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Aave DAO Pushes Back as Interface Fees Shift Away From Treasury
The change was framed as an upgrade offering improved execution, but delegates flagged that swap-related fees were no…
Visa launches ‘stablecoins advisory practice’ to help banks and businesses build strategies
The move comes as Visa deepens its stablecoin work and reports a $3.5 billion annualized run rate in stablecoin settl…
The Funding: Why privacy is a hot narrative in crypto right now
Privacy tokens are rallying, new infrastructure is gaining steam, and VCs are paying closer attention to this area.
Aevo’s legacy Ribbon DOV vaults exploited for $2.7 million following oracle upgrade
In response, Aevo is decommissioning all Ribbon vaults, which lost about 32% of their assets in the oracle manipulati…
Spanish Authorities Bust Crypto Kidnapping Ring After Deadly Attack
The case highlights a growing trend of physical attacks aimed at extracting access to crypto wallets, known as "wrenc…
NFT Project Pudgy Penguins Takes Over Las Vegas Sphere in Holiday Campaign
The NFT brand’s animated segments will air on the Sphere across Christmas week, signaling the crypto company's move…
Jump Crypto’s Firedancer hits Solana mainnet as the network aims to unlock 1 million TPS
Firedancer could boost client diversity on Solana, which historically has been dominated by forks of Solana Labs' ori…
Five Crypto Firms Win Initial Approvals as Trust Banks, Including Ripple, Circle, BitGo
The firms have obtained conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to convert into natio…
Most Influential: Jesse Pollak
Base, the layer-2 network incubated by Coinbase, exploded in popularity this year.
Pyth launches token buyback program, allocating 33% of DAO treasury to monthly PYTH purchases
The buybacks are funded by network revenue as Pyth reports rising traction, with its Pyth Pro product surpassing $1M …
deBridge launches new execution model to simplify onchain experience
DeBridge launched a new execution model that allows users to interact with blockchains without having to manage vario…
Coinbase-incubated x402 payments protocol built for AIs rolls out V2
x402 V2 is “multi-chain by default” and compatible with “legacy payment rails,” like ACH and card networks.
Coinbase Expands Reach of Stablecoin-Based AI Agent Payments Tool
The updated protocol, x402 V2, allows developers to combine payments, enable secure wallet access, and add new featur…
JPMorgan creates Solana-based USCP token to facilitate ‘landmark’ Galaxy debt offering
JPMorgan created the Solana-based USCP token to facilitate sales of short-term corporate debt, beginning with Galaxy.
El Salvador Partners with Elon Musk’s Grok in AI-Powered Education for 1M Students
The nation that first adopted bitcoin as legal tender is looking to pioneer AI-powered education in 5,000 Salvadoran …
Multicoin joins as lead investor in LI.FI’s $29 million Series A extension round
Launched in 2021, the universal liquidity layer and protocol intermediary has surpassed $60 billion in lifetime trans…
Klarna furthers Stripe links, tapping Privy to explore potential crypto wallet after Tempo-based stablecoin foray
The initiative remains exploratory, with any product launch dependent on securing required regulatory approvals, the …
U.S. Banking Regulator Warns Wall Street on 'Debanking,' Claims Practices 'Unlawful'
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency probed debanking of certain industries, including digital assets, and s…
The Daily: Silk Road bitcoin wallets wake up, SEC Chair Atkins signals quick action on crypto priorities, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Protocol: Stripe’s Tempo Testnet Goes Live
Also: ZKSync Lite to Sunset, Blockstream App Update, Axelar’s AgentFlux
XRP’s new “plumbing” narrative exposes a valuation shift that most retail speculators are completely ignoring
For years, XRP’s market identity was shaped by the dynamics that defined the early crypto era: retail-driven specul…
Trump brothers’ American Bitcoin adds another $38 million of the cryptocurrency as total holdings rise to 4,783 BTC
Eric Trump said the company has become one of the fastest-growing bitcoin accumulators since its Nasdaq listing three…
Polychain and Variant-backed ‘neo-brokerage’ Cascade wants to open 24/7 perps trading for any asset class
Cascade raised $15 million in seed funding in a round co-led by Polychain and Variant, with support from Coinbase Ven…
PNC Bank just launched direct Bitcoin trading, but one specific restriction effectively holds your digital assets hostage
PNC Bank, a US banking giant with more than $569 billion in assets under management (AUM), has embedded spot Bitcoin …
Most Influential: Rushi Manche
The Movement Labs’ co-founder’s secret dealings and subsequent scandal stoked industry-wide anxieties about opaqu…
Helium Expands to Brazil With Mambo WiFi in DePIN Breakthrough
The partnership represents one of Helium’s most significant international expansions so far.
Blockstream Connects Lightning and Liquid for Faster, Private Bitcoin Payments
The new update enables trustless swaps between Lightning and Liquid, removing technical hurdles for fast, self-custod…
Binance co-CEO Yi He’s WeChat account hacked to promote and profit from memecoin
The hacker spent 19,479 USDT to buy 21.16 million of the tokens, making around $55,000 from the subsequent pump, acco…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX moves another $95 million of its bitcoin stash amid reported 2026 IPO plans: Arkham
The transaction marks the ninth such transfer this year, likely to consolidate custody and upgrade from legacy bitcoi…
Bitcoin treasury XXI shares sink 20% in NYSE debut despite rising BTC price
Twenty One wants to distinguish itself from pure bitcoin-holding firms by pushing into brokerage, credit, and other f…