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SVM-powered Solayer launches $35 million ecosystem fund on the heels of alpha mainnet launch
Initially focused on a Solana-based restaking solution, the team announced it was building a high-throughput Layer 1 …
Solayer unveils $35 million fund for real-time DeFi, AI and tokenization apps on infiniSVM
Funded by Solayer Labs and Solayer Foundation, the effort targets onchain apps with revenue and high usage potential.
Dogecoin Foundation-backed team plans ‘Such’ DOGE payments and commerce app for early 2026
The Such app aims to expand Dogecoin’s utility across payments and commerce by combining a self-custodial Dogecoin …
Mask Network takes over Lens Protocol with goal to build ‘products people actually use’
Farcaster, another SocialFi project, has largely abandoned its original mission in favor of developing digital wallet…
Trump Media sets Feb. 2 record date for upcoming rewards token
The token may be launched on Crypto.com’s Cronos blockchain, with the exchange providing custodial services for the…
Portugal orders Polymarket blocked after election bets surge before results announced
Portugal has joined a growing list of countries seeking to block Polymarket amid a rise in election-related wagers.
Trove Markets fallout deepens after token crashes post-launch
Trove Markets has come under renewed scrutiny after its TROVE token plunged following its launch on Solana.
Makina Finance suffers $5 million stablecoin pool exploit: CertiK
Makina Finance’s DUSD/USDC pool lost approximately $5 million in a flash loan exploit, security firms reported.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to work on market structure bill in Davos
Coinbase withdrew support from the bill after seeing that it would ban crypto companies from paying interest on idle …
Pump.fun launches new investment arm for funding startups
As its first initiative, Pump.fun is kicking off a Build in Public (BiP) Hackathon, which will fund $3 million across…
Bermuda teams up with Coinbase and Circle, aiming to build a ‘fully onchain’ economy
The initiative aims to pilot stablecoin payments across government agencies, expand USDC adoption among local busines…
The Daily: Bitcoin slips as US-EU tariff war fears mount, NYSE develops 24/7 tokenized securities trading platform, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on every weekday.
Paradex’s ‘free bitcoin’ pricing glitch triggers mass liquidations, forces rollback
Paradex intends to roll back its appchain after a glitch briefly priced bitcoin at zero, triggering mass liquidations.
NYSE develops tokenized securities platform to support 24/7 trading
The initiative builds on parent firm ICE's broader push toward round-the-clock markets and tokenized capital infrastr…
Crypto’s worst year for hacks wasn’t a smart contract problem. It was a people problem.
In an exclusive interview with CoinDesk, Immuneifi’s CEO, Mitchell Amador, said onchain security is improving despi…
NYSE, ICE develop tokenized securities platform with 24/7 trading and instant settlement
The platform could revolutionize financial markets by enhancing liquidity, reducing settlement times, and integrating…
Decentralized autonomous organizations need a rethink, Ethereum co-founder says
He called for a new wave of DAOs that focus on critical functions, like data maintenance and dispute resolution, with…
Ethereum transactions hit record as staking exit queue drops to zero
The record jump comes as Ethereum’s validator exit queue has dropped to zero while entry queues remain long.
Ethereum may finally kill “trust me” wallets in 2026, and Vitalik says the fix is already shipping
Vitalik Buterin framed 2026 as the year Ethereum reverses a decade of convenience-first compromises. His thesis: the …
XRP volume is exploding in Korea because it exploits a specific gap in the country’s spot-only exchange laws
XRP has become the default trading chip of South Korea, bypassing Bitcoin and Ethereum to dominate the country’s hi…
Kalshi and Polymarket face a “sports gambling” probe that could void your trades and shut down the market
On Jan. 9, Tennessee’s sports betting regulator sent a set of letters that, at first glance, looked like the kind o…
Two solo bitcoin miners hit rare $300,000 jackpots in the same week
Two independent miners mined full blocks and collected roughly 3.15 BTC each, an uncommon outcome in a network domina…
Vitalik Buterin declares 2026 the year Ethereum reverses ‘backsliding’ of self-sovereignty and trustlessness
Buterin said major improvements are underway to make it easier to run a full node, use dapps, and take control over p…
Monero hit an all-time high earlier this week, and crypto sleuth ZachXBT thinks he knows why
ZachXBT said that funds stolen during a social engineering hack were swapped to Monero, helping to push the asset to …
The Daily: Jefferies strategist drops 10% bitcoin allocation over quantum fears, Google Play bans overseas crypto exchanges in South Korea, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Tom Lee's BitMine pushes Ethereum into $8 billion staking backlog
New validators now need to wait more than 44 days to start earning staking rewards, the biggest backlog since late Ju…
X users celebrate crackdown on ‘plague’ of AI-led reply spam as InfoFi platforms seek alternatives
X is revising its developer API policies to no longer allow apps that reward users for posting on the social media pl…
Goldman Sachs CEO says firm is actively exploring tokenization and prediction markets amid evolving US regulation
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the firm is devoting significant resources to tokenization, stablecoins, and pre…
Google Play to ban overseas crypto exchanges from South Korea store
Play Store will soon require all crypto platforms to register as a VASP with the Korean authorities to offer apps in …
More people are using Ethereum for the first time, data shows
The rise in new wallets suggests broader interest in Ethereum, driven by decentralized finance, stablecoin transfers,…