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Vladimir Novakovski: DeFi must match traditional finance’s performance, the importance of verifiability in trading, and Ethereum’s role in future financial opportunities | Empire

Vladimir Novakovski: DeFi must match traditional f...

6 months ago 94

Satya Nadella: The evolution of coding tools to autonomous agents, why macro delegation and micro stealing are vital for productivity, and the need for a new metaphor in the AI age | All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

Satya Nadella: The evolution of coding tools to au...

6 months ago 107

Steve Sosnick: Bitcoin’s transition to a risk asset, why gold is a better safe haven now, and the impact of central bank independence on market stability | Unchained

Steve Sosnick: Bitcoin’s transition to a risk asse...

6 months ago 81

Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn: Crypto risks mirroring the Linux movement’s decline, user experience is crucial for mass adoption, and funding has advanced zero-knowledge proofs | Bankless

Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn: Crypto risks mirroring the L...

6 months ago 91

John Zettler: 2026 will be pivotal for DeFi vaults, traditional asset managers will struggle to compete, and liquidity is fundamentally tied to yield | Empire

John Zettler: 2026 will be pivotal for DeFi vaults...

6 months ago 71

Sana Ebrahimi: Iran’s regime prioritizes Islamic doctrine over citizen welfare, the reality of gender apartheid, and the propaganda tactics suppressing dissent | Bankless

Sana Ebrahimi: Iran’s regime prioritizes Islamic d...

6 months ago 115

Mike Cagney: Bitcoin’s stability rivals gold and silver, Tether’s shift to gold signals market confidence, and capital is rotating from crypto to precious metals | The Wolf Of All Streets

Mike Cagney: Bitcoin’s stability rivals gold and s...

6 months ago 99

Marek Olszewski: Celo simplifies crypto with phone numbers as identifiers, cheaper fees than Solana, and a focus on peer-to-peer payments | Bankless

Marek Olszewski: Celo simplifies crypto with phone...

6 months ago 101

Laura Walter: Using privacy coins complicates tax audits, 2025 will be a challenging year for crypto reporting, and the IRS’s new wallet-by-wallet method reduces tax flexibility | Unchained

Laura Walter: Using privacy coins complicates tax ...

6 months ago 73

Bitcoin drops below $74K, erasing post-Trump rally gains

Bitcoin drops below $74K, erasing post-Trump rally...

6 months ago 70

Texas Blockchain Council, Chainlink Labs collaborate on secure digital infrastructure

Texas Blockchain Council, Chainlink Labs collabora...

6 months ago 82

Grayscale replaces ADA with BNB in latest GLDC fund rebalance

Grayscale replaces ADA with BNB in latest GLDC fun...

6 months ago 62

Ondo expands RWA push with equity perps, day one IPO access, and MetaMask rollout

Ondo expands RWA push with equity perps, day one I...

6 months ago 90

Crypto.com launches OG prediction markets app as exchanges push deeper into event trading

Crypto.com launches OG prediction markets app as e...

6 months ago 72

Elon Musk’s xAI seeks crypto experts to train next-gen AI models

Elon Musk’s xAI seeks crypto experts to train next...

6 months ago 69

Alphabet stock hits $350 record as investors brace for Q4 earnings

Alphabet stock hits $350 record as investors brace...

6 months ago 66

Galaxy posts $482 million net loss in Q4 2025, shares drop 13%

Galaxy posts $482 million net loss in Q4 2025, sha...

6 months ago 77

Pharos Network unveils $10 million program for DeFi and real-world assets

Pharos Network unveils $10 million program for DeF...

6 months ago 71

Arbitrum issues security alert after DAO X account compromise

Arbitrum issues security alert after DAO X account...

6 months ago 76

Nansen debuts NX8 index tracking BTC, ETH, SOL, HYPE and other L1 leaders

Nansen debuts NX8 index tracking BTC, ETH, SOL, HY...

6 months ago 79

Solana, XRP, and TRON futures to debut on Russia’s largest stock exchange

Solana, XRP, and TRON futures to debut on Russia’s...

6 months ago 65

French police raid X’s Paris offices, summon Elon Musk over platform abuse allegations

French police raid X’s Paris offices, summon Elon ...

6 months ago 63

Elon Musk says SpaceX may put Dogecoin on the moon next year

Elon Musk says SpaceX may put Dogecoin on the moon...

6 months ago 64

Google Cloud teams up with telecom giant Liberty Global to deploy Gemini AI across Europe

Google Cloud teams up with telecom giant Liberty G...

6 months ago 84

Bitcoin supply in loss signals early bear market conditions: CryptoQuant

Bitcoin supply in loss signals early bear market c...

6 months ago 81

SpaceX acquires xAI as Musk pitches orbital data centers ahead of $1 trillion IPO

SpaceX acquires xAI as Musk pitches orbital data c...

6 months ago 94

Robinhood stock sinks 10% to 7-month low as crypto correction deepens

Robinhood stock sinks 10% to 7-month low as crypto...

6 months ago 76

Trump announces India trade deal lowering tariffs to 18% as equities bounce on Monday

Trump announces India trade deal lowering tariffs ...

6 months ago 94

Tether integrates USDT and Tether Gold into Opera’s MiniPay wallet

Tether integrates USDT and Tether Gold into Opera’...

6 months ago 88

BitMine continues ETH accumulation with 41K buy as unrealized losses top $6B

BitMine continues ETH accumulation with 41K buy as...

6 months ago 76

Cboe plans to bring back binary options to compete with prediction markets

Cboe plans to bring back binary options to compete...

6 months ago 81

Hyperliquid introduces outcome trading via HIP-4 as HYPE jumps over 10%

Hyperliquid introduces outcome trading via HIP-4 a...

6 months ago 60

BlackRock sends over $670M in Bitcoin, Ethereum to Coinbase

BlackRock sends over $670M in Bitcoin, Ethereum to...

6 months ago 74

Binance SAFU Fund buys 1,315 Bitcoin worth over $100 million

Binance SAFU Fund buys 1,315 Bitcoin worth over $1...

6 months ago 80

Justin Sun plans to add up to $100M in Bitcoin to Tron’s holdings

Justin Sun plans to add up to $100M in Bitcoin to ...

6 months ago 91

Strategy buys 855 more Bitcoin at around $88K

Strategy buys 855 more Bitcoin at around $88K

6 months ago 76

Elon Musk in advanced discussions to unite SpaceX and xAI

Elon Musk in advanced discussions to unite SpaceX ...

6 months ago 76

White House to meet with crypto firms and banks on stablecoin yield this afternoon

White House to meet with crypto firms and banks on...

6 months ago 84

Tesla overtakes Bitcoin on global asset leaderboard

Tesla overtakes Bitcoin on global asset leaderboar...

6 months ago 93

Chicago-based Metropolitan Capital Bank becomes first bank to fail in 2026

Chicago-based Metropolitan Capital Bank becomes fi...

6 months ago 72

Bitcoin drops to $81K, wiping out over $380M in longs as US government enters partial shutdown

Bitcoin drops to $81K, wiping out over $380M in lo...

6 months ago 74

OKX CEO blames irresponsible USDe yield campaigns for October flash crash

OKX CEO blames irresponsible USDe yield campaigns ...

6 months ago 77

Japan’s banking giant Nomura tightens crypto risk controls as market setbacks hit European operations

Japan’s banking giant Nomura tightens crypto risk ...

6 months ago 114

Tether reports $10B profit in 2025 as USDT circulation surges past $186B

Tether reports $10B profit in 2025 as USDT circula...

6 months ago 79

Vitalik Buterin commits $45M in ETH as Ethereum Foundation enters ‘austerity phase’

Vitalik Buterin commits $45M in ETH as Ethereum Fo...

6 months ago 80

Silver plunges 35% in historic reversal in worst intraday loss ever

Silver plunges 35% in historic reversal in worst i...

6 months ago 78

Kazakhstan allocates $350M from sovereign wealth fund to crypto reserve

Kazakhstan allocates $350M from sovereign wealth f...

6 months ago 66

Silver plunges over 20% as gold extends selloff after record highs

Silver plunges over 20% as gold extends selloff af...

6 months ago 93

Saylor says Kevin Warsh will become first pro-Bitcoin Fed chair

Saylor says Kevin Warsh will become first pro-Bitc...

6 months ago 79

Brazil’s Nubank gets conditional approval to establish US national bank

Brazil’s Nubank gets conditional approval to estab...

6 months ago 61