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A 2011 physical Bitcoin loaded with 25 BTC was just unlocked during the $62k selloff
A Casascius coin tied to 25 BTC moved this week, converting a 2011 physical Bitcoin artifact into spendable BTC durin…
Travala debuts agentic AI travel protocol with gasless USDC payments on Base
Travala launched an agentic AI travel protocol on Base supporting gasless USDC hotel bookings and AI-assisted payment…
Cosmos Labs acquires block explorer Mintscan, forms Korea subsidiary to expand ecosystem
Cosmos Labs has acquired Cosmos block explorer Mintscan and formed a new Korea-based subsidiary, Cosmos Labs Korea.
Crypto VC deal count slumps to five-year low as investors grow more selective
Monthly venture deal count in crypto fell to roughly 50 deals in May, a level not seen since before 2021.
Vitalik wants DeFi price crashes to stop triggering automatic liquidations
Vitalik Buterin is challenging one of DeFi's most familiar safety mechanisms: the automatic liquidation that closes a…
Variant raises $222 million fund targeting early stage crypto, AI startups that expand ‘autonomy’
Variant founder Jesse Walden said the firm is targeting firms that expand autonomy, including in permissionless and a…
Ethena taps Anchorage for secure offchain collateral in institutional lending push
Ethena began pivoting toward overcollateralized institutional lending in April as part of a major overhaul of USDe re…
Veda brings the vault stack behind Kraken DeFi Earn to Privy’s 2,000-plus developer teams
The same vault stack powering Kraken DeFi Earn and EtherFi's Liquid will be available via a self-serve API for develo…
Failed Ethereum ICO from 2016 just unlocked 1,003 ETH by exploiting itself
A whitehat and HongCoin's original multisig used a preserved overflow bug to reopen refunds trapped since 2016. The p…
The Funding: How crypto hedge funds are navigating weak markets
As crypto markets remain weak, fund managers say asset selection, fundamentals, and alpha matter more than ever.
Base launches Azul on mainnet, pushing Coinbase’s Ethereum L2 toward full decentralization
Base has deployed its Azul upgrade on mainnet, with multiproofs and a new client stack advancing decentralization.
Hyperliquid-based prop trading platform Hypernova raises $3 million in pre-seed funding
Hyperliquid-based prop trading platform Hypernova says it offers "instant payouts" and plans to publicly launch withi…
VanEck’s tokenized VBILL US Treasury fund can now be used as collateral on Euler
Securitize launched VanEck's VBILL as a collateral asset in an Euler lending market curated by KPK on Thursday.
DeFi’s automated yield protocols were built for retail, now they just add another layer of risk
Automated yield protocols built DeFi's most persuasive retail pitch that depositing into a vault was all a user neede…
Aztec Labs acquires ZKPassport, pledges to keep privacy protocol and iOS mobile app open-source
The Obsidion team, including co-founders Michael Elliot and Theo Madzou, will join Aztec Labs to continue developing …
Tiny x402 payments expose the approval gap holding AI agents back
Agentic payment protocol x402 volume collapsed roughly 77% from its November 2025 peak of $5.15 million to $1.19 mill…
Aave is bank-sized, but $2.9T in corporate loans reveals the risk DeFi still can’t price
US commercial and industrial lending reached $2.89 trillion at commercial banks for the week ending May 13, up roughl…
What To Expect In The Latest XRP Ledger Update And How It Affects Holders
The XRP Ledger is moving through another important update process, and this one is not only about adding new features…
Coinbase-incubated Base blockchain rolls out MCP gateway to AI interfaces like Claude, ChatGPT
With the integration, users will now be able to use natural language prompts to swap tokens, transfer funds, and inte…
Ripple, North Island Ventures back $6 million round for cross-chain platform Squid
Squid is preparing to launch a new consumer product aimed at making it easier to access and manage crypto assets, Fig…
CLEAR token tanks 48% as Everclear winds down protocol, foundation and labs unit
Everclear achieved $500 million in monthly volume, but "never developed the commercial depth," the team said on Thurs…
MoonPay announces fourth acquisition of the year with Decent, as it launches MoonPay Trade
This Decent deal comes on a wave of acquisitions by MoonPay, including DFlow and Sodot, which all support MoonPay Trade.
Cosmos co-founder’s new multilateral clearing startup Cycles raises $6.4 million
The round, led by Blockchange Ventures, with support from Coinbase Ventures, among others, brings Cycle's total fundi…
Foundation raises $6.4 million to expand from bitcoin hardware wallets into AI agent authorization
The firm also announced the general availability of its flagship Passport Prime device and expanded access to its Key…
Kik founder’s latest app Flipcash first to tap Coinbase’s stablecoin-as-a-service platform
Coinbase rolled out its Custom Stablecoin platform in late 2025 to enable companies to launch branded stablecoins.
Arbitrum-based derivatives venue Variational raises $50 million Series A led by Dragonfly
Variational is positioning itself as a retail-friendly brokerage via its in-development Omni app, which will offer "z…
MoneyGram named ‘anchor remittance validator’ for Stripe-backed Tempo blockchain
MoneyGram will help validate remittance transactions on the Layer 1 blockchain and integrate stablecoin settlement fo…
Catena Labs lands $30 million Series A, files for national trust bank charter to underpin agentic finance
Sean Neville's Catena Labs closed a $30 million Series A to build governed infrastructure for AI agent financial tran…
Tether, Gnosis co-lead $4.4 million seed round for lightweight mobile-friendly Sorted Wallet
With the additional funding, Sorted intends to expand geographically, particularly targeting Sub-Saharan Africa and S…
Deloitte absorbs Blocknative team as crypto infra firm winds down APIs and Gas Network
The Blocknative website now returns a post noting that the firm is “now in the process of ceasing operations."