The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Tempo launched its mainnet with the Machine Payments Protocol, enabling autonomous agent payments and a directory of over 100 services.
XYZ, a perps provider on Hyperliquid, is launching “the first officially licensed perpetual derivative contract” based on the S&P 500.
RedStone will provide continuous FX and stablecoin feeds enabling applications to price and settle transactions in local currencies.
The Tally team has already begun working with enterprise clients to create continuation plans as it begins shutting down.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Aster Chain supports 50ms block times, 100,000 TPS, as well as cross-chain deposits between BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Ethereum and Solana.
HIVE said it is progressively phasing down its ASIC-based bitcoin mining operations in Sweden amid tax disputes and operational uncertainty.
Bernstein said bitcoin’s ownership base is strengthening as ETFs and corporate treasury buyers like Strategy reshape the market.
The deal is the EF's second known OTC sale to a corporate buyer, following a 10,000 ETH sale to SharpLink Gaming in July 2025.
The Ethereum Foundation mandate codifies Ethereum’s core “CROPS” principles: censorship resistance, open source, privacy and security.
Hashrate Index found that about 90% of global Bitcoin hashrate operates in electricity markets largely insulated from oil prices.
ETH could fall further to around $1,500 by the end of Q3 or early Q4 if the current bear market continues, said CryptoQuant’s Julio Moreno.
The funding coincides with Arkade adding support for digital assets, including infrastructure designed for stablecoins like USDT on Bitcoin.
Pump.fun tops $1 billion in revenue as domain records reveal Ethereum, Base, BSC, and Monad subdomains amid potential cross-chain expansion.
A Bonk operator said hackers set up a faulty terms-of-service message, but noted that losses from the security breach were minimal.
The proof-of-concept demonstrates Layer 2 transactions settling through re-execution on Ethereum’s base layer.
The company also intends to wind down two soccer teams from its sports portfolio to focus on Solana treasury and infrastructure strategy.
The partnership aims to make native bitcoin usable as collateral in decentralized finance without giving up self-custody.
Starknet is developing the STRK20 framework to enable privacy-focused stablecoins and other assets with built-in confidentiality.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Zcash Open Development Lab is developing the Zodl wallet, using the popular Zashi wallet codebase, and other Zcash-related tech.
Sonic Labs' USSD stablecoin is backed by tokenized Treasuries products from BlackRock, WisdomTree, and Superstate.
The final 1 million BTC will take over a century to mine, with the last fractions, measured in satoshis, expected to be issued around 2140.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Earlier this week, Tether also invested in the sleep-technology startup Eight Sleep, at a $1.5 billion valuation.
Vitalik Buterin has urged Ethereum developers to experiment more boldly at the app layer while preserving the network’s core principles.
The SEC has dismissed its charges brought in 2023 against Tron founder Justin Sun, the Tron Foundation, and BitTorrent Foundation.
The Solv Protocol team said it would cover the losses from the "limited exploit," totaling about $2.7 million for about 10 users.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.