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Paradigm commits $1.25 million to aid Tornado Cash co-founder in continued legal battle
Storm faces a maximum prison sentence of 45 years for money laundering related charges in his part in developing cryp…
Stablecoins Market Cap Up By 65% – Driving The Bull Rally Forward?
Amidst a momentary pause in the current crypto bull run, stablecoins have emerged as a potential factor capable of dr…
NoOnes CEO Ray Youssef discloses $8 million exploit weeks after the fact, confirming crypto sleuth ZachXBT’s investigation
The disclosure was made after crypto sleuth ZachXBT wrote about the exploit in his “Investigations by Zach” Teleg…
North Korea hack group possibly behind $70 million Phemex exploit, experts say
More than $70 million worth of cryptocurrencies were drained from the platform, likely by a sophisticated group of ac…
Circle Unveils Paymaster to Allow USDC to Be Used for Transaction Fees
The product allows users to interact with decentralized applications using USDC only, ditching the need for native to…
Ink, the Ethereum L2 incubated by Kraken, works with Optimism to push the bar forward on permissionless fault proofs
Gelato and Kraken will run challengers, making Ink the first Superchain network to feature multiple challengers at la…
Nasdaq’s official X account was seemingly hacked to promote a fake memecoin
The hacker appeared to link a fake X account as a Nasdaq affiliate and used the Nasdaq account to share its post prom…
Circle Enters Tokenization Race by Acquiring Hashnote, $1.3B Real-World Asset Issuer
Circle also said it will bring the $48 billion USDC stablecoin to the Canton Network and struck a partnership with cr…
Circle acquires tokenization startup Hashnote, incubated by Cumberland Labs
Stablecoin issuer Circle has acquired Hashnote, a tokenization startup incubated by Cumberland Labs, for an undisclos…
Obol Collective to airdrop OBOL tokens to thousands of solo stakers and node operators
The airdrop will account for 7.5% of the total OBOL supply. There are “three main buckets” of recipients, Thomas …
Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings immortalizes portrait of Trump as block art
The publicly traded company formerly known as Marathon Digital mined a portrait of Donald Trump using a strategy of o…
Former Binance.US chief raises $20M for stablecoin network
The stablecoin market, which is dominated by Tether and Circle, is worth more than $214 billion.
Illicit use of blockchains represents just 0.4% of total crypto volume, TRM Labs finds
TRM Labs found illicit volume is down 24% since 2023 to $45 billion, representing just 0.4% of overall crypto transa…
Jito Labs hires crypto legal veteran Rebecca Rettig as first chief legal officer
Jito's new Chief Legal Officer Rebecca Rettig will help the firm navigate the changing legal and regulatory landscape.
Trump receptive to include US-based coins in ‘America-first’ crypto reserve: NYP
The idea could delegitimize efforts to promote bitcoin, insiders said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Telegram malware crypto scams rampant over traditional phishing: Scam Sniffer
The attackers now opt for more 'sophisticated' malware to target crypto investors via trading or airdrop groups on Te…
The Daily: US govt. says bitcoin from Bitfinex hack should be returned in-kind, HashKey predicts BTC to break $300,000 in 2025 and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Switchboard to become first Solana oracle network to go live on Jito’s growing restaking platform
With approximately 70% of outstanding SOL staked, Solana restaking represents a $76 billion market opportunity.
Circle’s USDC beats Tether USDT in market cap surge during 2024
USDC’s massive growth in 2024 marked the stablecoin’s steady recovery following a 45% market cap drop associated …
Crimeware-as-a-service: A new threat to crypto users
Crimeware-as-a-service fuels cybercrime in crypto. Explore its impact, tactics used and key s…
Compound adds Ethena, Mantle tokens to lending platform
Stablecoins and liquid staking tokens are continuing to drive TVL growth across DeFi.
Circle contributes $1M USDC to Trump's Inauguration Committee
Overcollateralized stablecoin issuers like Tether and Circle are collectively the world's 18th-largest buyers of US g…
Circle donates $1 million in USDC to Donald Trump’s inaugural committee
Circle has donated $1 million of its USDC stablecoin to the inaugural committee for President-elect Donald Trump. On …
How to buy USDC on Base: A step-by-step guide
Learn how to buy USDC on the Base Network with this step-by-step guide, which covers the essentials, including wallet…
Agora, Galaxy complete AUSD stablecoin’s first live transaction
Agora's AUSD is the latest entrant into the burgeoning stablecoin market.
We should hone ‘responsible AI’ before Copilot goes autopilot
There is a critical need for a comprehensive, responsible AI approach to address privacy, security, bias and accounta…
Western Union and MoneyGram app usage drops as stablecoin adoption surges
Traditional remittance giants like Western Union and MoneyGram are struggling to keep pace in an evolving financial e…
USDC market cap is up 80% from 2023 lows
The stablecoin is also more widely distributed across blockchain networks.
Solana adds $1B worth of stablecoins in December
The network now holds approximately $5 billion worth of stablecoins, mostly made up of USDC.
Coinbase CEO urges X to embrace USDC for payment integration
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has signaled interest in incorporating Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) for payments on X, for…