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Robinhood’s Layer 2 testnet sees four million transactions in first week, CEO Vlad Tenev says
Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum Layer 2 built on Arbitrum designed to support tokenized real-world assets and onchain …
Sam Altman's OpenAI unveils ‘EVMbench’ to test whether AI can keep crypto’s smart contracts safe
Developed with Paradigm, the tool is OpenAI’s attempt to determine whether modern AI systems are up to the task of …
Coinbase adds XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano and Litecoin as collateral for onchain loans via Morpho
Eligible U.S. users, excluding those in New York, can now borrow up to $100,000 in USDC without selling the four toke…
The Protocol: Zora moves to Solana
Also: EF’s Stańczak to leave ED role, XRPL member-only DEX and Ethereum revives the DAO.
The Daily: Peter Thiel and Founders Fund exit ETHZilla, K33 says bitcoin is approaching ‘late bear market territory,’ and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The metrics that matter for XRP network health and how to read them without counting noise
XRP network health scorecard: wallets, trustlines, DEX volume, uptime Key takeaways Ripple and Aviva Investors said F…
Activist investor Starboard says Riot AI pivot could be worth up to $21 billion as miner lags peers
Starboard argues Riot’s Texas power assets position the company to secure large AI data center tenants if managemen…
Bitcoin May Gain If AI Job Losses Trigger Bank Stress, Hayes Says
Arthur Hayes has issued a stark market warning: he sees a growing split between his preferred risk gauge, Bitcoin, an…
Bitwise seeks SEC nod for 2028 election prediction market ETFs as Wall Street pushes to wrap bets
Bitwise filed for prediction market ETFs tied to the 2028 U.S. presidential election amid state regulatory scrutiny o…
Bitcoin approaches ‘late bear market territory’ as regime signals echo 2022 bottom, K33 says
Defensive sentiment, falling leverage, and declining ETF exposure suggest the market may be near a bottom, K33 said.
From 2016 hack to $150M Endowment: the DAO’s second act focuses on Ethereum security
Ten years after the famous hack, the DAO Security Fund has decided to stake the untouched ETH and use the yield to fu…
XRP Ledger rolls out members-only DEX for regulated institutions
A permissioned DEX amendment creates controlled versions of XRPL’s built-in exchange, letting approved entities dec…
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest buys $6.9 million in Coinbase shares, reversing recent sales amid stock rebound
Ark Invest bought 41,453 Coinbase shares on Tuesday for three of its ETFs, reversing earlier February sales amid mark…
Moonwell's $1.12 nightmare: A pricing glitch just let bots seize millions in ETH collateral
A misconfigured Chainlink price oracle on DeFi lender Moonwell briefly valued Coinbase Wrapped ETH (cbETH) at about $…
Bitwise CIO says DeFi could lead market out of crypto winter as Strategy’s Saylor predicts bitcoin recovery
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said DeFi could help lead the market out of crypto winter, while Michael Saylor declared "spr…
Peter Thiel and Founders Fund exit Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla, SEC filing shows
Peter Thiel fully exits ETHZilla, filing shows, as shares slide and the firm shifts from ether buildup to tokenization.
Zora moves onto Solana with 'attention markets' for trading internet trends
The creator platform’s new product lets users trade tokens linked to social-media traction, a Polymarket-style bet …
$274 Billion In Potential Bitcoin Selling Could Hit Markets, Expert Says
While much of the market’s attention remains fixed on the Bitcoin (BTC) short-term price outlook for the remainder …
Mizuho sees BitGo upsides, calling custodian ‘military-grade’ despite 44% post-IPO slump
Analysts expect BitGo’s recurring custody & staking revenue to cushion earnings compared with more trading-dependen…
Zora launches ‘attention markets’ on Solana
Zora, a socialfi platform closely associated with the Ethereum Layer 2 Base, is launching its new attention market pl…
The Daily: Logan Paul sells previously tokenized Pokemon card for $16M, Gemini parts ways with top execs, Strategy’s latest bitcoin buy, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Benchmark cuts Metaplanet target, says earnings show ‘promise and peril’ of bitcoin pivot
Analysts say Metaplanet’s bitcoin-linked income business is becoming critical to funding expansion while avoiding f…
eToro shares surge amid Q4 profit increase, crypto derivatives swing to $74 million gain
Revenue from "cryptoassets" declined to $3.6 billion during the fourth quarter amid a broad market decline.
BitMine grows Ethereum treasury to 4.37 million ETH, sees $252 million annual staking revenue via MAVAN
Tom Lee's BitMine said its ether treasury has climbed to 4.37 million ETH as the firm continues aggressive accumulati…
Crypto infrastructure project unveils LI.FI Composer, a multi-step transaction orchestrator
LiFI Composer allows users to combine different actions like swaps, bridging, deposits, and staking into a single tra…
The hardware hurdle: Cysic and Cardano clash over the future of decentralized compute
At Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Leo Fan questioned Midnight’s use of Google Cloud and Azure, as Charles Hoskinson just…
Ethereum bots are burning over 50% of gas fees so ETH strangely needs privacy tech to fix it at scale
On some Ethereum L2s, bots now burn over half the gas just searching for MEV, and they don’t pay proportionally for…
Anthony Scaramucci’s son buys Logan Paul’s previously tokenized Pokemon card for record $16 million
In April 2022, Logan Paul raised $8 million to launch Liquid Marketplace, a platform for tokenizing physical and digi…
Crypto’s $300 billion stablecoin supply is increasingly used as ‘everyday money,’ global study finds
Stablecoin use in everyday spending, cross-border work, and savings allocation is growing rapidly among crypto-savvy …
The Daily: Kevin O’Leary wins $2.8M defamation judgment against Ben ‘BitBoy’ Armstrong, Harvard trims bitcoin ETF holdings, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.