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Base suffers second mainnet stall in two days
Base block production resumed as of 16:11 UTC, following an alert to another mainnet chain stall at 15:33 UTC.
Base delays Beryl hard fork over B20 registry timing issue
Base delayed its Beryl mainnet upgrade to June 26 to give the B20 Activation Registry time to become fully operational.
Coinbase's Base resumes block production after 2-hour outage
Coinbase's blockchain Base says a consensus problem knocked its network offline for around two hours on Thursday befo…
Russia creates crypto sanctions loophole, but cash-out routes remain ringfenced
The ELR gives selected firms a legal route, but wallets, exchanges, counterparties, and issuers still face pressure. …
Coinbase-incubated Base blockchain suffers ‘Unsafe Head Stall’ interrupting block production
Deposits and withdrawals have also been affected, while transactions are delayed or stalled, according to Base's stat…
Why Wall Street values some crypto firms for AI power, not just crypto
Galaxy Digital’s stock surge points to a new trend: Investors are rewarding some crypto firms for AI infrastructure…
‘Stablecoin’ Google searches down 54% as supply growth stalls after 2025 boom
The decline in search volumes this month coincides with aggregate stablecoin supply having reversed its 10-month expa…
Bitcoin miners face deepening margin squeeze as revenue falls below production costs
An estimated 20% of miners are now unprofitable at current prices, and the stress shows up at the network level, too.
Hut 8 to pay $2.35 million to settle investor suit over U.S. Bitcoin merger
The former bitcoin miner denied any wrongdoing related to its 2023 merger with U.S. Bitcoin Corp.
Crypto lobby urges Congress pass staking and mining tax bill as is
A trio of crypto lobby groups says a bill allowing staking and mining rewards to be taxed when they’re sold should …
Trump signs orders for quantum computer, cryptography upgrades
“We’re going to be investing in American quantum leadership like never before to stay ahead of the pack,” says …
Crypto's second U.S. lobbying front — tax policy — sees industry push on mining, staking
The crypto sector's leading U.S. advocacy groups asked the U.S. House's tax committee to advance a bill to clarify tr…
Why Google search can be a crypto wallet risk
Think your wallet is safe? A major crypto risk may start with a Google search and one wrong click.
Bitcoin mining network becoming more sensitive to price swings, JPMorgan says
A growing share of miners are operating near breakeven levels, making hashrate and mining difficulty increasingly res…
Bitcoin miner Bitdeer mined 921 BTC, but its smaller stash raises a bigger question
The miner's AI cloud growth may reduce sell pressure, but May data shows Bitcoin retention still lagging. The post Bi…
Bitcoin Cost-Of-Production Signal Raises Miner Stress Question As BTC Holds Support
An X post claimed Bitcoin is again trading below average cost of production, while TradingView charts show BTC holdin…
Coinbase’s Base Targets June 25 For Beryl Upgrade And New B20 Token Standard
Coinbase's Base network is targeting June 25 for its Beryl mainnet upgrade, introducing a B20 token standard aimed at…
Crypto Biz: Is AI the exit strategy for miners?
Bitcoin miners double down on AI, tokenized RWAs top $43 billion, Ripple strengthens its African payments network and…
GoMining challenges Jack Dorsey's Square with payments system designed around bitcoin
GoMining unveiled a software development kit and programmable access for its bitcoin payment protocol GoBTC Pay, allo…
Base targets June 25 mainnet launch for Beryl upgrade and new B20 token standard
Base's Beryl upgrade introduces the B20 native token standard, cuts withdrawal delays to 5 days, and activates on mai…
HIVE secures $220M AI infrastructure contract with Bell and Cohere
The deal is expected to add approximately $70 million in annual recurring revenue as the company scales its AI-focuse…
Bitcoin miners need billions to fund AI ambitions, led by IREN’s $21B gap
IREN leads public Bitcoin miners with a projected $21.1 billion AI infrastructure funding gap, underscoring the capit…
France to stop certifying products lacking quantum-resistant encryption
France’s cybersecurity agency plans to block certification of products without quantum-resistant encryption startin…
Wall Street is paying up for Bitcoin miners’ AI infrastructure before most of it is built
A megawatt leased to an AI tenant now commands a different price on Wall Street than a megawatt sitting in a Bitcoin …
Bitcoin miners' AI pivot faces $50 billion reality check, says VanEck
VanEck says investors are shifting focus from contract announcements to execution risk as miners chase AI revenue.
Coinbase unveils ‘System Update’ unlocking an AI advisor, global unified liquidity, options trading and more
Coinbase's latest System Update includes a new AI-powered advisor and global unified liquidity between its U.S. and i…
Squid adds Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin for cross-chain swaps
Cross-chain platform Squid has integrated Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin, allowing users to swap into and out of RLUSD acr…
Coinbase, AWS enable publishers on CloudFront and WAF to charge AI agents via x402 protocol
Coinbase and AWS are allowing publishers on CloudFront and WAF to charge AI agents for content via the x402 protocol.
Bitcoin miner IREN enters Europe with Nostrum acquisition as AI pivot accelerates
The acquisition adds about 490 megawatts of secured power in Spain as IREN expands beyond Bitcoin mining and builds i…