The firm plans to use the fresh capital to scale beyond tokenized Treasury products into onchain equity issuance on Ethereum and Solana.
Sun's investment coincided with a sharp rally in the RIVER token and heightened scrutiny over leverage-driven trading activity.
Strive, Inc. raised about $160 million in a November offering of a new dividend-bearing Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock.
Bitcoin rebounded above $91,000 after Trump said he was calling off new tariffs on eight EU countries related to his Greenland ambitions.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
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.
Vitalik Buterin's proposal aims to boost network resilience by integrating native DVT technology into Ethereum’s staking protocol.
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The token may be launched on Crypto.com’s Cronos blockchain, with the exchange providing custodial services for the distribution.
The president and his family's growing ties with crypto have drawn significant scrutiny from critics and political rivals.
Strategy's holdings account for more than 3% of the total 21 million bitcoin supply — worth around $64.5 billion.
Coinbase withdrew support from the bill after seeing that it would ban crypto companies from paying interest on idle stablecoin balances.
Bitcoin pricing in 2026 may hinge on officials and executives who set dollar liquidity, US market access, ETF distribution, stablecoin settlement capacity, and exchange venue rules, based on a market-structure framework that prioritizes chokepoints over social reach. The scale of each chokepoint is measurable in flows, assets, and supply, which makes a short watch list […]
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly sparred with crypto reporter Eleanor Terrett this week after she questioned the exchange’s stance on crypto regulation, prompting an exchange that quickly spilled onto social media and reignited tensions between industry leaders and the broader community. Senate Banking postponed its planned Jan. 15 markup of the CLARITY Act, leaving timing […]
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Buterin said new DAO models should address issues of privacy and decision fatigue, for which he suggested the use of ZK and AI technology.
Buterin said major improvements are underway to make it easier to run a full node, use dapps, and take control over personal data.
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Wood removed bitcoin from his model portfolio, reallocating the 10% stake into gold and gold-mining stocks amid quantum computing concerns.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the firm is devoting significant resources to tokenization, stablecoins, and prediction markets.
Three House Democrats are urging the SEC to explain its crypto enforcement retreat and the pause in the Justin Sun case.
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.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Former New York mayor Eric Adams’ new NYC token fell more than 81% within about 30 minutes of its Jan. 12 launch on Solana, wiping out roughly $500 million in peak paper value. The token briefly reached an estimated market cap of $540 million–$600 million. Adams unveiled the project at a Times Square event about […]
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Former NYC Mayor Adams is a vocal advocate for the city's crypto sector, and previously supported the 'NYC Coin' and BitBond initiatives.
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is making a case that the most valuable upgrade for the world’s second-largest blockchain may be learning how to stop upgrading. Last November, Buterin reportedly argued that locking down parts of the base layer can reduce bugs and lower the odds of “surprises” for a network that secures hundreds of billions […]
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The launch deepens scrutiny around World Liberty as it seeks a U.S. bank charter, with critics pointing to Trump family financial conflicts.