For those of us who want to use crypto to make the world better, we need to start calling out this behavior for what it is: short-sighted, selfish, unwelcome greed, says VeChain co-founder Sunny Lu.
Base launched a bridge to Solana on Dec. 4, and within hours, Solana’s most vocal builders accused Jesse Pollak of running a vampire attack disguised as interoperability. The bridge uses Chainlink CCIP and Coinbase infrastructure to let users move assets between Base and Solana, with early integrations in Zora, Aerodrome, Virtuals, Flaunch, and Relay. These […]
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Founded in 2020, Polymarket is now reportedly courting a valuation of up to $15 billion amid a breakout year.
In an industry that thrives on noise and chaos, Cardano is betting its future on a “quiet” hard fork and improved coordination among its leading internal stakeholders. The blockchain network is preparing to execute a technical upgrade engineered to be virtually invisible to the market. Known as Protocol Version 11, the “no new era” hard […]
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AlphaTON will expand its investments in TON tokens, the Telegram mini app ecosystem, and the recently launched Cocoon AI network.
The bridge, secured by Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, allows users to trade and interact with Solana-based tokens on Base-based dapps.
The vulnerability requires physical access, but underscores risks for users who store private keys on their smartphones.
The collaboration introduces the first flash loan product built for intent-based infrastructure, enabling more programmable liquidity uses.
Like Polymarket and Kalshi, Fanatics Markets will let users trade contracts across sports, finance, economics, and politics.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The CFTC banned Polymarket from operating in the U.S. in 2022 for operating an unregistered derivatives exchange.
This is Phase 1 of the rollout, so staking rewards aren’t live yet; they are expected to begin in Phase 2, early next year.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade activates Dec. 3, deploying a suite of changes designed to increase rollup throughput, tighten gas markets, and add native support for passkey-style signatures. The fork introduces PeerDAS data-availability sampling, doubles the default block gas limit, and prepares the network for blob-only parameter expansions scheduled for later this month and January. Fusaka is […]
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The executives pointed to a 300% surge in real-world asset tokenization over 20 months as evidence that the shift is already accelerating.
Kalshi has tapped Solana to move its prediction markets onchain and enable permissionless monetization of its "global liquidity pool."
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Market share data shows the pair now dominates sector-wide flows, forming a fast-consolidating duopoly amid growing capital formation.
Analysts pointed to Coinbase's expanding product lines, token launches, and new consumer apps as examples of "transformative" shifts.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The initiative was launched with CACEIS, which provides blockchain-based transfer agent infrastructure and a 24/7 digital order platform.
Animoca is planning to go public on the Nasdaq next year through a reverse-merger with Singapore-based Currenc Group.
The recovered tokens, spanning multiple networks and assets, will be paid out in the same tokens as originally provided, with a claim mechanism being developed.
Prediction markets have quickly become one of the hottest private market themes in crypto and fintech, echoing earlier cycles.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Infinex has unveiled its Sonar token sale ahead of a January Token Generation Event, expanding access to INX beyond its $67.7 million Patron NFT sale.
Naver and Upbit plan to build a financial infrastructure that builds on top of AI and blockchain, according to multiple local reports.
The network introduces intent-based routing and multi-source liquidity, with unified verification expected later through Avail DA.
Robinhood is deepening its foray into prediction markets with plans to launch a derivatives exchange through a new JV with Susquehanna.
SKALE on Base allows agents to take advantage of the chain's scalable infrastructure and Base’s liquidity, users, onramps, and distribution.