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Solana infrastructure firm Helius acquires Light Protocol to expand onchain privacy
The acquisition comes amid a moment of consolidation in the crypto industry and during a resurgent interest in onchai…
Privacy returns to focus as Ethereum developers explore new token standards
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem.
Crypto Long & Short: Who answers the 3am call when DeFi breaks?
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Ben Nadareski writes that to win over big investors, DeFi builders must act like …
MetaMask debuts Agent Wallet giving AI bots self-custody access to Ethereum
Consensys-backed MetaMask is rolling out a non-custodial wallet for AI agents for general availability this summer.
A quick review of the Ways and Means tax bills: State of Crypto
The House Ways and Means Committee is gearing up for its big tax push.
Crypto for Advisors: The crypto due diligence questions you forgot to ask
As stablecoins, shifting regulation and AI-enabled infrastructure mature, advisors should revisit three questions the…
Travala debuts agentic AI travel protocol with gasless USDC payments on Base
Travala launched an agentic AI travel protocol on Base supporting gasless USDC hotel bookings and AI-assisted payment…
Not all Ethereum layer 2s are dying, but many general-purpose chains no longer have a reason to exist
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.
Cosmos Labs acquires block explorer Mintscan, forms Korea subsidiary to expand ecosystem
Cosmos Labs has acquired Cosmos block explorer Mintscan and formed a new Korea-based subsidiary, Cosmos Labs Korea.
Crypto Long & Short: What about the American consumer?
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Alex Tapscott on the stalling of the CLARITY Act and how it's impacting the avera…
How the House Financial Services Committee is taking on tokenization: State of Crypto
Rep. French Hill, head of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on outstanding policy issues in an inter…
Base launches Azul on mainnet, pushing Coinbase’s Ethereum L2 toward full decentralization
Base has deployed its Azul upgrade on mainnet, with multiproofs and a new client stack advancing decentralization.
Why the Ethereum Foundation is suddenly again at the center of crypto’s culture war
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're diving deep into the institution that has been the main stew…
Crypto Long & Short: How the GENIUS Act repriced bitcoin's monetary premium
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Ravi Tanuku on why the GENIUS Act didn't just regulate stablecoins, it repriced B…
Aztec Labs acquires ZKPassport, pledges to keep privacy protocol and iOS mobile app open-source
The Obsidion team, including co-founders Michael Elliot and Theo Madzou, will join Aztec Labs to continue developing …
Coinbase-incubated Base blockchain rolls out MCP gateway to AI interfaces like Claude, ChatGPT
With the integration, users will now be able to use natural language prompts to swap tokens, transfer funds, and inte…
Crypto and the Fed: State of Crypto
This past week saw incremental, but potentially important steps.
Ripple, North Island Ventures back $6 million round for cross-chain platform Squid
Squid is preparing to launch a new consumer product aimed at making it easier to access and manage crypto assets, Fig…
CLEAR token tanks 48% as Everclear winds down protocol, foundation and labs unit
Everclear achieved $500 million in monthly volume, but "never developed the commercial depth," the team said on Thurs…
MoonPay announces fourth acquisition of the year with Decent, as it launches MoonPay Trade
This Decent deal comes on a wave of acquisitions by MoonPay, including DFlow and Sodot, which all support MoonPay Trade.
Cosmos co-founder’s new multilateral clearing startup Cycles raises $6.4 million
The round, led by Blockchange Ventures, with support from Coinbase Ventures, among others, brings Cycle's total fundi…
Kik founder’s latest app Flipcash first to tap Coinbase’s stablecoin-as-a-service platform
Coinbase rolled out its Custom Stablecoin platform in late 2025 to enable companies to launch branded stablecoins.
The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation's high-profile departures spark fresh debate
Also: Citi on quantum computing and bitcoin, Jump Crypto’s Firedancer, and Vitalik Buterin on AI verification
Deloitte absorbs Blocknative team as crypto infra firm winds down APIs and Gas Network
The Blocknative website now returns a post noting that the firm is “now in the process of ceasing operations."
Zerohash secures first EMI license under MiCA for stablecoin and brokerage services in Europe
Zerohash Europe is the first firm licensed under Europe’s flagship MiCA crypto regulation to also hold full EMI sta…
The Clarity Act took a step forward: State of Crypto
Unpacking Thursday's at-times contentious markup hearing.
It’s a ‘new era’ for crypto users who ‘trade anything and everything’ as Jito goes consumer, CEO Bruder says
Jito founder Lucas Bruder told The Block that there's a new class of users coming onchain who "want to trade anything…
Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF to start trading on NYSE this Friday
The Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF will offer staking through the company’s in-house staking division Bitwise Onchain Solu…
Chainlink CCIP gains over $2.5 billion in TVL from protocols migrating from LayerZero, with Kraken Bitcoin the latest to join
Kraken Bitcoin is at least the fourth product to deprecate its LayerZero cross-chain tech following the Kelp DAO attack.
CoinList expands into tokenized asset distribution with ‘Passage’ as token sales slow
CoinList has launched Passage. The move marks its expansion beyond token sales, which have slowed across the crypto i…