will bring data for major global indices like the Russell 1000, Russell 2000, Russell 3000, and other FTSE…
The Daily: Balancer hit by $128 million exploit, Hong Kong opens global liquidity access for local crypto exchanges, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Paradigm leads $7.6 million seed funding round for perp DEX aggregator Liquid
Liquid, a crypto perp DEX aggregator, has raised $7.6 million in seed funding from investors including Paradigm and G…
Kraken unlocks crypto collateral for derivatives across the EU
Kraken will now allow traders to post crypto collateral in the European Union via its MiFID-regulated derivatives pla…
How XRP can provide $5 billion daily ‘working capital’ for currency exchanges
XRP can serve as short-term working capital for currency exchanges, as transactions typically take only a few minutes…
DEX volume hits all-time high in October as traders reposition funds
Decentralized exchange trading volume soared to a record $613.3 billion in October, up from around $500 billion in Se…
The Daily: Standard Chartered sees major RWA growth on Ethereum, CZ challenges Sen. Warren, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Wall Street analysts stay bullish on Coinbase after strong Q3, point to derivatives and stablecoins as next growth drivers
Analysts highlighted Coinbase’s diversification beyond trading, citing momentum in derivatives, stablecoin revenue,…
SBF says FTX was solvent, blames bankruptcy team for ‘decimating’ firm
Bankman-Fried and his family have claimed that the FTX co-founder was wrongfully convicted, and are seeking clemency …
Coinbase rejects Senator Murphy’s claims of Trump favoritism as ‘ridiculous’
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy claimed in a post on X that Coinbase's donations were part of 'Trump's corruption factory.'
Ethereum devs officially target Dec. 3 for Fusaka upgrade
The backwards-compatible Fusaka hard fork will implement about a dozen Ethereum Improvement Proposals.
Standard Chartered sees tokenized real-world assets reaching $2 trillion by 2028 — ‘vast majority’ on Ethereum
“The fact that other chains are faster or cheaper is irrelevant, in our view,” Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Ke…
Coinbase Q3 revenue surges 37% as Ethereum trading share climbs, reversing last quarter’s slump
CEO Brian Armstrong said Coinbase is "long on Bitcoin" as company added $299 million worth of the cryptocurrency duri…
The Daily: ‘Powell’s pullback,’ Uphold’s XRP rewards card, SpaceX’s bitcoin move, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
JPMorgan executes first fund-servicing transaction on its Kinexys blockchain
The Kinexys system uses smart contracts to automate capital calls and reduce manual fund processes, building on an ea…
Whales awaken as old SOL hits exchanges but $117M ETF inflows soak up supply
Solana exhibits an on-chain pattern that appears bearish at first glance but becomes constructive when considered alo…
Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Makes Case for Solana’s Next Big Run
Solana is well-positioned to capture a growing share of the stablecoin and tokenization boom, the investment firm said.
JPMorgan Completes First Blockchain-Based Private Fund Transaction Amid Tokenization Push
Kinexys Fund Flow, developed by the bank's digital asset arm Kinexys, aims to streamline access to alternative funds.