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Fund services giant Apex to tokenize Bitcoin mining note on Coinbase’s Base platform
Apex will tokenize the Omnes Mining Note “OMN,” an institutional-grade structured note backed by Bitcoin hashrate.
OKX launches equity perpetual swaps, offering 5x leverage to ‘Mag 7’ stocks
Additional contracts cover major cryptocurrency-related stocks, such as Strategy, Coinbase, Robinhood, and Circle.
Balancer Labs will shut down as corporate entity became 'a liability' after $110 million exploit
Co-founder Fernando Martinelli said he considered winding down the entire protocol but decided the team deserved a ch…
Kalshi, Polymarket tighten insider trading controls amid Senate scrutiny
US senators recently introduced the 'Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act' to ban sports betting on prediction markets.
Bitcoin's mining concentration just showed up in a rare 2-block reorg
A 2-block reorg at height 941,881 saw Foundry's chain overwrite blocks from AntPool and ViaBTC, coming days after min…
Protesters Rally Outside OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI Offices Over Industry Concerns
Protesters marched between the San Francisco offices of major AI developers, calling for a pause in the development o…
Solana Foundation targets institutions with new privacy framework
The organization argued that the next phase of crypto adoption will depend less on transparency alone and more on giv…
Gold is not acting like a safe haven, so what does “digital gold” even mean for Bitcoin?
Over the last week, both Bitcoin and gold failed the safe-haven test. Bitcoin is still trading more like a risk asset…
Fake Influencers to Compete for Real Money in 'AI Personality of the Year' Challenge
OpenArt and Fanvue have launched a four-week global challenge with a $90K+ prize pool to find the best AI personality…
The Daily: Lawmakers move to ban sports betting on prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi CEOs back a new $35 million venture fund, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Mizuho slashes Gemini price target by more than half as weaker trading outweighs card growth
The price target cut reflects both weaker trading assumptions and a broader compression in exchange valuation multiples.
Why investors are pulling back from gold and still buying Bitcoin
Gold has fallen into bear-market territory after giving up its gains for the year, even as US spot Bitcoin exchange-t…
BlackRock is betting billions that tokenized funds will do for Wall Street what the internet did to mail
In his annual letter, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink argues that digital wallets and tokenized assets could modernize marke…
MoonPay releases open-source cross-chain wallet standard for AI agents
MoonPay has introduced the Open Wallet Standard, a framework that lets AI agents hold assets, sign transactions, and …
Bitcoin focus shifts from oil to bonds as US and Japan 10-year yields spike into a critical week
Bond markets, not oil alone, may decide Bitcoin’s fate this week The market is still treating oil as the center of …
Lawmakers move to ban sports betting on prediction markets in bipartisan Senate push: WSJ
The proposal comes as prediction markets face mounting legal pressure from several states alongside rapid growth and …
Fidelity urges SEC to refine rules for broker-dealers handling crypto assets
Fidelity said broker-dealers need more clarity to offer, custody and trade crypto assets, and facilitate crypto-secur…
The Funding: Is a token-to-equity shift emerging in crypto?
Across Protocol’s recent temp check proposal raises a bigger question about the future of DAOs and tokens in crypto.
CoinDCX co-founders arrested by Indian police for alleged fraud deny wrongdoing, blame impersonation scheme: reports
CoinDCX called the report "false" and said the fraud was carried out through a copycat website by impersonators, not …
Ethereum faces make-or-break moment in high-stakes balancing act as scaling, quantum and AI pressures mount
While upgrades have improved efficiency and lowered costs, the ecosystem faces deeper structural questions around fra…
How AI Is Being Used to Clear Court Backlogs in LA
The Los Angeles Superior Court is pilot testing whether Learned Hand’s curated AI can help manage rising workloads.
Crypto finally got SEC clarity. Why didn’t the market care?
The SEC and CFTC just gave crypto its clearest and most straightforward regulatory guidance in years. Most crypto ass…
Crypto firms cut hundreds of jobs in weeks, blaming weak markets, strong AI
A wave of crypto job cuts in early 2026 exposes the gap between two convenient narratives: macro headwinds and AI tra…
‘Replacing humans is not close’: BlockSec challenges EVMBench on AI auditing
“The real question is not ‘Can AI replace humans?’ but ‘How should humans and AI work together?’” BlockSe…
OpenAI Plans to Merge ChatGPT, Codex and Atlas Into One 'Superapp': WSJ
OpenAI will consolidate its fragmented desktop products into a single superapp, a report claims, as rival Anthropic g…
The Daily: VanEck says slowdown in bitcoin long-term holder selling signals ‘potentially constructive’ trend, Gemini hit with investor lawsuit, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
White House AI Proposal Seeks to Override State Laws, Avoid New Regulator
The Trump administration's framework outlines a national approach to AI policy, from child safety to data centers.
Nasdaq winning SEC approval to move stocks onchain shows how Wall Street is taking charge of crypto tech
Nasdaq's structure the SEC approved opens door to bring blockchain benefits to equities, while preserving the same-ol…
Coinbase launches stock perpetual futures for ‘Magnificent 7’ names, including Apple, Tesla and Nvidia, expanding ‘everything exchange’ push
Coinbase has introduced stock perpetual futures for eligible non-U.S. users, with selected ETF products also available.
Gemini hit with investor lawsuit over strategy shift, stock slump as losses widen and layoffs mount
Gemini is facing a class-action lawsuit in New York accusing it of misleading investors about its strategy before and…