The startup is building tools to help secure crypto networks such as Bitcoin against emerging threats from quantum computing.
Noise is building a prediction market for the relevancy of social media topics, similar to "a stock market for trends."
The 2026 edition of the Golden Globes was broadcast Sunday night on CBS and featured several prediction markets from Polymarket.
The CoinList sale will run next week, with 8% of the 11 billion ZAMA token supply allocated and tokens available to claim on Feb. 2.
"This alliance will accelerate the integration of USDe into the deepest layers of the DeFi economy,” Ethena founder Guy Young said.
Genius Trading is building a privacy-focused DeFi trading platform and aims to become an onchain alternative to Binance.
The privacy-preserving, Telegram-based Cocoon AI pays users in Toncoin for renting out their GPUs to process queries.
In this edition, we explore why token buybacks are back in the spotlight, when they work, and when teams should think twice.
Flare has listed FXRP on Hyperliquid, marking the first time XRP spot exposure is available on the platform.
A hacker who compromised a multisignature wallet has now laundered more than $19 million worth of ETH through Tornado Cash since December.
Polymarket will offer a new suite of housing-related prediction markets via an integration with onchain real estate platform Parcl.
The acquisition adds staking as a new business line under a newly launched infrastructure solutions division at The Tie.
Crypto VCs told The Block they expect disciplined activity to persist in 2026, with a higher bar for new investments.
A hacker appears to have gained unauthorized control over Unleash Protocol's multisig, enabling them to drain nearly $4 million in assets.
The deal follows Coinbase’s recent rollout of prediction markets on its platform and is expected to close in January.
Three entities — Upshift, Clearstar, and Flare — have jointly launched earnXRP, a new product that allows users to earn yield denominated in XRP.
In practice, the fund functions like a continuous buyback-and-burn system by converting trading fees into inaccessible HYPE tokens.
The project previously raised an unannounced pre-seed round of about $5 million in mid-2024, founder Kevin Lepsoe told The Block.
The buybacks are funded by network revenue as Pyth reports rising traction, with its Pyth Pro product surpassing $1M ARR in its first month.
x402 V2 is “multi-chain by default” and compatible with “legacy payment rails,” like ACH and card networks.
JPMorgan created the Solana-based USCP token to facilitate sales of short-term corporate debt, beginning with Galaxy.
The U.S. crypto exchange chose Chainlink’s cross-chain interoperability standard as the “exclusive bridging solution” for its wrapped assets.
Stripe has acquired the team behind peer-to-peer mobile payments app startup Valora, though not the app itself.
Privacy-focused blockchain project Octra said the sale allocation could increase if demand is high. Any unsold tokens will be burned.
Horizen, born from a 2017 project, aims to enable regulatory-compliant privacy as a 'practical option' on Base through its mainnet Layer 3.
The CFTC banned Polymarket from operating in the U.S. in 2022 for operating an unregistered derivatives exchange.
This is Phase 1 of the rollout, so staking rewards aren’t live yet; they are expected to begin in Phase 2, early next year.
Kalshi has tapped Solana to move its prediction markets onchain and enable permissionless monetization of its "global liquidity pool."
Prediction markets have quickly become one of the hottest private market themes in crypto and fintech, echoing earlier cycles.
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