The Deus X CEO discussed his journey into digital assets, the company's infrastructure-led growth strategy, and why his Consensus Hong Kong panel promises "real talk only."
The Solana ecosystem has spent the past year doubling down on a financial infrastructure, Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante told CoinDesk.
EF researcher Justin Drake says a new post quantum team will drive wallet safety upgrades, research prizes and test networks as quantum timelines shorten.
Ethereum’s daily active addresses climbed above major layer-2 networks in January as lower fees revived on-chain activity.
USD.AI primarily operates as an onchain bank for AI startups, accepting tokenized GPUs as collateral for stablecoin loans.
Chainlink and Atlas will offer a loan liquidation auction tool for "non-toxic" MEV that pays both backrunning bots and protocols.
The Fusaka upgrade raised usage, but pressure from layer-2 networks and rival blockchains continues to cloud Ethereum's long-term growth outlook.
Google search interest for "Polymarket" stands at 100, its highest ever level, even exceeding the November 2024 election peak of 99.
Decentralized social media infrastructure firm Neynar is acquiring Farcaster, the Ethereum-based protocol last valued at $1 billion.
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Cork is building a "programmable risk layer" to make the implicit risks in real-world assets transparent and tradable through tokenization.
The aim is to make staking more resilient while dramatically reducing technical complexity for large ETH holders.
The bank said the technology is shifting from experimentation to real-world deployment, with implications for capital markets, governments and global GDP.
Nansen has launched integrated AI-driven trading, enabling onchain execution across Solana and Base via its web and mobile apps.
Boundless' new verification system will initially run from the Ethereum mainnet and Base Layer 2 to Bitcoin, with plans to expand.
Chainlink's 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams will enable decentralized protocols to more easily integrate onchain stocks and ETFs.
Funded by Solayer Labs and Solayer Foundation, the effort targets onchain apps with revenue and high usage potential.
The initiative builds on parent firm ICE's broader push toward round-the-clock markets and tokenized capital infrastructure.
The record jump comes as Ethereum’s validator exit queue has dropped to zero while entry queues remain long.
Two independent miners mined full blocks and collected roughly 3.15 BTC each, an uncommon outcome in a network dominated by large pools.
Buterin said major improvements are underway to make it easier to run a full node, use dapps, and take control over personal data.
ZachXBT said that funds stolen during a social engineering hack were swapped to Monero, helping to push the asset to new highs.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
New validators now need to wait more than 44 days to start earning staking rewards, the biggest backlog since late July 2023.
X is revising its developer API policies to no longer allow apps that reward users for posting on the social media platform.
The rise in new wallets suggests broader interest in Ethereum, driven by decentralized finance, stablecoin transfers, NFTs, and new applications.
Cake offers a suite of privacy tools, including Bitcoin PayJoin transactions, though it is often associated most with Monero.
The integration is powered by Zerohash, a B2B crypto and stablecoin infrastructure provider backed by Interactive Brokers.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Infofi has led to a "tremendous amount of AI slop & reply spam" on the X platform, the firm's product lead said.