Bitcoin has seen a notable decline in recent market movements, coinciding with a broader sell-off in equities triggered by the Trump administration's announcement of new tariffs on major trading partners. Meanwhile, gold has reaffirmed its status as
The U.S. Senate will debate and later vote on whether to overturn a controversial tax rule that requires "custodial brokers" to collect and report user data to the Internal Revenue Service — and is set to get President Donald Trump's sign-off.Sen. Te
The staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed in principle to drop its lawsuit against the crypto exchange Kraken.The agreement to dismiss the lawsuit comes without admission of wrongdoing, penalties paid or alterations to Kraken's
The rise in the price of dogecoin following the November U.S. elections was so strong that a mining product provider couldn't keep up with demand.China-based Intchains Group, which provides altcoin mining products and acquires Ethereum-based cryptocu
Ether's volatility surged this week, catching crypto-native options traders off guard and forcing many to adjust their positions for further downside risk.The shift in the market’s volatility structure, particularly the rapid rise in implied volatili
Below is a summarized version of The Block Research's Foundations of Digital Assets Market Making: An In-Depth Introduction report. The full PDF version of this report is accessible here.This report, the first in a series dedicated to exploring the c
MetaMask will add support for Bitcoin and Solana this year as part of its near-term product developments to improve its user experience.The addition will give wallet users access to the two highly popular crypto ecosystems without having to use other
Bitcoin price dropped 7.6% in the past day to trade at $79,390 as of 2 p.m. Friday in Hong Kong, tumbling further down than yesterday's yearly low record.According to The Block's bitcoin price page, the cryptocurrency fell as low as around $79,250 ea
Coinbase's Layer 2 chain Base has implemented a technology called Flashblocks on testnet, which reduces effective block times on the network from 2 seconds to 200 milliseconds.Flashblocks are currently available for testing on the Base Sepolia testne
The blockchain-based payment and gift card firm Raise obtained $63 million in a fresh financing round, bringing the firm's total funding past $220 million. Haun Ventures led the round, which saw additional support from Amber Group, Anagram, Blackpine
Phantom, the crypto wallet provider valued at $3 billion, has acquired SimpleHash, a token and NFT data platform, for an undisclosed sum.As part of the acquisition, SimpleHash's team will join Phantom, and its existing services for customers will be
Convicted Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has a powerful ally coming to his aid.On Wednesday, the Ethereum Foundation said it is donating $1.25 million to Pertsev's legal defense. Last year, Pertsev was sentenced to 64 months in prison by a Dut
When President Donald Trump won the 2024 election last November, it didn't take long to make "DOGE" a priority in the White House. That is, the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, which Trump announced on Nov. 12, 2024, and later made
Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the U.S. saw their largest daily net outflows ever on Tuesday, totaling $1.01 billion, excluding data from Ark Invest's ARKB. Out of 12 spot bitcoin funds, 10 reported net outflows.Fidelity's FBTC led the pack of
Top-level Ethereum Foundation researchers responded to questions about scaling, Layer 1 revenue and security, in their latest semi-annual Reddit “AMA” (Ask Me Anything) session. The session comes amid a shift for the organization as former EF Executi
The developers at cross-chain DEX Chainflip plan to deploy a protocol upgrade and enable measures to prevent Bybit hackers from using its platform."The broad and overwhelming consensus amongst the Chainflip ecosystem is that illicit flows endanger th
The U.S. Department of Justice said it has reached a settlement with Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd., an affiliate of crypto exchange OKX, under which the company will pay over $500 million, including $84 million in penalties and approximately $421 millio
Members of the Crypto Council for Innovation, including from Coinbase and OpenSea, as well as Strategy founder Michael Saylor and Robinhood, are among the latest to meet with the new Securities and Exchange Commission's crypto task force urging for c
In the wake of the largest exchange hack in crypto history, Singapore-based crypto exchange Bybit has announced a recovery bounty program, offering security researchers and organizations 10% of any funds recovered from the hack. Should the $1.4 billi
Mantle's liquid restaking protocol, mETH Protocol, announced on Saturday the recovery of 15,000 cmETH tokens, worth about $43 million at current prices, from the Lazarus Group attackers responsible for the $1.4 billion hack of centralized exchange By