The move comes amid rising interest in BNB, which has rallied in recent days to supplant XRP as the third-largest crypto asset by market cap.
Coinbase’s Base team is hiring a “token & governance research specialist,” suggesting formal token and decentralization planning.
The post comes in the wake of NYSE parent firm's pledge to invest $2 billion in Polymarket at a $9 billion post-money valuation.
The DeFi landscape remains highly fragmented. Liquidity is siloed within isolated blockchains, and moving assets across them requires bridges that introduce latency, exorbitant fees, and significant counterparty risk. This fragmentation limits capital efficiency and undermines seamless user experiences. Meanwhile, high-frequency trading and micropayments are unviable on-chain. Blockspace constraints and gas fees make real-time interactions cost-prohibitive […]
Polygon has activated the Rio hard fork on its proof-of-stake network, introducing major changes to block production and validation.
The exploit was triggered when a hacker submitted fake data to Shibarium’s Ethereum-linked contracts, leading to an automatic shutdown.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Consensys is "actively working" on the upcoming launch of MetaMask's MASK token, while the launch date is yet to be disclosed.
Jesse Pollak, Coinbase's head of Base, said that local currency-pegged stablecoins can provide meaningful local utility.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the crypto exchange's next goal is to achieve $100 billion in onchain borrow originations.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Starknet Foundation is offering 100 million STRK in incentives, with a new institutional-grade BTC yield strategy from Re7 to follow.
Last year, Swift said banks would conduct live trials of digital asset transactions over its network in 2025.
Gate tapped Optimism for its new L2, Gate Layer, which will use the existing GateChain as a settlement layer and GT token as a gas token.
PeerDAS lets Ethereum nodes verify and reconstruct blocks without storing full data, paving the way for greater scalability.
Buterin's remarks follow Coinbase executives' pushback against claims that Base's sequencer makes it operate like a centralized exchange.
The newly-launched firm is backed by UK bitcoin exchange CoinCorner, with investors including Blockstream CEO Adam Back.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The round was co-led by GRVT’s tech partner ZKsync and Further Ventures, an investment firm backed by Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund.
Prediction markets are entering the mainstream as blockchain rails, AI analysis, and news feeds collide, according to analysts at Bernstein.
A new W 2.0 tokenomics plan includes increased earning opportunities for token holders as well as a strategic reserve.
Move Industries will transition the Movement project from a sidechain to a standalone Layer 1 blockchain.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong confirmed Base is "exploring" introducing a native token, noting "there are no definitive plans. "
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
On Wednesday, Polygon PoS experienced 10–15 minute delays in recording block "milestones" after a bug was detected.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Linea opened claims for its LINEA token after a brief outage, launching a 90-day airdrop of more than 9.36 billion tokens.
Polygon said its PoS network is experiencing a 10–15 minute delay in finality and a fix is being deployed out to validators as the team shares status updates.