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Inside Zcash's new node that targets Visa-scale privacy at 50,000 transactions per second
The new Zakura client is the first live piece of a plan to take Zcash from roughly one private transaction per second…
DOG Mode explains Bitcoin's next governance fight
Leonidas' DOG Mode client challenges Bitcoin's default relay policies, reopening a philosophical debate over censorsh…
Circle became a federal trust bank – now lenders warn stablecoins is projected to drain $500 billion
Washington just gave one of the world's largest digital currencies a more official place in the US financial system. …
Trusted Volumes Hacker Returns 1,122 ETH, Keeps $2M Bounty
A hacker tied to the Trusted Volumes exploit has returned 1,122 ETH to the protocol, closing part of a security incid…
Trezor exec pushes back on ZachXBT claim that hardware wallets are ‘complete garbage’
"I do not advise using them for important tasks like signing transactions or storing funds," ZachXBT wrote this week.
Cardano hands core development to outside teams in decentralization push
Input Output will transfer control of the Haskell node, Plutus, Hydra and other components as founder Charles Hoskins…
Live markets: Bitcoin slips to $63,000 as the chip rout goes global
A deepening global selloff in chipmakers dragged risk assets lower, pulling bitcoin back from the $65,000 it reached …
Bitcoin’s anti-spam fight gets a 'DOG Mode' reply
While BIP 110 wants to restrict data through a consensus change and has almost no miner support, a new DOG Mode clien…
Ledger wants AI agents to manage crypto without holding your keys
AI agents can read wallet balances and analyze portfolios but requires every sensitive action to be approved on a Led…
Galaxy targets institutional stablecoin yield with new DeFi vaults
The crypto financial services firm launched Galaxy Curator, a Morpho-based platform that gives Fireblocks' 2,400 inst…
Live updates: ZachXBT calls hardware wallets complete garbage; BTC steady near $65,000
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT came down heavily on hardware wallets. BTC traded steady near $65,000 after South Kor…
Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak hands Base app leadership to Cobie after admitting social bets fell short
Coinbase executive Jesse Pollak will focus on Base blockchain's infrastructure, prioritizing trading, stablecoin paym…
Open USD poses biggest threat yet to Circle's USDC, CoinShares says
The consortium-backed stablecoin would share reserve income with partners instead of the issuer, pressuring Circle's …
A timeline of the Ethereum Foundation's ongoing shakeup
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re unpacking the timeline of all the changes at the Ethereum …
Live markets: Bitcoin, ether ETFs draw inflows as majors rise as much as 5%
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in about $181 million on Tuesday, a day after shedding roughly $425 million, per SoSoValu…
Visa, Mastercard and Ripple back x402 as agent payments average 32 cents
Forty companies now govern x402, the protocol Coinbase built and handed away. It settled about $24 million last month…
NEAR Governance Vote To Scrap Gas Rebates Puts Developer Incentives Under Review
NEAR Governance Vote To Scrap Gas Rebates Puts Developer Incentives Under Review is a useful reminder that crypto cov…
Mizuho downgrades Circle to underperform, cuts price target to $50 on Open USD threat
The Japanese investment bank said Open USD's yield pass-through model could pressure Circle's margins by shifting mor…
JPMorgan says Hyperliquid's rise threatens Circle's USDC economics
Hyperliquid's deal with Circle and Coinbase creates a "prisoner's dilemma" that puts pressure on earnings from the do…
Ethereum Foundation spinout EthSystems targets banks with blockchain privacy technology
The spinout comes amid one of the biggest organizational shakeups at the Ethereum Foundation in years.
Japan’s biggest card network taps Circle to bring stablecoins to 40 million merchants
JCB and Circle will explore using USDC for cross-border payments and merchant transactions as Japan ramps up efforts …
Bitcoin's BIP-110 sparked a fight over who gets to decide the future of Bitcoin
BIP-110 sought to limit non-financial data on Bitcoin's blockchain but instead reignited debates over censorship and …
Live updates: Bitcoin holds $62,600 as the Iran conflict reignites and CPI looms
Trump reinstated the Hormuz blockade, sending oil higher and rate-hike bets up, reversing the peace trade that helped…
Bitcoin and Ethereum tweet volume falls to 12-month lows despite institutional crypto boom
Retail attention via social chatter is back to 2020 levels even as institutional involvement has moved in the opposit…
Robinhood Chain tokens are reportedly vanishing from wallets causing buyers to lose funds
Relay says the money spent is gone, while private keys and unrelated balances remain untouched. The post Robinhood Ch…
Mizuho says Circle bank approval doesn't solve USDC growth, stablecoin competition risks
Japanese investment bank Mizuho reiterated its neutral rating on Circle, saying OCC approval for a national trust ban…
Robinhood built a blockchain for tokenized stocks. Memecoins took over
Robinhood Chain has pulled in $135 million of value and 800,000 addresses since July 1. Almost none of it is doing wh…
Coinbase Smart Wallet Verification Upgrade Targets The Multi-Chain UX Problem
Coinbase is still trying to make on-chain activity feel less like a specialist task. Its latest Smart Wallet verifica…
Stablecoins are moving more money while crypto’s cash pile gets smaller
Adjusted stablecoin transaction volume reached a record $1.79 trillion in June, according to Visa Onchain Analytics, …