Bitwise makes first institutional DeFi allocation
Bitwise Asset Management has made its first institutional decentralized finance (DeFi) allocation, depositing into Maple Finance’s overcollateralized Bitcoin loans, Maple...
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Rep. Mike Collins now accepting crypto donations for campaign
Representative Mike Collins, a United States congressman for the state of Georgia, announced that his congressional campaign is now accepting...
MegaETH Launches High-Speed Testnet This Week to Pioneer Real-Time Blockchain Performance
MegaETH, an Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling solution backed by Vitalik Buterin and Dragonfly Capital, will deploy its testnet this...
How Bybit’s lost Ethereum went through North Korea’s washing machine
The $1.4 billion hack against Bybit wasn’t just the largest exploit in crypto history — it was a major test...
Our current data infrastructure threatens DeFi’s future
Opinion by: Maxim Legg, founder and CEO of PangeaThe blockchain industry faces a crisis of its own making. While we...
From social experiment to retail ‘value extraction’ tools
Memecoins, once seen as community-driven digital assets, are increasingly being used to exploit retail investors, with a growing number of...
$63M Investment Fuels Raise’s Blockchain-Powered Smart Cards
Raise, a Chicago-based gift card marketplace, secured $63 million in funding led by Haun Ventures and backed by Paypal to...
Sixth Street backs blockchain lender Figure with $200M investment
Global investment firm Sixth Street has invested $200 million in Figure Technology Solutions, a US-based lender that uses blockchain technology...
Crypto neo-privateers could be the solution to hacks
Opinion by: Christopher Perkins and J. Christopher GiancarloRegarding cybersecurity in the crypto industry, 2025 is off to a terrible start....
How Lazarus Group became crypto’s supervillain
Lazarus Group isn’t an occasional player in the hacking world; it is frequently the prime suspect in major crypto heists....
DeFi can help us choose the best robots for the job
Opinion by: Paige Xu, OpenMindAs the race for the best humanoid robot heats up, with global teams integrating autonomous systems...
Restaking and ‘rehypothecation’ are the same but different
Opinion by: Andrew Redden, CEO of HypurrFiOne of the most significant innovations for cryptocurrency to have come out of 2024...
In pictures: Bybit’s record-breaking $1.4B hack
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has fallen victim to the largest hack in history, with North Korea’s state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus identified...
Blockchain interoperability will accelerate institutional success
Opinion By: Temujin Louie, CEO of WanchainIn recent years, we have witnessed a significant shift in traditional finance (TradFi), as...
2014 Vitalik Buterin couldn’t raise for Ethereum today
Opinion by: Aaron Barefoot, founder of ColdChainTen years after the creation of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin would not be able to...
Know Your Peer — The pros and cons of KYC
Opinion by: Josef Je, co-founder of PWN DAOThis isn’t another article insisting that Know Your Customer (KYC) practices are the...
Energy-backed currencies as the key to climbing the Kardashev scale
Opinion by: Andrew Cote, founder of HyperstitionEvery cryptocurrency proposes to replace fiat for the same reasons — it’s decentralized, resistant...
Once Bustling, Now Barely Moving: Bitcoin’s Blockchain Continues to See a Sharp Drop in Transfers
In contrast to its historic peak in daily transfer volume last year, Bitcoin’s transactional activity in 2025 has dwindled to...
Crypto whales dominate holdings of Trump family tokens: Chainalysis
The US president and first lady’s recently launched memecoins are mostly held by just 40 crypto whales who have $10...
Crypto firm pleads guilty to wash trading FBI-made token
A crypto financial services firm has agreed to plead guilty to US charges of helping to manipulate markets for a...
Coinbase Solana transactions delayed amid memecoin frenzy
Coinbase users complained of hours-long delays on Solana transactions as network congestion tied to US President Donald Trump’s Jan. 18...
Trump crypto project buys $48M ETH as token strengthens vs Bitcoin
The Donald Trump-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial has snapped up millions of dollars worth of Ether as the token...
