The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The new platform lets users own and control autonomous artificial intelligence agents, aiming to shift power from centralized AI providers to individuals.
IREN's ownership of its 2.9 GW power portfolio gives it a cost and scalability advantage over rivals like CoreWeave, the analysts said.
Zynk raised $5 million in a seed round led by Hivemind Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, among others.
The company has now racked up multiple acquisitions this year, including buying prime broker Hidden Road for $1.25 billion.
Cipher reported a net loss of $3 million for Q3, but also revealed a joint entity to develop a new 1 GW site in West Texas named "Colchis."
Under the five-year, $9.7 billion deal, IREN will provide Microsoft access to Nvidia GB300 GPUs, including a 20% prepayment.
In a recent CNBC interview, Jeremy Allaire outlined dollar-priced fees, fast finality, and privacy for Arc, while pointing to rising USDC use in emerging markets.
The in-app Chat is in beta for Premium users with file sharing and media support, while a standalone X Chat app is slated to follow in the coming months.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The move kicks off the countdown to Ethereum’s second hard fork of 2025.
The Kinexys system uses smart contracts to automate capital calls and reduce manual fund processes, building on an earlier onchain repo tool.
Kinexys Fund Flow, developed by the bank's digital asset arm Kinexys, aims to streamline access to alternative funds.
The founding team behind The Graph debuts a new platform to unify payments, policies, and visibility for autonomous agents.
As part of the partnership, Mythical will build Mythos Chain, the first layer-3 blockchain atop World Chain, the layer-2 network built on top of Ethereum.
A total of 4,337 BTC ($471.6 million) has now been moved in October, likely to consolidate custody and upgrade from legacy bitcoin addresses.
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Hoodi represents the third and final testnet deployment, following successive activations on Holesky and Sepolia earlier this month.
With all three tests done, developers will finalize the date that Fusaka will go live on mainnet, tentatively aiming for December 3.
The combined firm, to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SECZ, also plans to tokenize its own equity.
BOB’s new system enables bitcoin holders to borrow stablecoins against their BTC, keeping assets secured on Bitcoin and addressing a major obstacle to Bitcoin DeFi.
The IBM Digital Asset Haven is designed to manage the crypto asset lifecycle, from custody to transactions to settlement.
MetaMask Director of Product Christian Montoya previously told The Block that the hot-wallet platform is “launching a new loyalty program.”
The proposed Batch amendment for the XRP Ledger introduces atomic transaction capabilities.
In a conversation with CoinDesk, Marinade Labs' Michael Repetny gives an overview of the Solana staking ecosystem and the upcoming Alpenglow upgrade.
Ledger’s new multisig rollout sparked backlash from developers over added fees and lack of support for older Nano S devices.
Recent acquisitions and the launch of the Tempo L1 mark Stripe’s return to crypto infrastructure as AI-driven commerce gains traction.
The acquisition adds Dynamic’s wallet and onboarding tools to Fireblocks’ institutional-grade custody stack, expanding its reach into consumer-facing crypto apps.
The updates expand Ledger's focus from digital asset storage to broader identity and security applications.
Alongside, there's the Ledger Wallet, a reimagined version of the company's Ledger Live app, and Ledger Enterprise Multisig, a new platform for institutional asset management.