Restaking Is Hot in Ethereum and Entering Solana. Should We Worry?
The Lehman Brothers-driven global financial crisis of 2008 showed the danger of spreading money around too much.
Injective, Underperforming in Crypto Markets, Now Plans Layer-3 Chain on Arbitrum
Injective’s "inEVM," which connects the Ethereum, Cosmos, and Solana networks, will rely on Arbitrum's Orbit toolkit.
It's Not a Token Offering, It's a 'Node Sale': Sophon Blockchain Raises $60M
The blockchain project's founders aren't even publicly named, but they've enjoyed remarkable success in fundraising, partly thanks to this increasingly popular fundraising method, where the longer you...
Thiel-Backed Cryptography Startup Lagrange Raises $13M
Lagrange, which specializes in zero-knowledge cryptography, is the latest startup to ride EigenLayer's "restaking" wave.
Crypto Principal Trader Arbelos Markets Raises $28M Led by Dragonfly Capital
Before starting Arbelos Markets last year, Tang served as chief investment officer at quantitative digital asset investment firm LedgerPrime while Lim was head of trading strategy at Galaxy and head o...
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Hovers Above $62K
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 8, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
UK Minister Says Government Only Has Time to Implement Stablecoin, Staking Legislation
Economic Secretary Bim Afolami said that the government could put through stablecoin and staking legislation in the coming weeks but will outline was is coming later.
Key Bitcoin Indicator Points to Period of Calm in Crypto Market
BTC's volatility risk premium (VRP) has collapsed in a sign of a market trending towards stability, where future uncertainties are less of a concern.
Japanese Crypto Exchange Coincheck Sees Nasdaq Listing Completion in Second, Third Quarters
Coincheck said the timing is subject to approval by Thunder Bridger IV's stockholders, the SEC and Nasdaq.
U.S. Financial Industry to Explore Sharing Ledger Technology for Multiasset Transactions
Major stakeholders in the U.S. financial sector, including Citi, JPMorgan, Mastercard, Swift and Deloitte, are teaming up to explore sharing ledger technology by simulating multiasset transactions in ...
The Crypto Lawsuit State of Play
Last month, Ethereum incubator ConsenSys sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an injunction asking a federal court to block the regulator from investigating its MetaMask offering...
Lyra Finance Now Lets Liquid Restaking Token Holders Earn Extra Yields From Automated Trade Strategies
LRT holders can tokenize any yield-bearing strategy to generate an annualized percentage yield of 10% to 50%.
Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Expands Austrian Presence With Raiffeisen Bank Partnership
Bitpanda’s crypto offering in partnership with Raiffeisen Bank has been extended beyond Vienna to 55 bank branches across Austria
Indonesia Regulator Forms Crypto Committee to Monitor Industry's Operation, Compliance
The committee was established by the Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency, known as Bappebti, because crypto is considered a commodity in Indonesia.
Nearly All FTX Creditors Will Get 118% of Their Funds Back in Cash, Estate Says in New Plan
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has proposed a new reorganization plan that would see a whopping 98% of its creditors get back 118% of their claims – in cash – within 60 days of court approval, a...
Crypto Trading Firm Wintermute to Provide Liquidity for Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs
Looking to strengthen its market share in the Asia region, Wintermute will become a liquidity provider to the recently launched Hong Kong-listed spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds.
BlackRock, Ondo, Superstate: The Biggest Movers in the RWA Sector in Q1
Catching up on the biggest news from the real-world asset space.
MoMA’s Madeleine Pierpont: NFTs Are Already a Part of Art History
Former NFL Star Rob Gronkowski to Pay $1.9M to Settle Crypto Investor Suit
The NBA's Victor Oladipo and racecar driver Landon Cassill also struck deals, and a group of Voyager investors said this was the "first tranche" of settlements with promoters of the former cryptocurre...
Crypto Mixers Targeted in U.S. House Democrats' Effort to 'Clamp Down' on Money Laundering
Several Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee have a bill coming this week to target money laundering through cryptocurrency mixing services, said Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), one of its b...