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Ethereum isn’t chasing 5.3% yield, Vitalik says – but the outage risk is over 5× bigger than regulation shocks
Ethereum was not created to make finance efficient or apps convenient. It was designed to set people free. That line …
Circle's USDC outpaces growth of Tether's USDT for second year running
USDC grew faster than USDT for the second consecutive year, driven by increased demand for regulated digital dollars.
Crypto hacker launders more ETH from compromised multisig as $27M exploit unfolds: PeckShield
A hacker who compromised a multisignature wallet has now laundered more than $19 million worth of ETH through Tornado…
NFT Paris cancels event with one-month notice
Although there were spikes of NFT trading activity in 2025, the market as a whole has failed to recover to its pandem…
Polymarket turns housing price indices into prediction markets via Parcl partnership
Polymarket will offer a new suite of housing-related prediction markets via an integration with onchain real estate p…
Crypto data platform The Tie acquires Stakin in cash-and-equity deal
The acquisition adds staking as a new business line under a newly launched infrastructure solutions division at The Tie.
Top crypto VCs share 2026 funding and token sales outlook
Crypto VCs told The Block they expect disciplined activity to persist in 2026, with a higher bar for new investments.
Hundreds of MetaMask wallets drained: What to check before you ‘update’
On-chain security researcher ZachXBT flagged hundreds of wallets across multiple EVM chains getting drained for small…
Rep. Torres targets prediction market ‘insider trading’ after trader nets $400K on Maduro’s capture: report
The bill would bar federal employees from trading prediction market contracts tied to government policy when they pos…
Crypto M&As and IPOs surged in 2025, and insiders see deal momentum carrying into 2026
Industry insiders expect deal momentum to continue into 2026, driven by consolidation, targeted acquisitions, and a s…
Tether adds nearly $800 million in bitcoin, bringing holdings above 96,000 BTC
The purchase is part of Tether's strategy to use up to 15% of its quarterly profits for bitcoin acquisitions.
Prediction markets explode in 2025: Inside the Kalshi-Polymarket duopoly and challengers
Experts say credibility and transparency in market outcomes will ultimately determine the winners in the prediction m…
The year in data: 5 charts that show how crypto changed in 2025
U.S. spot crypto ETF flows, stablecoin supply, prediction markets, perp DEX activity, and the DAT craze were among th…
Unleash hacker begins laundering $4 million in ETH through Tornado Cash
A hacker appears to have gained unauthorized control over Unleash Protocol's multisig, enabling them to drain nearly …
Something Big Is Coming — Investor Hints At XRP ETF Breakthrough This Week
Investor Paul Barron’s hint at “big news” has reignited attention on XRP exchange-traded funds this week, sendi…
Grayscale sees regulation, not quantum fears, shaping crypto markets in 2026
U.S. market structure legislation is poised to be the dominant force for digital assets, while near-term concerns abo…
Ethereum’s record staking queue looks bullish, but one corporate giant is secretly distorting the real signal
A single corporate treasury has effectively hijacked Ethereum’s validator mechanics, executing a billion-dollar man…
Ethereum’s 2026 roadmap includes this validator risk that’s bigger than you think
Ethereum’s 2026 roadmap centers on two tracks: expanding rollup data capacity through blobs while pushing base-laye…
XRPL flips to quantum-safe signatures; 2,420-byte proofs replace elliptic curves
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is ending the year with major technological developments after a year that saw it gain signific…
Crypto’s 12 biggest stories of 2025: From Trump’s policies to bitcoin all-time highs, OG whale moves, a DAT craze and the $1.4 billion Bybit hack
There's always something going on in the crypto space, and this year was no exception. We take a look back at 2025's …
Circle platform promising tokenized gold, silver swaps is 'fake,' company says
The release, distributed on Christmas Eve, used Circle branding and claimed to quote executives, but a Circle spokesp…
Polymarket cites third-party vulnerability in recent user account hack
While Polymarket did not name the third-party provider, some users speculated on social media that the vulnerability …
Aave prices are crashing as insiders warn a “hostile” holiday vote could destroy the protocol’s dominance
The battle for control of Aave, the $52 billion decentralized lending giant, has escalated from a debate over interfa…
Solana Mobile ended Saga security patches, exposing owners to a critical wallet risk you can’t ignore
Solana Mobile has ended software update and security patch support for its Saga smartphone. The company warned that c…
Coinbase to acquire prediction markets startup The Clearing Company
The deal follows Coinbase’s recent rollout of prediction markets on its platform and is expected to close in January.
New XRP yield product earnXRP launches using Flare Network’s infrastructure
Three entities — Upshift, Clearstar, and Flare — have jointly launched earnXRP, a new product that allows users t…
DTCC and JPMorgan just set the on-chain schedule, but the pilot relies on a controversial “undo” button
If you’ve ever bought a stock and assumed you “owned it” the moment you hit confirm, you’ve already met the l…
Bitcoin isn’t under quantum threat yet, but upgrade could take 5-10 years
Even if quantum machines capable of breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography are decades away, the work required to update s…
Tether-backed Northern Data sold bitcoin mining arm to companies run by Tether’s own executives: FT
The sale came just days before Tether-backed video streaming site Rumble announced its $767 million agreement to acqu…
How Solana neutralized a 6 Tbps attack using a specific traffic-shaping protocol that makes spam impossible to scale
When a network brags about throughput, it’s really bragging about how much chaos it can swallow before it chokes. T…