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US DOJ probes whether Iran used Binance to evade sanctions: WSJ
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Iran used crypto exchange Binance to evade sanctions, per the Wa…
Prosecutors push to retry Tornado Cash founder even after Washington said crypto mixers have legal uses
Washington sent two messages about crypto privacy in the same week. Treasury told Congress that lawful users of digit…
Bitcoin Crosses 20 Million Coins Mined — And Only 1 In 20 Remains
The last full Bitcoin could be mined sometime in the 2090s. Only fractions will follow until roughly 2140, when the f…
The Daily: Winklevoss twins move $130 million in BTC to Gemini, South Korean prosecutors sell seized bitcoin and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
People traded $25B of crypto stock tokens that do not make them stockholders
Nasdaq's latest tokenization push is another attempt to bring stocks onto blockchain rails. Yet the real significance…
Kraken's tokenized stock venue starts points program, hinting at possible ecosystem token
The initiative will reward trading and DeFi use of tokenized stocks as the sector tops $1 billion and gains traction …
Cardano spent years looking slow. Now that may help it win in crypto’s rule-heavy era
Cardano's recent updates look unremarkable when read one by one: a ratified long-term vision, a stricter constitution…
Babylon, Ledger partnership targets secure use of bitcoin as DeFi collateral
The partnership aims to make native bitcoin usable as collateral in decentralized finance without giving up self-cust…
Winklevoss twins move $130 million in bitcoin to Gemini as estimated profit tops $1.8 billion: Arkham
The Winklevoss twins moved $130 million in bitcoin to Gemini hot wallets while still holding $764 million worth of BT…
Trust Wallet launches automatic Address Poisoning Protection to help prevent increasingly common attack
Cyvers estimates there are more than one million address-poisoning preparations per day on Ethereum, a tactic Trust W…
95% of all Bitcoin is now mined — and it’s raising a new question about security
Bitcoin's circulating supply surpassed 20 million coins on March 9, a milestone that places 95% of all BTC that will …
Nasdaq partners with Boerse Stuttgart’s Seturion to advance tokenized settlement in Europe
The partnership is set to connect Nasdaq's European trading venues to Seturion's blockchain-based platform.
Blockchain.com expands operations to Ghana in push for African growth
The firm said it saw a 700% growth in brokerage transaction volume in Nigeria since launching there last year.
US Treasury signals regulated crypto privacy may have a future in the US
Treasury’s mixer language points to a new U.S. line on crypto privacy A new Treasury report says lawful users may u…
Are US stablecoins just CBDCs in disguise? Look closely and the differences start to blur
America may reject the name “CBDC” while still building the conditions for CBDC-like control through private doll…
The Daily: Bitcoin’s mined supply tops 20 million BTC, Nasdaq partners with Kraken on tokenization initiative, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Coinbase and Paxos tap USDC, PYUSD stablecoins to pay Aon insurance premiums
Financial services firm Aon accepted USDC and PYUSD stablecoins for Coinbase and Paxos's insurance premium payments.
New Bitcoin indicator reveals we just avoided a major drop — but one level could decide the next breakout
Bitcoin spent the weekend mostly within a familiar price channel, then slipped lower before recovering as traders rea…
Zcash Open Development Lab raises $25 million from leading crypto investors Paradigm, a16z and others
Zcash Open Development Lab is developing the Zodl wallet, using the popular Zashi wallet codebase, and other Zcash-re…
Sonic Labs taps Frax infrastructure for native network stablecoin
Sonic Labs' USSD stablecoin is backed by tokenized Treasuries products from BlackRock, WisdomTree, and Superstate.
XRP is bleeding with over $50 billion in unrealized losses as 60% of supply goes underwater
XRP remains under significant pressure as the latest oil shock and broader market unease push investors toward a more…
South Korea crypto exchange Bithumb hit with suspension, CEO faces disciplinary action: report
Bithumb was recently targeted by an investigation after the exchange mistakenly sent 620,000 BTC to hundreds of users.
Nasdaq partners with Kraken parent Payward to link tokenized equities with DeFi networks
Nasdaq has partnered with Kraken’s parent company Payward to build infrastructure linking tokenized equity markets …
Bitcoin traders focus on $61k as oil surges past $115 and weak jobs data rattle markets
Bitcoin slid below $70,000 this weekend after a weak US jobs report, and another jump in oil prices revived stagflati…
Coinbase rolls out crypto futures trading across 26 European countries
Coinbase launched regulated crypto futures trading to Coinbase Advanced users across 26 European countries through it…
The Funding: Why NYSE parent ICE chose OKX for a reported $200 million investment at a $25 billion valuation
Why did NYSE parent ICE choose to invest in and partner with crypto exchange OKX? What exactly is ICE trying to achie…
New model proves miners need Bitcoin above $74k to break even on power – but other costs push it over 6 figures
Riot case study shows US Bitcoin miners can clear power costs long before they clear full profit Bitcoin mining costs…
Seven internet cables were cut at once — Bitcoin barely noticed, but researchers found a real chokepoint
When seabed disturbances off Côte d'Ivoire severed seven submarine cables in March 2024, the regional internet impac…
SEC pressure on crypto giants fades as Trump-linked project draws $75M from Justin Sun
On Mar. 5, Justin Sun reached a $10 million settlement with the SEC to resolve a civil fraud case that alleged he gen…
161,000 US jobs just disappeared after a revision as Bitcoin navigates increasingly messy macro data
US markets move in seconds when the jobs report hits. February payrolls fell by 92,000 jobs, the unemployment rate ro…