Buterin previously said the upgrades included in Lean Ethereum will form the protocol's “third major iteration.”
An NFT founder is facing fraud charges after prosecutors alleged he stole millions of dollars from investors to bankroll his lifestyle.
Vitalik Buterin "vibe-coded" an anonymous billboard demo on Aztec with onchain moderation, a censor role, and a local LLM flagging daemon.
Coinbase executive Jesse Pollak will focus on Base blockchain's infrastructure, prioritizing trading, stablecoin payments, and AI agents.
The startup will build tech and provide consulting to help institutions operate on Ethereum while maintaining confidentiality.
Buterin outlined a two-step plan to shift Ethereum's state management to validators and replace per-epoch balance updates with ZK proofs.
Bitmine, Sharplink and Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin are backing another Ethereum-focused non-profit called the Ethereum Institutional.
Vitalik Buterin said obfuscation is cryptography’s “final boss,” citing impractical iO schemes with “literally galactic” runtimes.
Binance is closing its centralized NFT service on July 3, 2026, requiring users to withdraw transferable NFTs or lose access.
On-chain Pokémon card revenue has surged 337% as 30th-anniversary mania lifts tokenized markets.
Its founder said that financialized crypto trading card games attract speculators rather than players.
OpenSea's Adam Hollander sees advancements in AI making it easier for people to make innovative tokenized assets.
Bitcoin Ordinals browser Ord.io and its associated consumer app Zap will shut down on June 1, according to announcements published on X.
The tokenization layer of these platforms is being used as a liquidity wrapper, as opposed to a purely speculative venue.
Yuga Labs' new CEO Michael Figge most recently served as chief product officer and has been with the company since 2021.
Bored Ape Yacht Club maker Yuga Labs and the defendants Ripps and business partner Jeremy Cahen have agreed to settle.
"The issue is whether or not people support CROPS and going in that direction, the issue is how the EF is going about it,” Optimism's Mark Tyneway said.
While blockchain gaming has yet to live up to its promise, some companies, and top brands, have not given up.
Etherscan shows that 78 NFTs were drained across about 40 transactions to an address now labeled as GONDI Exploiter.
FATF flagged AML risks from peer-to-peer stablecoin transfers, pointing to freeze and deny-list controls as potential safeguards.
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In April 2022, Logan Paul raised $8 million to launch Liquid Marketplace, a platform for tokenizing physical and digital collectibles.
Some NFTs minted in 2021 or earlier rely on metadata tied to Nifty Gateway’s own servers, which the company says it will continue to host.
Users with NFTs on the Nifty Gateway platform are being urged to withdraw their artwork before the platform shutters on February 23.
Last year, RTFKT said it would wind down following several successful drops that have brought in nearly $50 million in lifetime earnings.
Although there were spikes of NFT trading activity in 2025, the market as a whole has failed to recover to its pandemic-era highs.
Crypto VCs told The Block they expect disciplined activity to persist in 2026, with a higher bar for new investments.
Loan settlements on Flow have been paused, freezing both repayments and defaults as ecosystem disruptions persist.
An onchain analyst speculated that a private key compromise may have allowed an attacker to mint millions of FLOW tokens.
The 16 works were donated to the museum by a coordinated community effort which included the founders of Larva Labs and Art Blocks.