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Real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht is ready to tokenize assets, but says U.S. regulation blocks it
The $125 billion real estate firm wants to offer blockchain-based tokens to clients but is stalled by regulation.
TD Cowen: Despite CFTC intervention, states hold edge in prediction markets legal fight
"We continue to give a slight edge to the states in this legal fight primarily because the states have historically b…
Sam Altman's OpenAI unveils ‘EVMbench’ to test whether AI can keep crypto’s smart contracts safe
Developed with Paradigm, the tool is OpenAI’s attempt to determine whether modern AI systems are up to the task of …
Coinbase adds XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano and Litecoin as collateral for onchain loans via Morpho
Eligible U.S. users, excluding those in New York, can now borrow up to $100,000 in USDC without selling the four toke…
The Protocol: Zora moves to Solana
Also: EF’s Stańczak to leave ED role, XRPL member-only DEX and Ethereum revives the DAO.
Kraken buys token vesting platform Magna, which hit peak TVL of $60 billion in 2025
Kraken acquired the token management platform Magna, marking the exchange’s sixth acquisition over the past 12 months.
Activist investor Starboard says Riot AI pivot could be worth up to $21 billion as miner lags peers
Starboard argues Riot’s Texas power assets position the company to secure large AI data center tenants if managemen…
Tokenized pre-IPO shares topic ignites legal debate at Consensus Hong Kong 2026
Ultan Miller touts a blockchain-based pre-IPO index, while critics warn unauthorized equity tokenization risks legal …
Bitcoin May Gain If AI Job Losses Trigger Bank Stress, Hayes Says
Arthur Hayes has issued a stark market warning: he sees a growing split between his preferred risk gauge, Bitcoin, an…
From 2016 hack to $150M Endowment: the DAO’s second act focuses on Ethereum security
Ten years after the famous hack, the DAO Security Fund has decided to stake the untouched ETH and use the yield to fu…
XRP Ledger rolls out members-only DEX for regulated institutions
A permissioned DEX amendment creates controlled versions of XRPL’s built-in exchange, letting approved entities dec…
Moonwell's $1.12 nightmare: A pricing glitch just let bots seize millions in ETH collateral
A misconfigured Chainlink price oracle on DeFi lender Moonwell briefly valued Coinbase Wrapped ETH (cbETH) at about $…
Zora moves onto Solana with 'attention markets' for trading internet trends
The creator platform’s new product lets users trade tokens linked to social-media traction, a Polymarket-style bet …
$274 Billion In Potential Bitcoin Selling Could Hit Markets, Expert Says
While much of the market’s attention remains fixed on the Bitcoin (BTC) short-term price outlook for the remainder …
Zora launches ‘attention markets’ on Solana
Zora, a socialfi platform closely associated with the Ethereum Layer 2 Base, is launching its new attention market pl…
The Daily: Logan Paul sells previously tokenized Pokemon card for $16M, Gemini parts ways with top execs, Strategy’s latest bitcoin buy, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Gemini exchange parts ways with CFO, COO and CLO in ‘big shakeup’
Gemini will not replace its COO, with co-founder Cameron Winklevoss absorbing key operational and revenue responsibil…
Crypto infrastructure project unveils LI.FI Composer, a multi-step transaction orchestrator
LiFI Composer allows users to combine different actions like swaps, bridging, deposits, and staking into a single tra…
Standard Chartered slashes XRP price target by 65% as whales send millions of tokens to Binance
XRP is sliding even as the XRP Ledger (XRPL) rolls out features that supporters have long framed as a bridge to insti…
Anthony Scaramucci’s son buys Logan Paul’s previously tokenized Pokemon card for record $16 million
In April 2022, Logan Paul raised $8 million to launch Liquid Marketplace, a platform for tokenizing physical and digi…
Crypto’s $300 billion stablecoin supply is increasingly used as ‘everyday money,’ global study finds
Stablecoin use in everyday spending, cross-border work, and savings allocation is growing rapidly among crypto-savvy …
Coinbase diamond hands vs Binance panic sellers — the $60,000 stress test
Bitcoin's recent price crash towards $60,000 did more than just shave billions off market capitalizations or liquidat…
From Wall Street to Web3: This is crypto’s year of integration, Silicon Valley Bank says
From bank-led stablecoins to tokenized T-bills and AI-powered wallets, digital assets will move from pilot projects t…
XRPL holds 63% of this T-bill token supply but barely any of the trading, and that’s a problem
Tokenized US Treasuries are close to $11 billion, but the chain war is shifting from issuance to distribution and uti…
Robinhood’s $221 million crypto revenue drop shows crypto winter isn’t on chain and retail already moved
Crypto winter has a branding problem. The phrase makes it sound like the chain goes quiet, wallets stop moving, and t…
Benchmark cuts Coinbase price target by 37% but says business is ‘more diversified and durable’ than ever
Benchmark's Mark Palmer cut his COIN price target to $267 from $421, citing worsening crypto market conditions, while…
Galaxy’s Steve Kurz sees ‘great convergence’ driving crypto’s long-term outlook
The firm's asset-management chief says the recent crypto selloff reflects healthy deleveraging, while infrastructure …
Traders walked into a “free Bitcoin” trap on Bithumb and it triggered a 17% flash drop
One input mistake at South Korea’s Bithumb turned a routine promo payout into a $44 billion disaster for a simple r…
Grayscale files to convert AAVE token trust into ETF to list on NYSE Arca
Crypto asset manager Grayscale is looking to convert its closed-ended AAVE trust into an exchange-traded fund.
The Daily: South Korean police lose seized bitcoin, Binance France head targeted in failed home invasion attempt, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.