Bitcoin is trading near $86,600 after a volatile trading day, with analysts expecting continued volatility amid macroeconomic uncertainty.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Michael Saylor delivered a characteristically bold take on Dec. 16 about Bitcoin and the quantum leap: “The Bitcoin Quantum Leap: Quantum computing won't break Bitcoin—it will harden it. The network upgrades, active coins migrate, lost coins stay frozen. Security goes up. Supply comes down. Bitcoin grows stronger.” The statement captures the optimistic case for Bitcoin's […]
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The plan arrives as the Aave DAO confronts rising governance tensions over fees, alignment, and protocol stewardship.
On decentralized prediction markets platform Polymarket, Waller currently has a 15% chance of being nominated as the next chair.
While fewer people in the UK now own crypto, remaining investors are holding larger balances on average, the FCA said.
Hougan also expects bitcoin to show lower volatility and falling correlation with stocks, creating a favorable "trifecta" for investors.
Rodriguez was sentenced to five years for operating a crypto mixing service that helped launder millions of dollars in criminal proceeds.
Strategy's holdings account for more than 3% of the total 21 million bitcoin supply — worth around $60 billion.
An Aave governance dispute has erupted after a delegate claimed that swap fees from Aave Labs’ new CoWSwap integration no longer reach the DAO treasury.
U.S. federal courts have imposed about 83 years of prison terms on crypto company leaders since early 2024. That total grew yesterday with Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon’s 15-year sentence tied to the TerraUSD and Luna collapse. Kwon was sentenced in December 2025 after pleading guilty to two fraud charges. According to AP News, the […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Manche said the team has already begun investing, and he expects the capital to be deployed over the next few years.
Sungmo Park, former APAC lead at Monad Foundation and Polygon Labs, has been named to head a16z's efforts in the region.
Lee claimed that the ISM Index moving back above 50 is a positive signal and has "historically been associated with super cycle moves in Bitcoin and Ethereum."
Binance co-CEO Yi He said her WeChat account was hijacked on Dec. 10 after a cell number tied to the profile was reclaimed and could not be recovered at first. The account was later restored after Binance worked with WeChat’s security team, according to a spokesperson cited the same day. Posts that appeared after the […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Stripe has acquired the team behind peer-to-peer mobile payments app startup Valora, though not the app itself.
Eric Trump said the company has become one of the fastest-growing bitcoin accumulators since its Nasdaq listing three months ago.
The hacker spent 19,479 USDT to buy 21.16 million of the tokens, making around $55,000 from the subsequent pump, according to Lookonchain.
The transaction marks the ninth such transfer this year, likely to consolidate custody and upgrade from legacy bitcoin addresses.
In October, Securitize said it planned to public and list on the Nasdaq through a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald.
On Dec. 7, at 05:29 UTC, someone deployed a token called “year of yellow fruit” on-chain. Less than one minute later, the Binance Futures official account posted text and images promoting the token. Within two hours, the token surged 4,600% and reached nearly $4 million in market cap. Binance’s internal audit confirmed an employee used […]
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Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said crypto is positioned for 10–20x growth as tokenization, bitcoin, and stablecoins gain mainstream adoption.
Strategy's holdings account for more than 3% of the total 21 million bitcoin supply — worth around $60 billion.
Researchers and builders shared doubts over whether Buterin's idea for a trustless onchain gas futures market could function effectively.
U.S. prosecutors say Do Kwon should get 12 years in prison for his role in the remarkable $40 billion dollar collapse of Terra.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Longtime gold advocate Peter Schiff said bitcoin’s demand is fading despite ETF inflows, corporate accumulation, and intense market hype.
The collaboration introduces the first flash loan product built for intent-based infrastructure, enabling more programmable liquidity uses.