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Akash Network to deprecate its Cosmos chain, begin search for new network
Akash will deprecate its Cosmos-based app chain and evaluate a new base network, potentially outside Cosmos, with Sol…
The Daily: Kalshi raises $300M at a $5B valuation, bitcoin miners’ power capacity is giving them an edge in AI, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Square Bitcoin a ‘big test’ of BTC’s future as payments network with $300 million profit upside, says Mizuho
Square Bitcoin lets U.S. merchants accept BTC with no fees until 2027, a move Mizuho analysts say could reshape consu…
$21 million stolen from Hyperliquid user after apparent private key compromise: PeckShield
A Hyperliquid user lost about $21 million after a private key leak, with the attacker bridging stolen funds to Ethere…
Bitcoin miners’ power edge makes them key AI infrastructure players, Bernstein says
IREN stands out with 3 GW of power capacity, 23,300 GPUs, and a $500 million AI cloud revenue run-rate by early 2026,…
Monero Releases Privacy Boost Against Sneaky Network Nodes
Monero has released the 'Fluorine Fermi' update to enhance user privacy against spy nodes.
Ethereum Foundation Expands Privacy Push With Dedicated Research Cluster
The Foundation framed privacy as essential to Ethereum’s credibility. Blockchains are transparent by design, but wi…
PayPay acquires 40% stake in Binance Japan to bridge crypto and digital payments
PayPay has acquired a 40% equity stake in Binance Japan as part of a capital and business alliance.
Ethereum Foundation creates Privacy Cluster team to strengthen onchain privacy
Ethereum Foundation has formed the Privacy Cluster, a 47-member team of researchers, engineers, and cryptographers le…
Dorsey’s Block stock climbs to 8-month high as Square adds fee-free bitcoin payments for merchants
The rollout includes new bitcoin payment tools and a merchant wallet aimed at making cryptocurrency use easier for sm…
The Protocol: 77% of Bitcoin Holders Have Never Used BTCFi, Survey Reveals
Also: Ethereum Fusaka Upgrade on Holesky, DoubleZero Goes Live and Bee Maps Raises $42M.
Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade Could Cut Node Costs, Ease Adoption
Fusaka – a blend of the names Fulu and Osaka – consists of two simultaneous upgrades to Ethereum’s consensus an…
Ethena and Jupiter partner to launch native Solana stablecoin JupUSD
As part of the arrangement, Jupiter plans to “progressively convert” about $750 million of USDC from its Liquidit…
MetaMask rolls out perpetuals trading, plans Polymarket integration
MetaMask has launched perpetuals trading and plans to integrate with Polymarket to offer prediction markets.
DCG’s decentralized AI subsidiary Yuma hires TradeBlock co-founders to C-Suite
TradeBlock had a preexisting relationship with DCG, one of the largest crypto conglomerates, and Axoni, a blockchain …
Bee Maps Raises $32M to Scale Solana-Powered Decentralized Mapping Network
The fresh capital will be used to distribute more devices, enhance AI models that process and update map features, an…
Solana’s Upcoming Architectural Changes and Why They Matter
VanEck says Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade will make the network faster, more stable and easier to run, as developers p…
Abracadabra loses $1.8 million in protocol’s third major DeFi hack since 2024
The protocol, which issues the Magic Internet Money decentralized stablecoin, has lost over $20 million to exploits s…
BTCFi’s Big Problem: 77% of Bitcoin Holders Haven’t Even Tried It, Says Survey
A new GoMining survey shows Bitcoin finance has a marketing and trust problem — despite packed conferences and vent…
How Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade Could Be a Game-Changer, Asset Manager VanEck Explains
Global asset manager VanEck says Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade in December could cut costs for rollups and strengthen E…
Ripple Engineer Says XRP Ledger Aims to Be Institutions’ First Choice for Innovation and Trust
Ripple cryptographer J. Ayo Akinyele outlines a privacy-first roadmap — ZK proofs and confidential tokens — to ma…
Shiba Inu’s Shibarium preps bridge restart and plans user refunds after $4 million exploit
The exploit was triggered when a hacker submitted fake data to Shibarium’s Ethereum-linked contracts, leading to an…
The Daily: Samsung partners with Coinbase to offer crypto in Galaxy wallets, Walmart-backed OnePay to launch BTC and ETH trading, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Samsung expands Coinbase partnership with Galaxy Wallet integration in US
Samsung is expanding its partnership with Coinbase to let U.S. Galaxy smartphone users buy crypto directly through it…
DoubleZero Mainnet Goes Live With 22% of Staked SOL on Board
DoubleZero is a network built to speed up how blockchain validators talk to each other.
Tokenization framework in most major markets by 2030, Robinhood CEO predicts
Tenev said prediction markets could revolutionize existing industries, functioning as a hybrid of betting, exchange-t…
Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade Passes Holesky Test, Moves Closer To Mainnet
The next two testnet runs are scheduled for Oct. 14 and 28. After those are complete, Ethereum developers will lock i…
Japan’s SBI Crypto hit by $21 million exploit, funds sent to Tornado Cash: ZachXBT
ZachXBT said "addresses linked to" SBI Group had Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Bitcoin Cash stolen.
The Protocol: Solana’s Firedancer Proposes Uncapping Block Compute-Unit Limit
Also: Denials of Bitcoin Hard Fork, UN Experiments With Blockchain, and Gate Rolls Out Token Launcher.
Stripe to help companies to launch their own stablecoins, reportedly apply for federal banking charter
The new product "enables any business to launch and manage their own stablecoin with just a few lines of code."