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Kraken Institutional launches first managed crypto yield strategy with Bitwise
The Bitwise-managed strategy seeks to generate income from otherwise idle crypto holdings while assets remain within …
Ether treasury ETHZilla pivots to real estate tokenization with a $4.7 million housing loan deal
ETHZilla’s shift toward tokenization comes after a sharp downturn in its core crypto holdings.
CFTC scraps Biden-era proposal to ban political event contracts as states press prediction markets
The CFTC has scrapped a 2024 proposal to ban political prediction market contracts just as states double down on over…
Ripple prepares to dominate the $24 billion RWA market by integrating controversial new permissioned layer
On Feb. 4, the XRP Ledger (XRPL) activated the highly anticipated Permissioned Domains with 91% validator approval. A…
Hong Kong could double its fund industry through tokenization, BCG says
BCG, Aptos, and Hang Seng have completed the technical and commercial demonstration for token-based finance in Hong K…
SBI Holdings unveils Layer 1 proof of concept for tokenized stocks co-developed with Startale Group
SBI tapped the blockchain R&D firm behind Sony’s blockchain to co-develop a Layer 1 purpose-built network for oncha…
Binance denies issuing legal threats over insolvency allegations
A social media user claimed that Binance sent a cease-and-desist order over his post alleging the exchange's insolvency.
The Daily: Bitcoin slide renews four-year cycle fears, BitMine’s Tom Lee calls unrealized ETH losses ‘a feature, not a bug,’ and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Europe’s role in the next wave of tokenisation
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad writes about how the EU’s regulatory cla…
The Protocol: Vitalik Buterin’s stark warning on layer-2 roadmap
Also: Open-source alternative for bitcoin miners, EF’s quantum-computing team and a new lending protocol for XRP
Crypto analytics firm TRM Labs reaches unicorn status following $70M Blockchain Capital-led Series C
TRM Labs has reached unicorn status after closing a $70 million funding round that values the crypto crime-fighting s…
Ripple adds Hyperliquid to its prime brokerage platform in first DeFi integration
The move marks the platform’s first direct integration with a DeFi venue, a Ripple Prime spokesperson told The Block.
Bitnomial lists first US futures for Tezos, the blockchain project proposed in 2014 that raised $232 million in ICO
Chicago-based Bitnomial is often the first US exchange to offer many crypto products, like the first regulated XRP fu…
Coinbase’s prediction markets draw fire from Nevada regulator over alleged unlicensed sports betting
Nevada regulators accused Coinbase of offering alleged unlicensed sports betting through the exchange's prediction ma…
The Daily: Bitwise CIO on the ‘Leonardo-DiCaprio-in-The-Revenant-style crypto winter,’ Vitalik reconsiders Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Kraken parent Payward reports $2.2 billion adjusted 2025 revenue as business diversifies through acquisitions, investments
Payward derived about 47% of its revenue from trading operations and the remaining 53% from its growing list of other…
Crypto.com spins out OG prediction markets app as monthly volumes top $17 billion ahead of Super Bowl
Crypto.com is splitting out prediction markets into a standalone app, as competition among exchanges to offer event-b…
Vitalik Buterin reevaluates Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap, arguing L2s decentralized ‘far slower’ while base layer advanced
Buterin previously championed a "rollup-centric" roadmap that would scale Ethereum through a network of branded shards.
UK’s Smarter Web Company joins London Stock Exchange amid $100 million bitcoin loss
The Smarter Web Company says it plans to continue accumulating bitcoin regardless of short-term price swings and vola…
Standard Chartered cuts Solana 2026 target to $250, sees shift from ‘memecoins to micropayments’
Standard Chartered sees Solana evolving “from memecoins to micropayments", with forecasts of SOL to $2,000 by 2030.
Flare unveils new way for XRP holders to earn yield through a massive DeFi upgrade
Users can now lend FXRP to earn yield or use it as collateral to borrow other assets, giving XRP holders new ways to …
Tether launches open-source Bitcoin mining OS to challenge proprietary software
Tether has launched MiningOS, an open-source operating system for bitcoin mining as an alternative to proprietary sof…
Elon Musk’s xAI opens crypto expert role amid $1.25 trillion SpaceX merger
Elon Musk's xAI is seeking to hire a crypto expert to train its AI models amid a merger with SpaceX ahead of an antic…
Elon Musk's xAI is hiring crypto specialists to train its AI models
The remote role focuses on teaching AI models how crypto markets work, from trading behavior to on-chain activity and…
Bitcoin miners get an open-source alternative as Tether launches MiningOS
Stablecoin issuer Tether said its new MiningOS is a modular, self-hosted software stack built to run mining operation…
Inside the White House talks between crypto firms and banks on stablecoin rewards
Crypto advocacy groups called a White House meeting on Monday to discuss an intensely contested topic on how to treat…
MultiversX integrates Google’s new AI commerce standard, adds support for Coinbase-incubated x402 payments
New transaction standards aim to let AI systems access data, services & digital assets without relying on traditional…
Bed Bath & Beyond stock jumps on deal to tokenize real estate with Tokens.com buy
The new platform, planned to debut by July, will use tools from tZERO and integrate with blockchain firm Figure to of…
Hyperliquid tests ‘Outcomes,’ moving into booming prediction markets and limited risk options trading
HyperLiquid is adding general-purpose Outcome trading as an expansion to Hyperliquid’s in-progress HIP-4 update.
Cboe targets prediction market with ‘all-or-nothing’ options revival: WSJ
Cboe explores reviving all-or-nothing options as prediction markets hit record volumes and draw billions in retail tr…