The company behind Farcaster plans to return the full $180 million it raised from venture capital investors, co-founder Dan Romero said.
Spacecoin said the partnership includes a token swap between the two projects, though it did not disclose the terms.
Stablecoins are increasingly used for payments and settlement rather than trading, pushing crypto deeper into everyday financial workflows.
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USD.AI primarily operates as an onchain bank for AI startups, accepting tokenized GPUs as collateral for stablecoin loans.
"Historically, Ethereum’s successive upgrades have failed to meaningfully enhance network activity on a sustained basis."
The regulatory debate has narrowed to rewards, as lawmakers weigh how incentives around stablecoins could affect bank deposits.
Chainlink and Atlas will offer a loan liquidation auction tool for "non-toxic" MEV that pays both backrunning bots and protocols.
The Rise of On-Chain Derivatives Perpetual decentralized exchanges (perpDEXs) processed $7.1 trillion in trading volume over the twelve months ending November 2025, representing 371% year-over-year growth. In November 2025 alone, monthly volume reached $1.17 trillion, reflecting the sector’s rapid maturation from experimental protocols to high-throughput trading venues. Figure 1: PerpDEX Daily Trading Volumes The volume […]
The firm plans to use the fresh capital to scale beyond tokenized Treasury products into onchain equity issuance on Ethereum and Solana.
South Korean prosecutors are investigating the disappearance of a significant amount of seized bitcoin, citing a possible custody lapse, local media reported.
Nomura's Laser Digital launched a tokenized Bitcoin Diversified Yield Fund on Jan. 22, targeting around 5% returns.
Critics questioned Space's $20 million raise against its $2.5 million target, prompting a debate over transparency in crypto fundraises.
Sun's investment coincided with a sharp rally in the RIVER token and heightened scrutiny over leverage-driven trading activity.
The project said the attacker subsequently bridged the stolen funds out of SagaEVM and converted them to ether.
Hashed said the Maroo blockchain combines the openness of public blockchains with compliance features essential for financial applications.
Strive, Inc. raised about $160 million in a November offering of a new dividend-bearing Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock.
While sovereign debt dominates tokenization today, Ark expects bank deposits and global public equities to move a greater share.
Many across crypto and Wall Street have expressed interest in the tokenization of traditional securities markets.
Google search interest for "Polymarket" stands at 100, its highest ever level, even exceeding the November 2024 election peak of 99.
Nakamoto Inc., formerly KindlyMD, has officially recorded its name change to reflect its long-term bitcoin accumulation plans.
Ark Invest says the crypto market could reach about $28 trillion by 2030, driven by wider adoption of public blockchains and digital assets.
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Decentralized social media infrastructure firm Neynar is acquiring Farcaster, the Ethereum-based protocol last valued at $1 billion.
This follows a report stating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two UK crypto exchanges to move approximately $1 billion.
The update formalizes Figure’s role as the primary operator behind Provenance as it increases support for onchain equities and other RWAs.
Cork is building a "programmable risk layer" to make the implicit risks in real-world assets transparent and tradable through tokenization.
The move extends the firm's effort to apply crypto-style derivatives market structure to traditional and emerging asset classes.
Buterin said he plans to return fully to decentralized social media in 2026, encouraging greater use of crypto-native platforms.
The 3,221 ZEC donation, worth about $1.2 million, from Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss will fund core protocol initiatives, Shielded Labs said.