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earnXRP, a new yield product, has launched as more projects look to expand the “XRPFi” ecosystem — an effort to bring XRP into decentralized finance and put idle XRP to work onchain.The product is jointly launched by Upshift Finance, a DeFi platform offering yield vault infrastructure; Clearstar, an…
Michael Saylor's bitcoin treasury company, Strategy, did not acquire any additional bitcoin last week, ending a two-week streak of steady accumulation. Instead, the firm added $748 million to its USD reserve, bringing the fund’s total from an initial $1.44 billion cash buffer to $2.19 billion, accor…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to bar former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and former FTX executives Gary Wang and Nishad Singh from being officers or directors of any public company for several years.In a litigation release posted on Friday, the SEC stated that it ha…
Tax-conscious gamblers may find solace in prediction markets next year, according to Coinbase."Starting in 2026, a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (signed in July 2025) will limit the deduction for gambling losses against winnings," the cryptocurrency exchange said in its 2026 outlook re…
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.Happy Friday! Thanks for sticking with us through the rollercoaster ride that was crypto in 2025. The Daily is taking a short break over the holidays, but we'll be back in the new year refr…
Hyperliquid has witnessed its third-largest weekly outflow on record amid mounting competitive pressures in the decentralized perpetual derivatives market.According to a Dune Analytics dashboard compiled by user sankin_eth, outflows for Hyperliquid exceeded $430 million over the past seven days. The…
Ark Invest bought 17,386 Coinbase shares, worth approximately $4.2 million, across three of its exchange-traded funds on Thursday, according to its latest disclosures.Of the total acquisition, Ark bought 12,081 Coinbase shares ($2.9 million) for its Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK), 3,495 shares ($836,000)…
The U.S. Senate voted to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee, Michael Selig, to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as the agency prepares to take on a larger role in regulating cryptocurrency markets.The Senate voted 53 on 43.Trump tapped Selig to lead the CFTC in October following …
JPMorgan analysts reiterated that they do not expect the stablecoin market to reach a trillion-dollar scale over the next few years, arguing that growth is likely to track the broader crypto market rather than accelerate far beyond it.The analysts, led by managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, n…
Polygon Labs, the group developing the eponymous blockchain, is making a strategic investment in web3 media project Boys Club.Boys Club will work closely with the R&D lab to help "advance Polygon's mission of making crypto more practical, accessible, and valuable for everyday people through products…
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) will begin a limited pilot to place representations of U.S. Treasury securities held at its depository subsidiary onto a blockchain, marking the first live test of onchain assets directly tied to DTC custody under U.S. regulatory approval.The projec…
Welcome to The Block’s 2026 Digital Assets Outlook Report, a comprehensive analysis of the past year’s developments in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space. This report leverages insights from our research team and is designed to provide insights to stakeholders across the digital asset ecosystem…