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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 …
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.
Starknet goes down for over 4 hours, team is ‘actively investigating’
Downtime can have knock-on effects across decentralized finance and other onchain applications.
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.
Neobanks will fuel Ethereum's 2026 growth, says ether.fi CEO
Ethereum's next phase will be defined by financial products that feel familiar to everyday users, Mike Silagadze said.
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…
Ethereum and Solana set the stage for 2026’s DeFi reboot
Ethereum saw a surge in institutional adoption and progress on scaling in 2025, while Solana was stress-testing the n…
Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein credits Trump’s First Step Act for early prison release
The U.S. hacker pleaded guilty to stealing and laundering nearly 120,000 bitcoin from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfine…
Turkmenistan legalizes crypto mining and trading under new framework
This signals a shift in one of the world's most controlled economies, which has been largely dependent on its natural…
Which predictions landed this year? One ignored model actually nailed the 2025 market cycle
At the start of 2025, crypto's biggest names issued bold forecasts: Bitcoin to $200,000, Ethereum to $7,000, a US str…
Vitalik Buterin on the two goals Ethereum must meet to become the ‘world computer’
After major technical gains in 2025, Buterin says the network must double down on usability and decentralization to m…
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…
Ethereum lost over $100 million in fees this year, and one corporate giant kept the profit
The Ethereum blockchain recorded its strongest operational year in history in 2025, processing record transaction vol…
Base’s creator coin push sparks builder backlash over favoritism concerns
Builders on Base are pushing back against the network’s close alignment with Zora, arguing the creator-coin narrati…
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 …
Winklevoss-backed Cypherpunk adds $29 million in ZEC, lifts holdings to nearly 2% of supply
Cypherpunk’s ZEC position now accounts for more than a third of its stated 5% accumulation target, following a seri…
Russia’s New Crypto Law Could Send Unregistered Miners to Prison for 5 Years
Russia is tightening its grip on crypto mining and this time, the consequences are serious. Just weeks after officia…
Flow scraps blockchain 'rollback' plan after community backlash over decentralization
The layer-1 network reversed course after ecosystem partners warned that rewriting chain history would undermine dece…
Bitmain just slashed mining rig prices, proving the market’s oldest “Bitcoin rule” is officially dead
Bitmain cut prices on Bitcoin mining rigs on Dec. 23 after miner revenue per unit of hashrate fell in November. The d…
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 ‘Hegota’ upgrade slated for late 2026 as devs accelerate roadmap
Hegota will follow “Glamsterdam,” Ethereum’s next major upgrade, which is currently expected to roll out in the…
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…
From Aztec to Zcash: The year ‘pragmatic privacy’ took root
This year also saw the launch of networks like Aztec's Ignition chain, apps like Privacy Pools, and corporate experim…
US eyes crypto mining at disputed nuclear plant in Russia-Ukraine conflict: report
The plant is located in Ukraine and has been under Russian control since 2022, with its future management a key issue…