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Coinbase’s Base App says users may see zero balances for some coins amid AWS outage
Base App is meant to be Coinbase's answer for combining social networking, mini-apps, chat, payments, and trading.
Monad’s Fast EVM Chain Promises ‘Night and Day’ Performance Gains
CoinDesk sat down with Monad Foundation’s Head of Growth Kevin McCordic to talk about the architecture behind the b…
Quantum Computing Is 'Biggest Risk to Bitcoin,' Says Coin Metrics Co-Founder
Nic Carter says quantum computing is bitcoin’s biggest risk, explaining how spending exposes public keys and urging…
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko is designing a perps DEX: GitHub
Solana co-creator Anatoly Yakovenko is building an onchain perps DEX, according to detailed documentation posted on G…
CleanSpark joins bitcoin-to-AI pivot with hire of Humain exec to lead data-center expansion
CleanSpark joins other bitcoin miners exploring AI data-center conversions as traditional compute assets command stee…
Solo Bitcoin Miner Hits the Jackpot Wins $347,000 Block Reward
A solo Bitcoin miner just hit the ultimate crypto jackpot, earning $347,000 from a single block. Against 1-in-7-mill…
XRP Investor Says $3M in XRP Was Stolen; Cold Wallet Maker Says Seed Import Made Wallet Hot
Long-time XRP investor Brandon LaRoque says he discovered the loss on Oct. 15 in cold wallet maker Ellipal’s mobile…
Mt. Gox repayments due Oct. 31: Will a supply wave hit BTC?
Mt. Gox trustees face a deadline on Oct. 31 to complete Base, Early lump-sum, and Intermediate repayments for Bitcoin…
Solana decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter unveils Ultra v3 offering improved trade execution, MEV protections and ‘gasless support’
The updated protocol is "seamlessly integrated" into all Jupiter products, including its mobile and desktop apps as w…
New debt-fueled era for Bitcoin miners marked by 1 zetahash milestone – Report
Bitcoin mining crossed the zetahash threshold in September as the network averaged 1.034 ZH/s, and hashprice fell bel…
Tether open-sources wallet kit for humans and AI agents on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and beyond
Tether's open-source wallet toolkit supports multiple blockchains, from Bitcoin and Lightning to Solana and TON.
Prominent Ethereum developer Dankrad Feist departs EF to join stablecoin-focused Layer 1 Tempo
Dankrad Feist, who made several notable contributions to Ethereum since entering the ecosystem in 2018, is joining al…
Bitcoin miners just moved $5.6B to exchanges under AI escape plan
Bitcoin miners are running out of room to breathe. In the wake of a $19 billion market rout, operators have begun mov…
Ethereum-Based Uniswap Adds Solana Support in Win for Tackling DeFi Fragmentation
This could simplify the user experience, removing the need to use complex bridges or switch between different wallet…
The Daily: Ripple CEO says US won’t return to hostile Gensler era crypto climate, Paxos mistakenly mints 300 trillion PayPal USD on Ethereum, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Chainlink taps MegaETH for first native, real-time oracle to power next-gen DeFi
Chainlink has deployed its real-time Data Streams oracle natively on the ultra-fast Ethereum Layer 2 MegaETH.
Bitcoin miner Bitfarms files for $300 million convertible note offering
Bitfarms will use the funds for “general corporate purposes,” including funding capped call transactions to hedge…
Benchmark sees more upside to CompoSecure amid Arculus’s evolution into full crypto trading platform
CompoSecure's turnaround under Resolute and renewed focus on digital assets have helped lift shares more than 60% thi…
The Daily: BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft and Musk’s xAI strike $40B data-center deal, Binance drama, SBF and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Tether-linked USDT0 and XAUT0 launch on Solana via LayerZero tech
USDT0 and XAUT0, cross-chain bridged versions of Tether's USDT stablecoin and its gold token, have launched on Solana.
The Protocol: Monad Airdrop Portal Opens as Token Launch Nears
Also: ETH’s Sepolia Gets Fusaka Upgrade, Monero Releases Privacy Boost For Nodes and EF Expands Its Push Into Privacy.
Superstate to launch native tokenized stocks on crypto exchange Backpack
Superstate has partnered with Backpack, claiming to bring natively tokenized public equities to centralized trading f…
Are miners buying Bitcoin again? Marathon adds 400 BTC after the crash
Bitcoin (BTC) miner MARA Holdings purchased 400 BTC for approximately $46 million on Oct. 13, capitalizing on the mar…
Privy experiences ‘partial outage’ as Monad opens much-anticipated MON token airdrop claim window
On Tuesday morning, The Monad Foundation opened a MON token airdrop claims portal using the popular web3 wallet for a…
How $800 hardware can sniff Bitcoin miner traffic via satellite
UC San Diego and the University of Maryland researchers have reported findings showing that roughly half of GEO satel…
Circle taps Safe as ‘premier institutional storage solution’ for USDC stablecoin
The tie-up will help position “USDC at the core of the Safe ecosystem,” making it “a home for institutional sta…
Crypto crime research group SEAL Org unveils new way to report potential phishing sites
SEAL's Verifiable Phishing Reporter uses a cryptographic scheme designed by the team that proves whitehat hackers see…
Tornado Cash users can now maintain anonymity without ‘helping the hackers’ by using new 0xbow blacklist
0xBow, the team behind Privacy Pools, is launching a new tool that will allow Tornado Cash users to dissociate funds …
Solana DeFi giant Kamino boosts liquidity via Project 0 integration
Solana-based liquidity layer Kamino is integrating crypto prime broker Project 0 to unlock cross-margin lending using…
Ripple and Immunefi launch ‘Attackathon’ aimed at securing proposed XRPL lending protocol
The protocol is expected to go to a validator vote later this year, introducing pooled lending and underwritten credi…