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Flare unveils new way for XRP holders to earn yield through a massive DeFi upgrade
Users can now lend FXRP to earn yield or use it as collateral to borrow other assets, giving XRP holders new ways to …
Tether launches open-source Bitcoin mining OS to challenge proprietary software
Tether has launched MiningOS, an open-source operating system for bitcoin mining as an alternative to proprietary sof…
Aave founder buys $30 million mansion in London’s Notting Hill amid luxury market slowdown: report
Aave founder Stani Kulechov has purchased a £22 million mansion in the pricy residential area of London’s Notting …
Elon Musk’s xAI opens crypto expert role amid $1.25 trillion SpaceX merger
Elon Musk's xAI is seeking to hire a crypto expert to train its AI models amid a merger with SpaceX ahead of an antic…
Elon Musk's xAI is hiring crypto specialists to train its AI models
The remote role focuses on teaching AI models how crypto markets work, from trading behavior to on-chain activity and…
Bitcoin miners get an open-source alternative as Tether launches MiningOS
Stablecoin issuer Tether said its new MiningOS is a modular, self-hosted software stack built to run mining operation…
MultiversX integrates Google’s new AI commerce standard, adds support for Coinbase-incubated x402 payments
New transaction standards aim to let AI systems access data, services & digital assets without relying on traditional…
The Daily: Hyperliquid tests prediction markets, Solana-based DEX aggregator Jupiter integrates Polymarket, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Bed Bath & Beyond stock jumps on deal to tokenize real estate with Tokens.com buy
The new platform, planned to debut by July, will use tools from tZERO and integrate with blockchain firm Figure to of…
Hyperliquid tests ‘Outcomes,’ moving into booming prediction markets and limited risk options trading
HyperLiquid is adding general-purpose Outcome trading as an expansion to Hyperliquid’s in-progress HIP-4 update.
Arcium launches privacy-preserving Mainnet Alpha on Solana as Umbra debuts shielded finance layer
Arcium has launched its Mainnet Alpha on Solana, taking its encrypted computation network live as Umbra debuts a shie…
Zama launches token, debuts privacy metric after more than $121 million shielded on Ethereum
Zama rolled out its ZAMA token while debuting Total Value Shielded, a new privacy metric, after encrypting over $121 …
CrossCurve bridge exploited for approximately $3 million across multiple chains via spoofed messages
A missing validation check seemingly allowed multiple attackers to spoof cross-chain messages and drain the protocol'…
A sudden shift in Ethereum staking is draining billions from exchanges toward a new corporate elite
By the end of 2025, a corner of the market most Ethereum traders rarely watch had built a position large enough to ma…
Quantum threat gets real: Ethereum Foundation prioritizes security with leanVM and PQ signatures
Earlier in January, the Ethereum Foundation formally elevated post-quantum security to a strategic priority, creating…
Bitcoin hashrate drops 12% in worst drawdown since China mining ban: CryptoQuant
A severe winter storm has forced US miners to curtail operations, dragging bitcoin’s hashrate, output and miner mar…
Solana DeFi platform step finance hit by $27 million treasury hack as token price craters
The platform's governance token (STEP) plummeted over 80% following the announcement amid a wider crypto market drawd…
How decentralized AI training will create a new asset class for digital intelligence
Tokenized AI will democratize access to the world’s most valuable resource, argues Brukhman.
The market for tokenized equities has exploded by almost 3,000% in a single year
Tokenized stocks grew nearly 3,000% in 2025 as new SEC rules and a DTCC pilot pushed the asset class toward the $1 bi…
Solana DeFi platform Step Finance investigating $29 million treasury wallet compromise
The attack sent Step Finance's native STEP token plummeting more than 60% as the protocol enlists security firms to i…
NYSE's 24/7 plan could fix key problem for stock tokens, Ondo's de Bode says
NYSE and Nasdaq introducing 24/7 trading with tokenized stock would be a "godsend," solving thin weekend liquidity, O…
Cardano secures $70B liquidity injection that finally solves the network’s biggest missing piece for investors
On Jan. 30, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced that he has signed an integration agreement to bring USDCx, a…
The Daily: Trump names crypto-friendly Kevin Warsh as Fed chair nominee, Binance pledges $1 billion SAFU fund to bitcoin, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Lido’s new stVaults will let L2s create their own rules for Ethereum staking
stVaults let other teams plug into Lido’s staking system instead of building their own from scratch.
Lido rolls out stVaults on mainnet with Day 1 users including Linea, Nansen and several institutional stakers
stVaults, introduced in February 2025 as part of the Lido V3 upgrade, are finally rolling out in a mainnet.
Vitalik Buterin commits roughly $45 million in ETH to open-source security and privacy projects
Vitalik Buterin personally pledged 16,384 ETH to fund privacy-focused projects amid the Ethereum Foundation's shift t…
Plunge in gold, silver, and copper sparks $120 million rout in blockchain metal clones
Metals remain a leading theme for the year while bitcoin trades independently, suggestive of its growing role as a st…
US DOJ finalizes $400 million forfeiture tied to Helix darknet crypto mixer
The DOJ said Helix processed at least 354,468 bitcoin between 2014 and 2017, worth about $300 million at the time.
Tokenization firm Securitize reports 841% revenue growth as it prepares to go public
With crypto prices and crypto-related stocks in the midst of a major selloff today, Securitize SPAC merger partner Ca…
The Daily: ‘The DAO is back!’ Tether rebuffs stablecoin yield claims, Senate Agriculture Committee advances crypto bill, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.