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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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
Stork promises ‘true’ 24/7 price discovery for stocks and gold tapping Binance and other perps markets
Stork launches the first 24/7 oracle that switches to perpetual futures markets for 'true' price discovery.
Korean won stablecoin KRWQ expands to Solana following March EDX Markets listing
Korean won-denominated stablecoin KRWQ is expanding to Solana to support Korean won liquidity onchain.
Circle adds $3 billion Wall Street Arc token risking an uncomfortable rivalry with Coinbase
Circle's $222 million ARC token presale has given Wall Street a new way to value the USDC issuer, while raising a har…
Ethereum Foundation rolls out support for Clear Signing crypto security solution
Clear Signing is a crypto security feature that aims to simplify transaction descriptions so humans can understand wh…
Cardano wants in on the tokenized institutional vault race as DeFi’s retail focus fades
A fund manager, treasury desk, custodian, or regulated fintech function with vault accounts, policy-based approvals, …
Galaxy-backed Boundary to launch ‘verifiable’ institutional stablecoin USBD
The project has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Galaxy Ventures and plans to launch USBD on Ethereum in …
Ethereum loses 10% of its DeFi market share as rival chains close in
Ethereum's share of the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi compressed from 63.5% at the start of 2025 to around 54% as …
Hyperliquid Strategies posts $165 million net loss for nine months ended March 31 as HYPE treasury grows
The firm has deployed $216 million to acquire approximately 7.3 million HYPE tokens since its inception in December 2…
Kelp DAO ditches LayerZero for Chainlink’s cross-chain infrastructure following $292 million exploit
Many onlookers blame LayerZero's default infrastructure setup because the cross-chain bridge that was attacked used a…
Ethereum’s biggest staker has just become a public company with over $10 billion locked up
Bitmine has staked more than $10 billion in ETH, making it the largest corporate Ethereum treasury company and a yiel…
Wormhole bridges ‘canonical’ version of Bittensor’s TAO token to Solana
The activation is powered by Wormhole Labs’ Sunrise platform, which acts as a "day-one asset gateway" for bridging …