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How to stay safe after the Ledger leak: experts urge privacy first
Security researchers spoke to CoinDesk about how users can protect themselves after Monday’s breach.
The Daily: Morgan Stanley files for spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs as inflows enter 2026 ‘like a lion,’ and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Dominant onchain perps exchange Lighter rolls out 24/5 equity perps trading
The move comes amid a rapid period of growth for the now-dominant onchain perps platform Lighter, including its nativ…
Goldman upgrades Coinbase stock to Buy, flags execution risks and growing competition
Goldman analysts see Coinbase’s growing mix of non-trading revenue as a partial buffer against crypto market swings.
Jupiter rolls out native JupUSD stablecoin backed 90% by BlackRock and Ethena’s USDtb
JupUSD is an Ethena whitelabel stablecoin backed primarily by BlackRock's tokenized USD Institutional Digital Liquidi…
Polymarket turns housing price indices into prediction markets via Parcl partnership
Polymarket will offer a new suite of housing-related prediction markets via an integration with onchain real estate p…
Crypto data platform The Tie acquires Stakin in cash-and-equity deal
The acquisition adds staking as a new business line under a newly launched infrastructure solutions division at The Tie.
Starknet goes down for over 4 hours, team is ‘actively investigating’
Downtime can have knock-on effects across decentralized finance and other onchain applications.
Top crypto VCs share 2026 funding and token sales outlook
Crypto VCs told The Block they expect disciplined activity to persist in 2026, with a higher bar for new investments.
Coinbase to pause peso-based services in Argentina just one year after launch
The retreat follows the LIBRA memecoin scandal involving the country's president, Javier Milei, which caused a firest…
Neobanks will fuel Ethereum's 2026 growth, says ether.fi CEO
Ethereum's next phase will be defined by financial products that feel familiar to everyday users, Mike Silagadze said.
Crypto M&As and IPOs surged in 2025, and insiders see deal momentum carrying into 2026
Industry insiders expect deal momentum to continue into 2026, driven by consolidation, targeted acquisitions, and a s…
Ethereum and Solana set the stage for 2026’s DeFi reboot
Ethereum saw a surge in institutional adoption and progress on scaling in 2025, while Solana was stress-testing the n…
Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein credits Trump’s First Step Act for early prison release
The U.S. hacker pleaded guilty to stealing and laundering nearly 120,000 bitcoin from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfine…
Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein says he is being released early as part of ‘Trump’s First Step Act’
The man who confessed to being behind the hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, Ilya Lichtenstein, said he is being relea…
Crypto exchange volume falls to 15-month low in December
Volume on decentralized exchanges also dropped, as one analyst points to seasonal sentiment and year-end repositioning.
Turkmenistan legalizes crypto mining and trading under new framework
This signals a shift in one of the world's most controlled economies, which has been largely dependent on its natural…
Vitalik Buterin on the two goals Ethereum must meet to become the ‘world computer’
After major technical gains in 2025, Buterin says the network must double down on usability and decentralization to m…
XRP on exchanges hits 8 year low, but historical data exposes a brutal flaw in the popular “moon” narrative
Glassnode data shows that XRP's exchange balances hit their lowest level since 2018 in late December, sparking the us…
Crypto exploit triage group SEAL sees uptick in tickets in 2025
In addition to a rising number of “private key/seed leaks," pcaversaccio pointed to "a concerning increase in physi…
Trump Media to distribute new rewards token to DJT shareholders with Crypto.com
The move represents Trump Media's latest partnership with Crypto.com, including a series of crypto-related ETFs and a…
China gains major advantage if US bans interest on stablecoins, Coinbase exec warns
Coinbase's Faryar Shirzad said limiting rewards on US stablecoins could benefit global rivals as China moves to pay i…
Bitcoin order books just exposed the “wild” mechanics secretly crushing every rally before it starts
Bitcoin has spent the past several weeks going nowhere fast, and that is not because traders have run out of opinions…
Winklevoss-backed Cypherpunk adds $29 million in ZEC, lifts holdings to nearly 2% of supply
Cypherpunk’s ZEC position now accounts for more than a third of its stated 5% accumulation target, following a seri…
Flow scraps blockchain 'rollback' plan after community backlash over decentralization
The layer-1 network reversed course after ecosystem partners warned that rewriting chain history would undermine dece…
Coinbase claims arrest in the $355 million insider extortion scheme that targeted nearly 70,000 customers
Coinbase said a former customer support agent was arrested in India as investigators probe a breach tied to insider b…
Ethereum’s ‘Hegota’ upgrade slated for late 2026 as devs accelerate roadmap
Hegota will follow “Glamsterdam,” Ethereum’s next major upgrade, which is currently expected to roll out in the…
Coinbase CEO announces first arrest in India over insider data breach: ‘More still to come’
The news comes one week after a Brooklyn man was indicted on 31 counts for allegedly stealing $16 million from Coinba…
From Aztec to Zcash: The year ‘pragmatic privacy’ took root
This year also saw the launch of networks like Aztec's Ignition chain, apps like Privacy Pools, and corporate experim…
US eyes crypto mining at disputed nuclear plant in Russia-Ukraine conflict: report
The plant is located in Ukraine and has been under Russian control since 2022, with its future management a key issue…