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Kalshi CEO defends Khamenei market design after backlash, says platform will reimburse all fees
The platform is reimbursing all fees, settling pre-death positions at the last-traded price, and fully refunding post…
Bitcoin developer hides a 66KB image in a transaction to expose a governance blind spot vulnerable to spam
A Bitcoin developer embedded a 66-kilobyte image inside a single transaction without using OP_RETURN or Taproot. The …
Bitcoin is stuck in a rut but JPMorgan says new legislation could be the ultimate spark
JPMorgan said the long-awaited Clarity Act would bring regulatory clarity, boost institutional participation and acce…
Judge blocks Binance from pushing class action suits over token sales into arbitration
The case traces back to a wave of class action lawsuits filed in April 2020 against major crypto exchanges and token …
Fresh accounts netted $1 million on Polymarket hours before US airstrikes on Iran: Bubblemaps
One trader who made over $2 million in recent months betting against the strikes lost $6.5 million in a single day af…
Former Mt. Gox CEO proposed a rewrite of bitcoin's code to recover $5 billion in stolen funds. Gets quickly shutdown
Mark Karpelès submitted a pull request to Bitcoin Core that would redirect coins that have remained untouched since …
Paradigm plans $1.5 billion fund to expand into AI, robotics
Paradigm's expansion into AI and robotics highlights a strategic shift towards integrating advanced technologies with…
XRP Ledger nearly shipped a feature that could drain accounts without owners signing
A security flaw in a proposed XRP Ledger (XRPL) upgrade could have enabled unauthorized transactions, but researchers…
Former Mt. Gox CEO proposes hard fork to recover $5.2 billion in bitcoin from 2011 theft
The proposal acknowledges it would require a coordinated network upgrade and could risk a chain split if parts refuse…
SBI Holdings is dangling XRP to sell a plain three year bond, but the numbers show how small
Japan's SBI Holdings will issue a ¥10 billion retail bond on March 24, but the story is the XRP perk dangled in fron…
The Daily: Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts 40% of staff amid AI strategy, Barclays explores blockchain settlement, Senate Democrats urge Binance probe, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Senate Democrats urge AG Bondi and Treasury Sec. Bessent to probe Binance amid sanctions concerns
Senate Democrats are urging AG Pam Bondi to investigate Binance following reports that the crypto giant may be violat…
Vitalik Buterin reveals his bold new plan to fix Ethereum’s scaling problem
The new post reflects Buterin’s renewed focus on scaling Ethereum’s base layer, after several years in which much…
Barclays looks for tech provider for new blockchain settlement engine: Bloomberg
The U.K. bank would rival JPMorgan and others in using decentralized technology for banking services.
Banking giant Barclays explores blockchain platform for payments and tokenized deposits
Barclays' blockchain exploration signals a shift towards digital asset integration, potentially transforming global b…
AI tool catches critical XRP Ledger bug that could have drained wallets
The vulnerability in the Batch amendment's signature validation was found during the voting phase and never reached m…
Ethereum price path to $10,000 now hinges on seven upgrades and a fragile ecosystem vote
Ethereum’s latest long-term planning document has given investors a new way to assess whether the digital asset can…
Grant Cardone plans to tokenize his firm's $5 billion real estate portfolio
The real estate investment mogul said his firm, Cardone Capital, is exploring blockchain-based tokens for property ho…
XRPL could capture billions in machine payments but only if AI agents choose RLUSD
On Feb. 25, t54 Labs announced that Ripple was a strategic investor in its $5 million seed round investment. t54 desc…
The Daily: ZachXBT probe alleges insider trading at Axiom, Vitalik’s February ETH sales hit $35M, OCC issues GENIUS Act proposal, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
AI rout hits software stocks, but Grayscale says blockchains stand to benefit
As AI rattles tech stocks, Grayscale's head of research said blockchains will power intelligent agents’ transaction…
Vitalik Buterin unveils Ethereum roadmap to counter quantum computing threat
This move comes shortly after the Ethereum Foundation established a dedicated post-quantum research team to study the…
‘We do not want your support’: SBF backs Clarity crypto bill from prison, drawing bipartisan rebuke from Sens. Lummis and Warren
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's support of a broader cryptocurrency bill isn't sitting well with either side of th…
Flare and Xaman unlock one-click DeFi access for over 2 billion XRP sitting idle in wallets
The integration lets XRP holders deposit into yield-generating vaults through a single transaction without leaving th…
200 insider trading probes opened on Kalshi and one quiet change could remake prediction markets overnight
Prediction markets promised something elegant: put money behind beliefs, and the price converges on reality. The wisd…
The Protocol: Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT alleges Axiom employee conducted insider trading
Also: Ethereum’s “strawmap”, Robinhood chain update and OpenAI + smart contracts
A former Solana exec is taking a page out of Wall Street playbook to make global crypto trades faster
The goal is to reduce Solana’s growing geographic concentration in Europe and introduce multicast functionality.
Ethereum Foundation drops most ambitious roadmap in years, targets finality in seconds by 2029
The "strawmap" outlines seven forks through the end of the decade, including post-quantum cryptography, shielded tran…
Ethereum Foundation researchers publish ‘strawmap’ outlining seven forks through 2029
The Ethereum Foundation’s "strawmap" outlines seven forks by 2029, targeting faster slots, reduced finality, and po…
Ripple, Franklin Templeton join $5 million seed round for AI agent trust startup t54 Labs
t54 Labs has raised $5 million in a seed round from Anagram, Franklin Templeton, Ripple and other investors.