Digital assets are becoming an emerging safe haven amid concerns over the impact of U.S. tariffs, Head of Research James Butterfill said.
A suspicious transaction involving approximately 3,520 BTC took place on Sunday, in what ZachXBT believes may be a theft.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Donald Trump memecoin project has clarified the rules of its newly launched competition, which gives holders a chance to attend a private dinner with the US president. On April 23, the team behind the TRUMP token announced that the top 220 holders would receive invites to an exclusive dinner set for May 22. They […]
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Ondo Finance and legal counsel from Davis Polk & Wardwell met with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force on April 24 to discuss regulatory pathways for tokenized versions of publicly traded US securities, according to a memorandum reviewed by the agency’s staff. The meetings focused on structuring options and regulatory considerations for […]
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CME Group is preparing to roll out XRP futures on May 19, pending regulatory approval. According to an April 24 statement, the product will feature two contract sizes, including one tied to 2,500 XRP and another to 50,000 XRP. These contracts are designed to accommodate varying investment strategies. They will be cash-settled and benchmarked against […]
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The points will convert into the Infrared token expected to launch in Q3, pseudonymous co-founder and CEO Raito Bear told The Block.
Based on Ethereum L2 Base, Zora is an onchain social media network that automatically converts posts into tokens.
Paradigm-backed Symbiotic has raised $29 million to expand from restaking into a broader "universal staking" platform.
Locked token holders have experienced an average drawdown of nearly 50% for their locked positions compared to over-the-counter (OTC) valuations in May 2024. According to data published by STIX founder Taran Sabharwal on April 22, holders could have exited their positions at double the current spot prices the previous year. Sabharwal shared data comparing fully […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Digital asset investment products recorded a modest $6 million in inflows last week, according to CoinShares’ latest report. This follows several weeks of notable outflows, reflecting a cautious market sentiment. James Butterfill, Head of Research at CoinShares, said the week began positively, with capital trickling into digital assets. However, he pointed out that the mid-week US […]
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Standard Chartered said bitcoin's primary role in a portfolio is to hedge against risks to the traditional financial system.
Ripple’s ecosystem is seeing notable momentum, with XRP and its RLUSD stablecoin making major advances in the crypto market. Coinbase lists XRP futures On April 21, Coinbase introduced XRP futures contracts on its US derivatives platform. These contracts, regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), offer traders a compliant way to access XRP without […]
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Coinbase has expanded its self-service asset recovery tool to include lost tokens on the Solana network, according to an April 21 announcement. The feature allows users to reclaim certain unsupported SPL tokens mistakenly sent to their Coinbase addresses without submitting a customer support ticket. The company clarified that not all SPL tokens are eligible for […]
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MANTRA founder and CEO John Patrick Mullin has initiated the burn of his full 150 million OM token allocation, following through on a commitment made last week to bolster transparency and rebuild trust within the community. The token burn, which permanently removes the equivalent amount of OM from circulation, is part of a broader strategy […]
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Zora recently announced its intent to launch a ZORA token, but its plans have faced criticism after it was revealed that 65% of the token’s supply is allocated to the team, treasury, and early investors, despite the token’s official documentation describing it as “for fun only.” According to Zora’s publicly available supply breakdown, ZORA will […]
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Jesse Pollak, the creator of Coinbase-backed Base, an Ethereum layer 2 network, conceded he made a “mistake” by sharing a GIF containing controversial words in an X post. Pollak had shared a GIF that played on the tagline of Base: Base is for everyone. It featured a rotating sequence of terms under the phrase “Base […]
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A total of 40 million tokens, or 4% of total supply, belonging to the creators and the company behind the project unlocked on Thursday.
The DeFi Education Fund (DEF) submitted a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 18 proposing five core principles for creating a “token safe harbor” framework to support decentralized finance initiatives while broader regulatory legislation is pending. The recommendations aim to help the SEC structure a time-limited exemption for token projects developing […]
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Blockchain-based US Treasuries are gaining serious momentum, edging closer to a new all-time high of $6 billion in value. These digital financial instruments mirror traditional government bonds but live on-chain, offering investors yield-bearing exposure with the added benefits of blockchain technology. According to real-world asset platform RWA.xyz data, tokenized treasuries on public blockchains were $4.01 […]
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HashKey Capital has launched the first regulated XRP Tracker Fund in Asia, according to an April 18 statement. The XRP Tracker Fund closely follows the price of XRP, the third-largest crypto asset by market capitalization and a token widely used in Ripple’s global payments infrastructure. The fund is HashKey Capital’s third tracker product, following its […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The TRUMP memecoin is set to unlock over $300 million worth of tokens this Saturday, initiating a prolonged distribution phase expected to continue through mid-2028. The April 20 release marks the start of a daily “drip” schedule that will allocate fixed amounts to insider wallets, labeled explicitly as Creators and CIC Digital entities. Unlock timeline […]
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Coinbase-backed Layer-2 network Base is under fire from the crypto community after promoting a so-called “Content Coin” that lost nearly all its value shortly after launch. The controversy began on April 16 when Base shared a tokenized version of its “Base is for Everyone” post on Zora, a decentralized content-sharing platform, through its official X […]
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Eliza Labs has launched a pump.fun-style launchpad called auto.fun, enabling users to deploy complex AI agents without any technical skills.
JPMorgan says gold is attracting safe-haven demand from ETF and futures investors, while bitcoin is seeing the opposite trend.
Base faced criticism earlier Wednesday after the 'Base is for everyone' token briefly crashed by 95% following an initial surge in value.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Solana's top DEX Raydium has reponsed to Pump.fun's AMM launch by fielding a token creation terminal dubbed "LaunchLab."