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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 …
Sweeping crypto legislation hits major snag as Senate Banking Committee postpones markup
The Senate Banking Committee has pulled its hearing to amend and vote on sweeping crypto legislation following a tumu…
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.
Senate crypto bill nears crunch time as amendments pile up, lobbying intensifies ahead of Senate Banking Committee hearing
Lawmakers face a pivotal Senate hearing with over 70 amendments in play, as debates over stablecoin yield and DeFi co…
Figure joins stock tokenization race with new trading platform backed by BitGo, Jump
The blockchain lender's new OPEN platform hosts equities registered natively onchain, bypassing DTCC and allowing DeF…
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…
Zcash Foundation says SEC has closed the book on its years-long probe into the organization
The SEC has closed a years-long probe into the Zcash Foundation, the nonprofit said in a blog post Wednesday.
Project Eleven raises $20 million Series A at $120 million valuation to prepare crypto networks for post-quantum threats
The startup is building tools to help secure crypto networks such as Bitcoin against emerging threats from quantum co…
Blockchain lender Figure named 2026 'top pick' by Wall Street analyst
The Wall Street broker said that the regulatory momentum and a volatile banking backdrop are amplifying demand for Fi…
Paradigm leads $7.1 million seed round for attention market Noise ahead of Base mainnet launch
Noise is building a prediction market for the relevancy of social media topics, similar to "a stock market for trends."
Bitwise rolls out Chainlink ETF, CLNK, on NYSE Arca
Another exchange-traded fund tied to Chainlink is set to hit the market Wednesday morning — the Bitwise Chainlink E…
Algorand Foundation returns to U.S. amid friendlier crypto regulation under Trump
The blockchain nonprofit is moving its base of operations back to the United States and has appointed a new board to …
MANTRA cuts staff amid restructuring as OM token remains 99% below peak
MANTRA said it cut staff as part of a restructuring amid a prolonged downturn that has left its OM token about 99% be…
Senate crypto bill could mark biggest financial surveillance expansion since the Patriot Act, Galaxy says
Galaxy Research says illicit finance provisions in the Senate Banking draft go far beyond the House’s Clarity Act.
Backpack launches closed-beta prediction markets with cross-margin feature
The private beta of 'Unified Prediction Portfolio' marks Backpack's foray into the burgeoning prediction markets sector.
Peter Thiel-backed Bitpanda eyes IPO in first half of 2026: Bloomberg
Vienna-based crypto exchange Bitpanda is reportedly seeking to go public in Germany at a valuation of roughly $4.6 bi…
Kraken and Bitget set the pace in the early innings of tokenized stock trading
Kraken remains king in actively traded tokenized stocks, while Ondo has scaled issuance faster through its partnershi…
‘Surreal moment’: Polymarket CEO touts prediction platform’s ‘most mainstream integration’ at Golden Globes
The 2026 edition of the Golden Globes was broadcast Sunday night on CBS and featured several prediction markets from …
Senate Banking Committee’s crypto market structure bill text sets up showdown over stablecoin rewards
Lawmakers and the crypto industry are sifting through pages and pages of bill text, with much of the focus being on s…
The Daily: Senate unveils updated market structure bill, YZi Labs invests in Genius Trading as CZ joins as advisor, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
ETHGas launches GWEI token to govern Ethereum blockspace and make onchain execution predictable
Ethereum blockspace protocol ETHGas has launched its governance token GWEI, pitching it as the engine behind “Realt…
Zama launching token sale at $55 million floor FDV via CoinList and own auction app
The CoinList sale will run next week, with 8% of the 11 billion ZAMA token supply allocated and tokens available to c…
Ethena Labs looks to boost USDe Safe holdings with gas-free Ethereum transactions and 10x rewards bump
"This alliance will accelerate the integration of USDe into the deepest layers of the DeFi economy,” Ethena founder…
Franklin Templeton turns money market fund into stablecoin reserve vehicle
The LUIXX fund has been modified to hold short-term US Treasuries and meet stablecoin reserve standards. The DIGXX fu…
YZi Labs invests ‘multi-8-figure’ in Genius Trading, with CZ joining as advisor
Genius Trading is building a privacy-focused DeFi trading platform and aims to become an onchain alternative to Binan…
Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme and Sequence, ‘foundational’ elements of its Open Money Stack
Sequence offers smart wallet routing for "1-click" cross-network transfers, while Coinme has secured U.S. money-trans…
Crypto Market Structure Bill Poised For A Trump Signature, SEC Chief Says
US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins is confident that a long-awaited crypto market structure bill…
ZKsync lists real-world infrastructure as core focus in 2026 roadmap
ZKsync plans to focus on real-world adoption in 2026, with the expansion of its existing products — Prividium, ZK S…
Kraken-linked SPAC targets Nasdaq IPO with $250 million offering
The Kraken-affiliated company was built for the purpose of effecting a merger with one or more operating businesses.
The Daily: Bitcoin and privacy coins gain as Trump-Powell conflict escalates, Tether freezes $182M in USDT, Strategy makes biggest buy in six months, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.