Trump urges House to pass GENIUS stablecoin bill: ‘get it to my desk, ASAP’ - The Block, Crypto, act, genius, house, block, donald trump, senate, trump

Trump urges House to pass GENIUS stablecoin bill: ‘get it to my desk, ASAP’

U.S. President Donald Trump urged the House of Representatives to swiftly advance the GENIUS Act for his final sign-off.The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act passed final voting from the Senate with bipart

Ethena Labs, Securitize enable 24/7 atomic swaps between USDtb and BlackRock’s tokenized fund - The Block, converge, defi, block, fund, Crypto, ethena

Ethena Labs, Securitize enable 24/7 atomic swaps between USDtb and BlackRock’s tokenized fund

Ethena Labs, the developer of the synthetic dollar USDtb, and real-world asset tokenization firm Securitize have enabled round-the-clock atomic transfers between BlackRock’s tokenized fund BUIDL and Ethena’s stablecoin, which the fund backs."Through

Coinbase seeks SEC greenlight for tokenized stocks to compete with Robinhood, Charles Schwab - The Block, asia, block, usdc, crypto, coin, sec, Crypto

Coinbase seeks SEC greenlight for tokenized stocks to compete with Robinhood, Charles Schwab

Coinbase is pushing for regulatory clarity to bring tokenized equities to U.S. customers, Paul Grewal, the company's chief legal officer, told Reuters on Tuesday. If approved, the move could allow the crypto exchange to offer blockchain-based trading

From noodles to nodes: DayDayCook, an Asian food brand, to raise $528 million for bitcoin binge - The Block, pipe, three, bitcoin, million, block, crypto, Crypto

From noodles to nodes: DayDayCook, an Asian food brand, to raise $528 million for bitcoin binge

DDC Enterprise Ltd. (ticker: DDC), also known as DayDayCook, said Tuesday it has secured three funding agreements worth up to $528 million to expand what it aims to become “the world’s most valuable bitcoin treasury.”The China- and U.S.-based consume

Avalanche transactions top 1 million amid ERC-404 minting frenzy - The Block, spike, block, may, avalanche, Crypto

Avalanche transactions top 1 million amid ERC-404 minting frenzy

Avalanche has experienced an onchain boom in recent weeks, as the 7-day moving average (7DMA) of the number of transactions on the chain reached 1 million, its highest in over a year. For context, at the beginning of May, this figure stood at just 29

a16z crypto invests $70 million in direct EigenLayer token deal to back EigenCloud developer platform rollout - The Block, eth, ai, ethereum, crypto, grok, Crypto, eigen, avs, eigenlayer

a16z crypto invests $70 million in direct EigenLayer token deal to back EigenCloud developer platform rollout

The blockchain-focused arm of Andreessen Horowitz, a16z crypto, has purchased an additional $70 million worth of EigenLayer's EIGEN tokens to help support the launch of the Ethereum restaking project's new developer platform, EigenCloud.a16z crypto p

The Blockchain Group to raise $8.3 million through share issuance to expand bitcoin holdings - The Block, bitcoin, block, million, Crypto, atm

The Blockchain Group to raise $8.3 million through share issuance to expand bitcoin holdings

The Blockchain Group, Europe's first bitcoin treasury company, announced today a capital increase plan totaling €7.2 million ($8.3 million) as part of its $342 million at-the-market-style program to acquire more bitcoin.In a statement released today,

MEV bots are clogging blockchains faster than networks can scale, says Flashbots - The Block, block, solana, Crypto, three, mev

MEV bots are clogging blockchains faster than networks can scale, says Flashbots

Maximal extractable value, or MEV, has “become the dominant limit to scaling blockchains,” research group Flashbots warned in a new report released Monday. The paper argues that spam transactions generated by MEV bots are soaking up blockspace faster

Strategy acquires another 10,100 bitcoin for $1.05 billion, bringing total holdings to 592,100 BTC - The Block, mstr, strd, atm, bitcoin, Crypto, tether, nav, strk

Strategy acquires another 10,100 bitcoin for $1.05 billion, bringing total holdings to 592,100 BTC

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) acquired an additional 10,100 BTC for approximately $1.05 billion at an average price of $104,080 per bitcoin between June 9 and June 15, according to an 8-K filing with the Securities and Ex

CoinShares joins VanEck, Fidelity and others in race for spot Solana ETF approval, files S-1 with SEC - The Block, xrp, Crypto, sec, cardano, one, ltc, crypto, sol, solana, dogecoin

CoinShares joins VanEck, Fidelity and others in race for spot Solana ETF approval, files S-1 with SEC

CoinShares has filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to list shares of a spot Solana exchange-traded fund for public trading, according to documents seen on the SEC’s EDGAR system.The proposed produc

Interchain Labs says former Cosmos maintainers unknowingly onboarded North Korea-linked actor, finds no security issues and doubles bounty - The Block, stack, icl, Crypto

Interchain Labs says former Cosmos maintainers unknowingly onboarded North Korea-linked actor, finds no security issues and doubles bounty

Interchain Labs has confirmed that an individual later identified as being linked to North Korea contributed to Cosmos repositories while employed by former maintainers between 2022 and 2024.The Cosmos core developer, in collaboration with the Securi

Justin Sun-linked firm to go public in US with TRX acquisition strategy; Eric Trump expected to take role: FT - The Block, block, three, may, Crypto, sec, crypto, sun, trump, tron

Justin Sun-linked firm to go public in US with TRX acquisition strategy; Eric Trump expected to take role: FT

A firm linked to the Tron blockchain and its billionaire founder, Justin Sun, is planning to go public in the U.S., the Financial Times reported on Monday.The company plans to go public through a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed SRM Entertainment in

SEC clears Trump Media filing, opening door to multi-billion-dollar Bitcoin buy - The Block, block, bitcoin, Crypto, crypto, truth, sec, donald trump, djt

SEC clears Trump Media filing, opening door to multi-billion-dollar Bitcoin buy

Trump Media and Technology Group, the firm majority-owned by U.S. President Donald Trump that runs his Truth Social platform, said on Friday that the SEC declared effective the registration for its previously-announced Bitcoin treasury plan. The firm

Prospective SOL ETF issuers submit updated S-1 filings, hinting at potential listing - The Block, hedera, bitcoin, avalanche, dogecoin, solana, ethereum, etf, block, Crypto, sec

Prospective SOL ETF issuers submit updated S-1 filings, hinting at potential listing

Several firms have submitted updated S-1 filings to list spot Solana exchange-traded funds on Friday, a move that some experts say signals the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is closer to approving these products. According to a flurry of reg

SharpLink Gaming buys $463 million in ETH, becomes No. 2 holder after Ethereum Foundation - The Block, Crypto, arkham, million, ethereum, atm, eth, second

SharpLink Gaming buys $463 million in ETH, becomes No. 2 holder after Ethereum Foundation

Minnesota-based affiliate marketing firm SharpLink Gaming (ticker: SBET) purchased 176,270.69 ETH for about $463 million as part of an effort to grow its Ethereum treasury strategy.The purchase positions SharpLink behind only the Ethereum Foundation,

SEC adds officials with crypto experience as part of leadership overhaul - The Block, crypto, Crypto, four, sec

SEC adds officials with crypto experience as part of leadership overhaul

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced four senior appointments on Friday, including two officials with experience in digital assets, further signaling a friendlier approach to crypto under Chairman Paul Atkins.Effective June 17, Jamie

DeFi Wizards - The Block, block, crypto, defi, ethena, rich, Crypto

DeFi Wizards

Episode 2 of The Big Brain Podcast, hosted by The Block's CEO Larry Cermak and MegaETH CSO Namik Muduroglu, was recorded with Ethena Founder Guy Young and Sky Protocol Co-Founder Rune Christensen.Listen below, and subscribe to The Big Brain Podcast o

Coinbase sees bullish crypto outlook for 2025, but flags ‘systemic risks’ from leveraged corporate bitcoin bets - The Block, eth, sec, genius, litecoin, solana, bitcoin, xrp, crypto, stable, dogecoin, Crypto

Coinbase sees bullish crypto outlook for 2025, but flags ‘systemic risks’ from leveraged corporate bitcoin bets

Crypto markets are set for a constructive second half of 2025, underpinned by improved U.S. economic growth expectations, potential Fed rate cuts, rising corporate treasury adoption, and greater regulatory clarity, according to Coinbase Institutional

a16z crypto leads $33 million seed round for Yupp as it exits stealth to build crypto-incentivized AI model evaluation platform - The Block, base, solana, ai, crypto, grok, Crypto

a16z crypto leads $33 million seed round for Yupp as it exits stealth to build crypto-incentivized AI model evaluation platform

AI startup Yupp has emerged from stealth, with a16z crypto announcing it led a $33 million seed funding round for the free platform that lets users compare answers from top AI models, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and Llama, usin

GameStop upsizes private offering to $2.25 billion despite stock slump amid bitcoin treasury plans - The Block, notes, gme, Crypto, april, zero, one

GameStop upsizes private offering to $2.25 billion despite stock slump amid bitcoin treasury plans

GameStop announced the pricing of its private offering of zero-coupon convertible senior notes late Thursday, upsizing the deal from $1.75 billion to $2.25 billion.The notes are unsecured, pay no interest, and don't accrue value, but can convert into