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Coinbase says it won’t back Senate crypto bill ahead of banking committee vote
Coinbase won't be supporting the Senate Banking Committee's sweeping cryptocurrency legislation, its CEO said.
Critical tokenization infrastructure provider Alpaca raises $150 million Series D, pushing valuation to $1.15 billion
Alpaca says it powers 94% of all tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs, working with leading RWA projects Dinari, Ondo Fin…
Figure unveils onchain equity network aimed at remaking stock trading and lending
Figure’s OPEN platform is designed to handle issuance, settlement, and stock lending onchain, instead of replicatin…
The Protocol: Vitalik Buterin flags stablecoin design flaws
Also: Zcash token falls after developer quits, Smart Cashtags and BTC quantum computing defense
Project Eleven raises $20 million Series A at $120 million valuation to prepare crypto networks for post-quantum threats
The startup is building tools to help secure crypto networks such as Bitcoin against emerging threats from quantum co…
Paradigm leads $7.1 million seed round for attention market Noise ahead of Base mainnet launch
Noise is building a prediction market for the relevancy of social media topics, similar to "a stock market for trends."
Senate crypto bill could mark biggest financial surveillance expansion since the Patriot Act, Galaxy says
Galaxy Research says illicit finance provisions in the Senate Banking draft go far beyond the House’s Clarity Act.
How solo Bitcoin miners hit 22 blocks hit in 12 months as another hit the jackpot this week
A single Bitcoin (BTC) miner collected a full block reward on Jan. 13, claiming 3.125 BTC plus fees worth close to $3…
Backpack launches closed-beta prediction markets with cross-margin feature
The private beta of 'Unified Prediction Portfolio' marks Backpack's foray into the burgeoning prediction markets sector.
Peter Thiel-backed Bitpanda eyes IPO in first half of 2026: Bloomberg
Vienna-based crypto exchange Bitpanda is reportedly seeking to go public in Germany at a valuation of roughly $4.6 bi…
Bitdeer overtakes MARA as largest bitcoin miner by ‘managed hashrate’ metric
Singapore-based Bitdeer reported a “total hash rate under management," including a self-mining hashrate of 55.2 EH/…
Kraken and Bitget set the pace in the early innings of tokenized stock trading
Kraken remains king in actively traded tokenized stocks, while Ondo has scaled issuance faster through its partnershi…
Senate Banking Committee’s crypto market structure bill text sets up showdown over stablecoin rewards
Lawmakers and the crypto industry are sifting through pages and pages of bill text, with much of the focus being on s…
The Daily: Senate unveils updated market structure bill, YZi Labs invests in Genius Trading as CZ joins as advisor, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Energy grid operators are ignoring Bitcoin’s stabilization benefits to chase a wealthier, less flexible buyer
Former Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), recently stated that the UAE generates surplus power in order to cover “th…
YZi Labs invests ‘multi-8-figure’ in Genius Trading, with CZ joining as advisor
Genius Trading is building a privacy-focused DeFi trading platform and aims to become an onchain alternative to Binan…
ClearBank taps crypto custody firm Taurus to power stablecoin services
The U.K. clearing bank has selected Taurus' wallet infrastructure as it expands into digital assets and stablecoin-ba…
Kraken-linked SPAC targets Nasdaq IPO with $250 million offering
The Kraken-affiliated company was built for the purpose of effecting a merger with one or more operating businesses.
The Daily: Bitcoin and privacy coins gain as Trump-Powell conflict escalates, Tether freezes $182M in USDT, Strategy makes biggest buy in six months, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Solana treasury company Sharps Technology taps Coinbase to launch validator
Coinbase is one of the largest Solana stakers, with nearly 10% of the network’s total staked SOL, according to its …
Vitalik Buterin lays out 'walkaway test' for a quantum safe Ethereum
Buterin emphasizes the importance of quantum resistance and scalability, aiming for the Ethereum blockchain to handle…
Standard Chartered prepares crypto prime brokerage push: Bloomberg
Standard Chartered is reportedly preparing a crypto prime brokerage business to be housed within its SC Ventures unit.
Quantum computing threatens the $2 trillion Bitcoin network. BTQ Technologies says it has a defense.
Post-quantum cryptography specialist BTQ Technologies has introduced ‘Bitcoin Quantum,’ a permissionless fork and…
Bernstein says window for crypto market structure bill is ‘here and now,’ as concerns over stablecoin rewards remain key sticking point
Bernstein said the window to pass the bill is rapidly narrowing amid a dispute between banks and the crypto industry …
Coinbase may reconsider support for US market structure bill: Bloomberg
Coinbase may withdraw its support from the market structure bill if it imposes broader limits on stablecoin rewards, …
X’s head of product teases crypto-aware ‘Smart Cashtags’ one day after Crypto Twitter backlash
Nikita Bier outlined plans for asset-aware Smart Cashtags a day after criticism from parts of the crypto community ov…
Walmart and Google bet on AI agents to reshape how people shop online
The retail giant said a new Gemini integration reflects a broader shift from search-based shopping to AI systems that…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warns decentralized stablecoins still have deep flaws
The Ethereum co-founder argues that price benchmarks, oracle security and staking incentives remain unresolved challe…
BlackRock warns crypto’s love affair with AI is over as an energy war with Bitcoin miners begins
BlackRock is telling clients to stop looking at artificial intelligence as software and start treating it as energy. …
Ripple secures FCA authorization, clearing path for UK expansion
Ripple has secured approval from the UK’s top financial regulator, clearing the way for an expansion of its platfor…