The Bitcoin restaking platform Lombard and the Eigen Foundation, which oversees governance of the Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer, have partnered to bring Lombard's liquid staked bitcoin token, LBTC, into the EigenLayer restaking ecosystem.Eig
Bitcoin has reclaimed significant ground after a steep correction earlier this month, now trading above $93,000. The cryptocurrency is currently priced at $94,014, reflecting a 5% increase over the past 24 hours and more than 20% in gains over the la
Indian crypto exchange WazirX aims to restart its trading platform following a $230 million hack, contingent on a Singapore High Court ruling regarding its restructuring and customer compensation plan."Zettai has completed all prior required steps, a
Episode 517 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro and DoubleZero Co-Founder Austin Federa.Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please se
The European Central Bank believes United States President Donald Trump's support for the cryptocurrency industry may cause financial "contagion" — a word frequently used amid last cycle's fallout from collapsed crypto exchange FTX, failed CeFi crypt
Michael Saylor's Strategy purchased an additional 6,556 bitcoin for $555.8 million between April 14 and April 20, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The company paid an average price of $84,785 per
Episode 516 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro and Ava Labs President John Wu.Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please send feedba
Coinbase International's perpetual futures platform has continued to grow in the derivatives market, processing nearly $100 billion in BTC perpetual futures volume over the past week. This surge has positioned Bitcoin perpetuals as the exchange's lar
Crypto exchange Coinbase has improved its infrastructure to better support the Solana ecosystem following complaints from users. The largest U.S. exchange has built out support for faster transaction processing times, improved liquidity and better fa
Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has purchased an additional $26.3 million worth of bitcoin, maintaining its bullish stance amid market volatility driven by Trump’s tariff policies.The Tokyo-listed firm disclosed on Monday that it bought an additi
Global crypto investment products run by asset managers such as BlackRock, Bitwise, Fidelity, Grayscale, ProShares and 21Shares registered further net outflows of $795 million last week, according to CoinShares data.Recent tariff activity from Presid
Waylon Wilcox, a 45-year-old man from Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to underreporting his income to the IRS, avoiding millions of dollars in tax payments related to his sale of nearly 100 CryptoPunk NFTs.According to the U.S. Attorney’s
Episode 22 of The Crypto Beat was recorded with The Block Editor-In-Chief Tim Copeland and Aave-Chan Initiative Founder Marc Zeller.Listen below, and subscribe to The Crypto Beat on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Twitch or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht said on Thursday he plans to make his first public appearance since being released from prison at an upcoming Bitcoin event."It's official. I am excited to announce that I will be making my first public appearance and
Ethereum's decentralized exchange volume has slowed, with daily unique traders dropping to approximately 40,000 addresses, a 12-month low and a steep decline from the 95,000 peak observed in late 2024.This sharp reduction in DEX participation coincid
Galaxy Digital announced Monday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved its S-4 registration statement regarding the company's domestication to Delaware from the Cayman Islands.The registration is part of the crypto and AI-focus
Crypto traders woke up to a market rout Monday, with the total digital asset market capitalization dropping about 10% and major tokens falling to multi-year lows in a broader financial selloff.More than $1.6 billion in leveraged crypto positions were
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted to advance President Donald Trump's nomination of Paul Atkins to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the agency quickly adopts a friendlier approach to crypto.That panel voted 13 to 11 on Thursd
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a cornerstone of global financial market infrastructure, launched a platform for tokenized real-time collateral management on Wednesday, according to a blog post. The move is a step forward for the
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.Happy Liberation Day! Could lower-than-expected tariff announcements from President Trump later on Wednesday give markets a much-needed boo