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Nick Shirley token highlights Base’s Zora-driven surge and vanity metric issue
Zora's content coin mechanism enables near-zero-cost token deployment, allowing creators to mint tokens with minimal …
Prediction Markets On BNB Chain Explode As Trading Volume Crosses $20B
Prediction markets on the BNB Chain have seen massive growth over the past months, with the leading platforms within …
ZK-powered Bitcoin Layer 2 Citrea launches mainnet
Citrea uses a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine to inscribe its chain history on the Bitcoin base layer.
Anthropic CEO Says AI Progress Is Outpacing Society’s Ability to Control It
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is warning that AI risks are rising as regulation falls behind rapid advances and his comp…
Fast-Growing Open-Source AI Assistant Is Testing the Limits of Automation—and Safety
An open-source AI assistant is spreading rapidly among developers, even as security researchers warn safeguards have …
Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 DEXs hit all-time high of $790 million in open interest amid commodities trading boom
HIP-3 deployed DEXs have recorded a fresh all-time high OI above $790 million, amid a “surge in commodities trading…
Bitwise debuts onchain vault via Morpho, targeting up to 6% yield on USDC
Bitwise has joined Morpho as a vault curator, highlighting growing institutional demand for allocating capital onchain.
Deus X Capital’s Tim Grant on cutting through the crypto hype
The Deus X CEO discussed his journey into digital assets, the company's infrastructure-led growth strategy, and why h…
The Daily: ZachXBT alleges $40M government crypto theft tied to custody contractor’s son, Kraken rolls out ‘DeFi Earn’ for onchain yield, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Kraken rolls out ‘DeFi Earn’ in US, EU and Canada tapping yield-bearing Veda vaults
Risk managers Chaos Labs and Sentora will also operate the first three USDC vaults, allocating funds to protocols lik…
Matcha Meta sees $16.8 million drained in SwapNet incident: PeckShield
Matcha Meta disclosed a SwapNet security incident on Sunday and PeckShield estimated roughly $16.8 million in crypto …
Individual behind $40 million government wallet theft is son of seized-crypto contractor executive: ZachXBT
A cybercriminal known as "Lick" may be the son of the president of a firm contracted by the government to dispose of …
AI 'Swarms' Could Escalate Online Misinformation and Manipulation, Researchers Warn
A new academic paper examines how autonomous AI agents could make influence campaigns harder to detect and more effec…
Solana’s new phase is ‘much more about finance,’ says Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante
The Solana ecosystem has spent the past year doubling down on a financial infrastructure, Backpack CEO Armani Ferrant…
Ethereum Foundation makes post quantum security a top priority as new team forms
EF researcher Justin Drake says a new post quantum team will drive wallet safety upgrades, research prizes and test n…
CertiK eyes IPO at $2 billion valuation as it targets ‘first public web3 cybersecurity’ listing
CertiK co-founder Ronghui Gu said the cybersecurity firm is exploring paths to go public in an interview this week in…
Ethereum blockchain beats its own speed-ups, but there's a catch
Ethereum’s daily active addresses climbed above major layer-2 networks in January as lower fees revived on-chain ac…
Coinbase lets users borrow up to $1 million against staked ether without selling
The new feature allows U.S. users to borrow USDC against cbETH while keeping their staked ETH exposure intact.
Elon Musk’s Grok Generated 23K Sexualized Images of Children, Says Watchdog
The Center for Countering Digital Hate reports that Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok produced an estimated 23,338 sexualiz…
Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Outpace Human Intelligence as Early as This Year
Tesla CEO Elon Musk reiterated claims that rapid AI advances and humanoid robots will reshape work, energy demand, an…
Onchain lending protocol USD.AI approves $500 million loan for Australian AI startup
USD.AI primarily operates as an onchain bank for AI startups, accepting tokenized GPUs as collateral for stablecoin l…
Chainlink acquires transaction ordering solution Atlas, accelerating rollout of its ‘non-toxic MEV’ tool
Chainlink and Atlas will offer a loan liquidation auction tool for "non-toxic" MEV that pays both backrunning bots an…
South Korean prosecutors probe disappearance of seized bitcoin: report
South Korean prosecutors are investigating the disappearance of a significant amount of seized bitcoin, citing a poss…
Ethereum upgrade sparks activity spike, but JPMorgan doubts it will last
The Fusaka upgrade raised usage, but pressure from layer-2 networks and rival blockchains continues to cloud Ethereum…
AI Hiring Firm Eightfold Sued Over Alleged Secret Scoring Of Job Applicants
The lawsuit alleges that Eightfold used hidden AI to score job seekers on a 0 to 5 scale without required disclosures…
Space Protocol defends token sale amid backlash over $20 million raise
Critics questioned Space's $20 million raise against its $2.5 million target, prompting a debate over transparency in…
Justin Sun invests $8 million in DeFi project River as analysts flag leverage-driven activity during token rally
Sun's investment coincided with a sharp rally in the RIVER token and heightened scrutiny over leverage-driven trading…
Saga pauses EVM chain following smart contract exploit
The project said the attacker subsequently bridged the stolen funds out of SagaEVM and converted them to ether.
YouTube Plans AI Expansion in 2026 While Promising Crackdown on ‘AI Slop’
The platform says it will expand AI creation tools for creators while tightening enforcement against low-quality AI-g…