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Robinhood’s Layer 2 testnet sees four million transactions in first week, CEO Vlad Tenev says

Robinhood’s Layer 2 testnet sees four million tran...

3 months ago 46

Ledn sells $188 million worth of bitcoin-backed bonds: Bloomberg

Ledn sells $188 million worth of bitcoin-backed bo...

3 months ago 37

TD Cowen: Despite CFTC intervention, states hold edge in prediction markets legal fight

TD Cowen: Despite CFTC intervention, states hold e...

3 months ago 54

Ether.fi shifts non-custodial crypto card product to OP Mainnet from Scroll

Ether.fi shifts non-custodial crypto card product ...

3 months ago 47

OpenAI and Paradigm partner on AI agent tool for smart contract security

OpenAI and Paradigm partner on AI agent tool for s...

3 months ago 44

Coinbase adds XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano and Litecoin as collateral for onchain loans via Morpho

Coinbase adds XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano and Litecoin ...

3 months ago 35

World Liberty Forum opens with 18% WLFI rally as Eric Trump says crypto industry still at ‘one-yard line’

World Liberty Forum opens with 18% WLFI rally as E...

3 months ago 45

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon reveals he owns ‘very little’ amount of bitcoin

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon reveals he owns ‘v...

3 months ago 33

The Daily: Peter Thiel and Founders Fund exit ETHZilla, K33 says bitcoin is approaching ‘late bear market territory,’ and more

The Daily: Peter Thiel and Founders Fund exit ETHZ...

3 months ago 36

Coinbase-incubated Base network to ditch Optimism for ‘unified solution’

Coinbase-incubated Base network to ditch Optimism ...

3 months ago 33

Loyalty becomes lifestyle: Rain and Uptop on stablecoin rewards

Loyalty becomes lifestyle: Rain and Uptop on stabl...

3 months ago 28

Mystery Hong Kong firm emerges as largest new IBIT holder after building $436 million stake in late 2025

Mystery Hong Kong firm emerges as largest new IBIT...

3 months ago 26

Kraken buys token vesting platform Magna, which hit peak TVL of $60 billion in 2025

Kraken buys token vesting platform Magna, which hi...

3 months ago 32

Toncoin-focused treasury company AlphaTON agrees to sell cancer treatment subsidiary

Toncoin-focused treasury company AlphaTON agrees t...

3 months ago 45

Activist investor Starboard says Riot AI pivot could be worth up to $21 billion as miner lags peers

Activist investor Starboard says Riot AI pivot cou...

3 months ago 32

XRP Ledger activates ‘members-only’ DEX upgrade aimed at regulated institutions

XRP Ledger activates ‘members-only’ DEX upgrade ai...

3 months ago 40

Hyperliquid Foundation sets up DeFi policy advocacy group with $29 million HYPE token donation

Hyperliquid Foundation sets up DeFi policy advocac...

3 months ago 41

First spot SUI ETFs debut as Canary Capital and Grayscale launch funds with staking

First spot SUI ETFs debut as Canary Capital and Gr...

3 months ago 37

Brevan Howard crypto fund posts 30% loss in 2025, worst year since launch: FT

Brevan Howard crypto fund posts 30% loss in 2025, ...

3 months ago 35

Bitwise seeks SEC nod for 2028 election prediction market ETFs as Wall Street pushes to wrap bets

Bitwise seeks SEC nod for 2028 election prediction...

3 months ago 33

Bitcoin approaches ‘late bear market territory’ as regime signals echo 2022 bottom, K33 says

Bitcoin approaches ‘late bear market territory’ as...

3 months ago 40

DeFi lending protocol Moonwell hit with $1.8 million bad debt after oracle misconfiguration

DeFi lending protocol Moonwell hit with $1.8 milli...

3 months ago 37

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest buys $6.9 million in Coinbase shares, reversing recent sales amid stock rebound

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest buys $6.9 million in Coin...

3 months ago 35

Bitwise CIO says DeFi could lead market out of crypto winter as Strategy’s Saylor predicts bitcoin recovery

Bitwise CIO says DeFi could lead market out of cry...

3 months ago 34

Peter Thiel and Founders Fund exit Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla, SEC filing shows

Peter Thiel and Founders Fund exit Ethereum treasu...

3 months ago 35

CFTC claims exclusive federal authority over prediction markets in new brief, clashing with states

CFTC claims exclusive federal authority over predi...

3 months ago 36

Stripe-owned stablecoin platform Bridge wins conditional OCC approval for national bank charter

Stripe-owned stablecoin platform Bridge wins condi...

3 months ago 45

Mizuho sees BitGo upsides, calling custodian ‘military-grade’ despite 44% post-IPO slump

Mizuho sees BitGo upsides, calling custodian ‘mili...

3 months ago 31

Zora launches ‘attention markets’ on Solana

Zora launches ‘attention markets’ on Solana

4 months ago 48

BlackRock begins acquiring ETH for upcoming Ethereum staking ETF

BlackRock begins acquiring ETH for upcoming Ethere...

4 months ago 47

The Daily: Logan Paul sells previously tokenized Pokemon card for $16M, Gemini parts ways with top execs, Strategy’s latest bitcoin buy, and more

The Daily: Logan Paul sells previously tokenized P...

4 months ago 51

Abu Dhabi funds held over $1 billion of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF at end of last year

Abu Dhabi funds held over $1 billion of BlackRock’...

4 months ago 37

Benchmark cuts Metaplanet target, says earnings show ‘promise and peril’ of bitcoin pivot

Benchmark cuts Metaplanet target, says earnings sh...

4 months ago 51

Trump filling Democratic seats at SEC, CFTC could advance crypto bill talks, TD Cowen says

Trump filling Democratic seats at SEC, CFTC could ...

4 months ago 31

David Bailey’s Bitcoin treasury play Nakamoto acquires BTC Inc and UTXO Management

David Bailey’s Bitcoin treasury play Nakamoto acqu...

4 months ago 48

eToro shares surge amid Q4 profit increase, crypto derivatives swing to $74 million gain

eToro shares surge amid Q4 profit increase, crypto...

4 months ago 36

BitMine grows Ethereum treasury to 4.37 million ETH, sees $252 million annual staking revenue via MAVAN

BitMine grows Ethereum treasury to 4.37 million ET...

4 months ago 36

StarkWare integrates EY-built Nightfall privacy tech into Starknet to provide confidential institutional transactions on public blockchains

StarkWare integrates EY-built Nightfall privacy te...

4 months ago 40

Dragonfly closes $650 million for fourth crypto venture fund amid bear market ‘gloom’

Dragonfly closes $650 million for fourth crypto ve...

4 months ago 33

Gemini exchange parts ways with CFO, COO and CLO in ‘big shakeup’

Gemini exchange parts ways with CFO, COO and CLO i...

4 months ago 33

Crypto infrastructure project unveils LI.FI Composer, a multi-step transaction orchestrator

Crypto infrastructure project unveils LI.FI Compos...

4 months ago 29

Bitcoin miner Hive reports record revenue as hashrate expands despite $91 million net loss tied to accelerated depreciation

Bitcoin miner Hive reports record revenue as hashr...

4 months ago 37

Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys 2,486 bitcoin for $168 million as total holdings reach 717,131 BTC

Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys 2,486 bitcoin for $...

4 months ago 41

TON Foundation partners with OSL’s Banxa to expand stablecoin payment infrastructure for Asia-Pacific merchants

TON Foundation partners with OSL’s Banxa to expand...

4 months ago 37

Ethereum’s tokenized RWA market jumps more than 300% year over year as value tops $17 billion

Ethereum’s tokenized RWA market jumps more than 30...

4 months ago 34

Loss-making DeFi lender ZeroLend to shut down after 98% TVL drop

Loss-making DeFi lender ZeroLend to shut down afte...

4 months ago 48

Anthony Scaramucci’s son buys Logan Paul’s previously tokenized Pokemon card for record $16 million

Anthony Scaramucci’s son buys Logan Paul’s previou...

4 months ago 42

Crypto’s $300 billion stablecoin supply is increasingly used as ‘everyday money,’ global study finds

Crypto’s $300 billion stablecoin supply is increas...

4 months ago 39

Crypto Fear & Greed Index hits record low despite ongoing institutional push into DeFi

Crypto Fear & Greed Index hits record low despite ...

4 months ago 37

Wintermute launches institutional tokenized gold trading, expects market to reach $15 billion in 2026

Wintermute launches institutional tokenized gold t...

4 months ago 41