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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…
Bitcoin’s “quantum” death sentence is causing a Wall Street rift, but the fix is already hidden in the code
The consensus that Bitcoin has matured into “digital gold” faces a new fracture line on Wall Street, one that has…
Elon Musk’s X back online following massive global outage
Frequent outages on Musk's platform X could undermine user trust and highlight vulnerabilities in its infrastructure …
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…
Riot stock rises on AMD lease and Rockdale land acquisition
Riot's strategic expansion in Texas enhances its data center capabilities, positioning it for significant long-term g…
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,…
Cake wallet adds Zcash support as it expands beyond its Monero roots
Cake offers a suite of privacy tools, including Bitcoin PayJoin transactions, though it is often associated most with…
Interactive Brokers unlocks 24/7 funding with USDC, plans to rollout Ripple and PayPal stablecoins next week
The integration is powered by Zerohash, a B2B crypto and stablecoin infrastructure provider backed by Interactive Bro…
The Daily: Bank of America’s $6T stablecoin warning, BitMine’s $200M MrBeast investment, X’s InfoFi policy change hits Kaito token, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Nvidia reportedly ends RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB production as GPU prices surge
Nvidia discontinues RTX 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti 16GB, fueling GPU price hikes as supply tightens and 8GB cards take cente…
Elon Musk's X Bans Access to ‘InfoFi’ Crypto Projects Amid ‘AI Slop’ Backlash
X is making major changes to its API to prevent access by "InfoFi" crypto projects that seek to incentivize "reply sp…
Kaito token plummets after X revises API policies to ban ‘infofi’ crypto projects
Infofi has led to a "tremendous amount of AI slop & reply spam" on the X platform, the firm's product lead said.
CME adds Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar to growing crypto derivatives lineup
CME is positioning crypto futures as a testing ground for broader changes like smaller contract sizes and, eventually…
Ripple, LMAX Group strike deal to expand institutional stablecoin use with $150 million in financing
Ripple will provide $150 million in financing as LMAX Group integrates RLUSD as collateral across its institutional t…
Stablecoins and self-custody are driving the rise of crypto neobanks
For years, crypto’s most ambitious builders focused on blockchains’ plumbing. But a growing number of projects ar…
Ethereum’s surprising usage drop suggests the network solved the wrong problem with Fusaka upgrade
Ethereum activated the Fusaka upgrade on Dec. 3, 2025, raising the network's data availability capacity through Blob …
Fogo launches high-speed blockchain mainnet after $7 million Binance token sale
Fogo aims to achieve 40-millisecond block times, making it “up to 18x faster” than rival throughput-maxing networ…
London Stock Exchange unveils blockchain-powered platform for cash and digital assets
The integration of blockchain in financial settlements could revolutionize asset liquidity, risk management, and oper…
London Stock Exchange Group launches 24/7 blockchain-based settlement platform for tokenized bank deposits
LSEG launched its Digital Settlement House enabling 24/7 settlement of tokenized commercial bank deposits across curr…
Bank of America CEO warns up to $6 trillion in deposits could shift to stablecoins if allowed to pay interest
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan warned that stablecoin yield rules could shift up to $6 trillion in deposits from …
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev reaffirms support for crypto market structure bill amid delay
The Senate Banking Committee postponed a markup hearing for the legislation late Wednesday after Coinbase pulled its …
Coinbase pulled support for Senate crypto legislation — here’s what happened
A combination of timing pressures and unresolved policy concerns led Coinbase to withdraw its support for a sweeping …
Sui Back Online After 'Network Stall' Leads to Six Hours of Downtime
The Sui blockchain recovered from a nearly six-hour outage Wednesday, marking the network's second major downtime sin…
Coinbase says it won’t back Senate crypto bill ahead of banking committee vote
Coinbase won't be supporting the Senate Banking Committee's sweeping cryptocurrency legislation, its CEO said.
Critical tokenization infrastructure provider Alpaca raises $150 million Series D, pushing valuation to $1.15 billion
Alpaca says it powers 94% of all tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs, working with leading RWA projects Dinari, Ondo Fin…
Tesla to gate Full Self‑Driving behind monthly subscription starting Feb. 14
Tesla will eliminate the one-time Full Self-Driving purchase option on Feb. 14, replacing it with a $99 monthly subsc…
Figure unveils onchain equity network aimed at remaking stock trading and lending
Figure’s OPEN platform is designed to handle issuance, settlement, and stock lending onchain, instead of replicatin…