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The Funding: Why Coinbase launched an ICO platform — and how its rivals are reacting

The Funding: Why Coinbase launched an ICO platform — and how its rivals are reacting

Last month, Coinbase bought Echo, an angel investing platform founded by popular crypto trader Jordan "Cobie" Fish, for around $375 million. Then, last week, it launched its own public token sales platform, with a main focus on letting U.S. retail users participate. The back-to-back moves signal a c…

Ripple CTO’s ‘50-year Bitcoin’ joke has a point: Here’s the deeper lesson on crypto evolution

Ripple CTO’s ‘50-year Bitcoin’ joke has a point: Here’s the deeper lesson on crypto evolution

Key takeaways:Bitcoin evolves on two clocks: slow, consensus-driven changes at the base layer and fast experimentation at the edges.Major upgrades (such as Taproot) arrive through cautious soft forks after long review.Rapid shifts such as Lightning payments and Ordinals happen without changing Bitco…

Breaking: JPMorgan Launches “JPM Coin” on Coinbase Blockchain

Breaking: JPMorgan Launches “JPM Coin” on Coinbase Blockchain

The future of digital finance just took a major leap — and it’s coming from Wall Street itself. JPMorgan Chase has officially launched its blockchain-based deposit token, JPM Coin (JPMD), marking a bold move in how traditional banks are adopting blockchain technology.With transactions settling in se…

JPMorgan's Token Now Available to Institutional Clients

JPMorgan's Token Now Available to Institutional Clients

According to a Wednesday report by Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the US, has officially launched a deposit token called "JPM Coin." The token has been rolled out for the bank's institutional clients. A deposit token, explained A deposit token is a blockchain representation of deposi…

JPMorgan officially rolls out ‘JPM Coin’ deposit token on Base

JPMorgan officially rolls out ‘JPM Coin’ deposit token on Base

JPMorgan has officially rolled out its USD-denominated deposit token JPM Coin (JPMD) to institutional clients on Base Layer 2, following months of testing.After completing a pilot initiated in June, Kinexys by JPMorgan has now made JPMD available for 24/7, near-instant settlement, allowing instituti…

JPMorgan Achieves First True Bridge Between Banks and DeFi

JPMorgan Achieves First True Bridge Between Banks and DeFi

Wall Street is finally stepping onto the same rails as DeFi, as seen with JPMorgan Chase & Co. beginning to roll out its JPM Coin deposit token on Coinbase’s Base network.This enables institutional clients to settle transactions instantly and 24/7, marking a major expansion of traditional banking in…

$BALZ Token Goes Live on PancakeSwap Today as BNB Chain Meme Project Closes $2M+ Presale

$BALZ Token Goes Live on PancakeSwap Today as BNB Chain Meme Project Closes $2M+ Presale

Singapore, Singapore, November 7th, 2025, ChainwireThe expected launch of $BALZ, a community token on BNB Chain, is scheduled to go live on PancakeSwap this Friday, November 7, within a controlled launch window between 2:30 PM and 5:30 PM CET.With over 40,000 followers on X and more than $2 million …

The Daily: Google to integrate Polymarket and Kalshi data in search results, JPMorgan sees bitcoin reaching $170,000, and more

The Daily: Google to integrate Polymarket and Kalshi data in search results, JPMorgan sees bitcoin reaching $170,000, and more

The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.Happy Thursday! A share of $20,000 in USDC is on the line. Do you have what it takes to unseat some of crypto's biggest brains and win? At 5 p.m. ET today, Crypto IQ closes in preparation f…

Balancer identifies rounding error as root cause of multi-chain DeFi exploit

Balancer identifies rounding error as root cause of multi-chain DeFi exploit

DeFi protocol Balancer has published its preliminary incident report on the Nov. 3 exploit that drained tens of millions from its Composable Stable Pools (CSPs) across multiple networks, including Ethereum, Base, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Optimism, Gnosis, Polygon, Berachain, and Sonic.As The Block previ…

Prediction markets are evolving into broader information trading venues: Bernstein

Prediction markets are evolving into broader information trading venues: Bernstein

Prediction platforms are transitioning into broad information-driven trading venues as greater regulatory clarity, institutional investment, tokenization, and deepening integration with retail brokerages and crypto markets accelerate global liquidity and mainstream adoption, according to analysts at…

Coinbase’s Base token could be worth as much as $34 billion, JPMorgan says

Coinbase’s Base token could be worth as much as $34 billion, JPMorgan says

JPMorgan analysts said Coinbase could unlock up to $34 billion in value through the eventual launch of a Base network token, calling it a major new monetization path alongside the company’s push into USDC yields and onchain trading.The report, published Friday by JPMorgan’s equity research team, rai…

Coinbase stock surges after JPMorgan upgrade on Base, USDC potential

Coinbase stock surges after JPMorgan upgrade on Base, USDC potential

Shares of Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) rallied sharply on Friday after JPMorgan Chase upgraded the cryptocurrency exchange, highlighting new monetization opportunities tied to its Base network and USDC payout strategy.The bank’s analysts lifted their rating to “Overweight” from “Neutral” and raised t…