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Coinbase’s prediction markets draw fire from Nevada regulator over alleged unlicensed sports betting
Nevada regulators accused Coinbase of offering alleged unlicensed sports betting through the exchange's prediction ma…
Aave Labs sunsets Avara ‘umbrella brand’ and Family wallet as it refocuses on DeFi
The move comes amid ongoing tensions with Aave DAO over which entity ultimately controls the Aave lending protocol.
The Daily: Bitwise CIO on the ‘Leonardo-DiCaprio-in-The-Revenant-style crypto winter,’ Vitalik reconsiders Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Why a $9 billion bitcoin sale by single Galaxy client reignites quantum threat debate
CEO Mike Novogratz noted this sale was part of a profit-taking trend among early bitcoin adopters, indicating weakeni…
Kraken parent Payward reports $2.2 billion adjusted 2025 revenue as business diversifies through acquisitions, investments
Payward derived about 47% of its revenue from trading operations and the remaining 53% from its growing list of other…
Crypto.com spins out OG prediction markets app as monthly volumes top $17 billion ahead of Super Bowl
Crypto.com is splitting out prediction markets into a standalone app, as competition among exchanges to offer event-b…
Vitalik Buterin reevaluates Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap, arguing L2s decentralized ‘far slower’ while base layer advanced
Buterin previously championed a "rollup-centric" roadmap that would scale Ethereum through a network of branded shards.
UK’s Smarter Web Company joins London Stock Exchange amid $100 million bitcoin loss
The Smarter Web Company says it plans to continue accumulating bitcoin regardless of short-term price swings and vola…
Standard Chartered cuts Solana 2026 target to $250, sees shift from ‘memecoins to micropayments’
Standard Chartered sees Solana evolving “from memecoins to micropayments", with forecasts of SOL to $2,000 by 2030.
Flare unveils new way for XRP holders to earn yield through a massive DeFi upgrade
Users can now lend FXRP to earn yield or use it as collateral to borrow other assets, giving XRP holders new ways to …
Tether launches open-source Bitcoin mining OS to challenge proprietary software
Tether has launched MiningOS, an open-source operating system for bitcoin mining as an alternative to proprietary sof…
DeFi doyen Stani Kulechov buys $30 million mansion in London’s Notting Hill: Bloomberg
Kulechov, the founder of decentralized lending platform Aave, bought the luxury property in November, Bloomberg repor…
Aave founder buys $30 million mansion in London’s Notting Hill amid luxury market slowdown: report
Aave founder Stani Kulechov has purchased a £22 million mansion in the pricy residential area of London’s Notting …
Elon Musk’s xAI opens crypto expert role amid $1.25 trillion SpaceX merger
Elon Musk's xAI is seeking to hire a crypto expert to train its AI models amid a merger with SpaceX ahead of an antic…
Elon Musk's xAI is hiring crypto specialists to train its AI models
The remote role focuses on teaching AI models how crypto markets work, from trading behavior to on-chain activity and…
Bitcoin miners get an open-source alternative as Tether launches MiningOS
Stablecoin issuer Tether said its new MiningOS is a modular, self-hosted software stack built to run mining operation…
Inside the White House talks between crypto firms and banks on stablecoin rewards
Crypto advocacy groups called a White House meeting on Monday to discuss an intensely contested topic on how to treat…
MultiversX integrates Google’s new AI commerce standard, adds support for Coinbase-incubated x402 payments
New transaction standards aim to let AI systems access data, services & digital assets without relying on traditional…
While Bitcoin’s market Crashes, Theo4 Is Quietly Dominating Polymarket
As the Bitcoin market reels from a sharp sell-off and uncertainty grips the broader crypto space, most attention rema…
Cboe targets prediction market with ‘all-or-nothing’ options revival: WSJ
Cboe explores reviving all-or-nothing options as prediction markets hit record volumes and draw billions in retail tr…
Zama launches token, debuts privacy metric after more than $121 million shielded on Ethereum
Zama rolled out its ZAMA token while debuting Total Value Shielded, a new privacy metric, after encrypting over $121 …
Binance commits to gigantic Bitcoin purchase as an implicit apology for October liquidation meltdown
Binance just turned its emergency insurance fund into a public, auditable pledge. And it reads like a crisis-repair l…
CrossCurve bridge exploited for approximately $3 million across multiple chains via spoofed messages
A missing validation check seemingly allowed multiple attackers to spoof cross-chain messages and drain the protocol'…
Quantum threat gets real: Ethereum Foundation prioritizes security with leanVM and PQ signatures
Earlier in January, the Ethereum Foundation formally elevated post-quantum security to a strategic priority, creating…
Bitcoin hashrate drops 12% in worst drawdown since China mining ban: CryptoQuant
A severe winter storm has forced US miners to curtail operations, dragging bitcoin’s hashrate, output and miner mar…
Solana DeFi platform step finance hit by $27 million treasury hack as token price craters
The platform's governance token (STEP) plummeted over 80% following the announcement amid a wider crypto market drawd…
Solana DeFi platform Step Finance investigating $29 million treasury wallet compromise
The attack sent Step Finance's native STEP token plummeting more than 60% as the protocol enlists security firms to i…
Coinbase, crypto and bank organizations set to hash out stablecoin rewards at White House summit on Monday
Representatives from Coinbase, crypto trade groups and banking organizations are expected to meet next week to discus…
The Daily: Trump names crypto-friendly Kevin Warsh as Fed chair nominee, Binance pledges $1 billion SAFU fund to bitcoin, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Lido’s new stVaults will let L2s create their own rules for Ethereum staking
stVaults let other teams plug into Lido’s staking system instead of building their own from scratch.