The following article is adapted from The Blockâs newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.I hope you had a good weekend, folks. While some analysts suggest there has been a "decisive shift" in crypto sentiment in recent days, tha
The Dogecoin Foundation, through its new corporate arm, has established an "Official Dogecoin Reserve" with an initial purchase of 10 million DOGE, or about $1.8 million at market prices.This initiative is part of the foundationâs partnership with Ho
Crypto exchange Kraken is considering raising $1 billion in debt ahead of a possible initial public offering, according to Bloomberg, which cited anonymous sources.The company is working with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase and the debt talks are at
Episode 511 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro and Multicoin Capital Co-Founder and Managing Partner Kyle Samani.Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you lis
Sen. Elizabeth Warren raised concerns over potential incoming Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins' ties to collapsed crypto exchange FTX and President Donald Trump's possible conflicts of interests with the rise of his memecoin.The M
CSC Delaware Trust Company, a subsidiary of business formation specialist CSC, registered a new entity named "Fidelity Solana Fund," according to a filing published Thursday. The registration is a possible first step towards a proposal of a Solana ex
The German financial supervisory agency Bundesanstalt fßr Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, or BaFin, stopped the Frankfurt-based Ethena Labs subsidiary Ethena GmbH from publicly offering its USD-pegged stablecoin USDe. The halt was due to BaFin identif
Episode 510 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro, and Coinbase Director of Product Michael RihaniListen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts. P
The following article is adapted from The Blockâs newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.It's Friday! According to a Dune Analytics dashboard, Polymarket apparently predicts events with up to 94% accuracy. However, with some of
Securities lawyers and crypto pundits kicked around a long-held question â what makes something a security â at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's inaugural crypto task force roundtable. At the SEC's headquarters in Washington on Friday, a
Coinbase is looking to buy Deribit and the talks have reached an advanced stage, according to Bloomberg."The companies have notified regulators in Dubai about the discussions as Deribit holds a license there, which would be taken over by any acquirer
The Australian government's Treasury department has outlined plans to develop a 'fit for purpose' digital asset regime to help build a more dynamic and competitive economy that balances innovation with consumer protection. In a paper released by the
Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, announced the pricing of its STRF offering on Friday, upsizing the deal from $500 million to $722.5 million.Strategy will offer 8,500,000 shares of its 10% Series A Perpetual Strife Preferred
Bybit hackers are sending stolen bitcoin to mixers and peer-to-peer vendors following the $1.5 billion cryptocurrency hack at the exchange in February 2025.Amid the ongoing recovery efforts, co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou reported that hackers converted
Gotbit founder Alex Andryunin signed a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Leah B. Foley, on Wednesday in connection to wire fraud and crypto market manipulation charges.Andryunin, a Russian national, agreed to forfeit
The Uniswap community has voted in favor of two governance proposals to drive growth of the recently launched Unichain Layer 2 and Uniswap v4 protocols through a new grants program and other liquidity incentives. Notably, the governance decision lays
The monthly count of crypto venture deals has contracted significantly, with only 116 private deals tracked in February, marking one of the lowest points in recent years. This represents a substantial decline from the 300+ deals recorded in October 2
The operators of the sanctioned crypto exchange Garantex have reportedly spun up a new trading platform, according to analytics firm Global Ledger. The new exchange, Grinex, is also allegedly operated out of Russia."Swiss blockchain analytics company
While speculative assets face significant headwinds, Ethereum's stablecoin ecosystem continues to demonstrate remarkable resilience and utility.Onchain volume of stablecoins has maintained impressive momentum, averaging approximately $800 billion mon
As attention toward crypto ramps up in Washington, venture capital fund a16z crypto has tapped its general counsel, Miles Jennings, to become head of policy.Founding general partner Chris Dixon announced the appointment on Tuesday and noted that Jenn