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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…
US regulators miss GENIUS Act’s one-year deadline for final stablecoin rules
The delay does not postpone the law’s Jan. 18, 2027 effective date, leaving regulators and stablecoin issuers with …
France orders country's internet service providers to block Polymarket
The regulator cited concerns over addictive mechanics, a lack of self-exclusion tools, and a high volume of French us…
DOG Mode explains Bitcoin's next governance fight
Leonidas' DOG Mode client challenges Bitcoin's default relay policies, reopening a philosophical debate over censorsh…
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…
Bank of America taps new leaders to bridge crypto, AI and traditional finance
Sonali Theisen was named head of BofA's global digital assets platform, while Kevin Milsom was tapped to serve as hea…
Chainlink Holds Support As CCIP Adoption Becomes A Longer-Term Test
Chainlink Holds Support As CCIP Adoption Becomes A Longer-Term Test is worth covering because it sits inside one of c…
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…
Taiwan sentences BitShine crypto exchange ringleader to 22 years in $39 million fraud case: reports
The defendant reportedly led a criminal group that operated under the guise of BitShine, which was once registered wi…
UK gang jailed over $5.4 million crypto scam posing as police
The gang impersonated police officers and used convincing fake police websites to steal more than £4M in cryptocurre…
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…
‘We’re going to get it done’: Crypto bill faces what could be final test over Trump conflicts of interest
Optimism is brewing to get a crypto bill passed, with some variations on timing as onlookers wait to see how ethics w…
Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator accused of using insider knowledge to place bets on Kalshi: ABC News
President Trump's teleprompter is under scrutiny following a report alleging that he used insider knowledge to place …
US jury indicts South Dakota crypto investor on 29 counts over alleged $20 million investor fraud
DOJ indicted Sioux Falls crypto investor Benjamin Paul Wiener on 29 counts over an alleged $20 million fraud, with a …
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…
Tether invests $20 million in Ualá as the fintech firm reaches $3.2 billion valuation
Tether invested $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá, joining a $197 million funding round that valued the fintech …
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…
Jeff Booth, Lyn Alden-backed ORANGE JUICE raises $40 million to launch permanent capital firm with bitcoin treasury strategy
ORANGE JUICE raised $40 million to acquire businesses, pursue a bitcoin treasury strategy, and implement a permanent …
Lummis, Gallego secure unanimous Senate approval opposing Sam Bankman-Fried clemency
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a resolution opposing a presidential pardon or commutation for convicted FTX fou…
U.S. Senate unanimously opposes clemency for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
The nonbinding resolution passed without objection after Bankman-Fried asked for clemency, months after Trump pardone…
California pair charged with laundering crypto proceeds from darknet fentanyl sales
The pair allegedly shipped over 500 drug parcels over a seven-month period and laundered hundreds of thousands of dol…
‘Hugely positive’ meeting on Thursday with Trump to discuss ethics raises hopes for passage of sweeping crypto legislation
Ethics will be front and center Thursday at a meeting with President Donald Trump, a small group of lawmakers and Whi…
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…
White House expected to meet with senators to work on ethics concerns in crypto bill
The most contentious piece of the crypto market structure bill is unresolved in the final weeks of Senate runway, and…
South Korea to modify 76-year-old law to classify cryptocurrencies as national assets
The government also reaffirmed plans to pilot tokenized government bonds next year and explore tokenizing state-owned…
DTCC begins first tokenized stock and Treasury production trades involving JPMorgan, BlackRock and Goldman
JPMorgan will tokenize part of its Invesco QQQ Trust holdings held at DTCC, while Microsoft, Circle, and SPY shares w…
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 …
Circle suspended Tether-backed fund over market manipulation concerns, arbitration filings show
Circle suspended Heka Funds over suspected market manipulation after learning Tether had invested $800 million in the…