Israel Arrests Two Over Polymarket Trades on Iran Strikes
Israeli authorities have arrested and indicted two people for allegedly using secret information to place bets on the predictions market...
Blockchain News
UK Launches Blockchain Digital Bond Pilot With HSBC Orion
The United Kingdom’s government has appointed HSBC’s tokenization platform to power a pilot issuance of digital government bonds, known as...
Ault Blockchain Debuts Public Testnet, Rejects Traditional Token Sale Model
Ault Capital Group has launched the public testnet of Ault Blockchain, a layer one (L1) network built for trading, settlement...
UK Central Bank to Launch Onchain Settlement Infrastructure Pilot
The Bank of England has launched a new industry experimentation initiative to explore how tokenized assets could be settled using synchronized, atomic...
Multiliquid, Metalayer Roll Out Instant Redemptions for Tokenized RWAs
Multiliquid and Metalayer Ventures have launched an institutional liquidity facility to provide instant redemptions for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on...
NFT Market Cap Returns to Pre-Hype Levels Near $1.5B
The global non-fungible token (NFT) sector fell below $1.5 billion in total market capitalization, returning to levels last seen before...
Aster Launches Testnet for Layer-1 Blockchain, Teases Full Release in Q1
The Aster decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) and perpetual futures platform announced on Thursday that its layer-1 blockchain testnet is now...
Ethereum’s L2 Scaling Story Gets a Rewrite From Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin is openly challenging long-held assumptions about Ethereum’s layer-two ( L2) strategy, arguing that the original vision for L2s...
How World Liberty’s $3.4B USD1 Stablecoin Powers Onchain Lending Markets
Key takeawaysWorld Liberty Financial has entered DeFi lending with the launch of World Liberty Markets, an onchain borrowing and lending...
Crypto Bridge Protocol CrossCurve Exploited for $3M
Update (Feb. 2, 12:20 am UTC): This article has been updated to add a post by CrossCurve CEO Boris Povar.Crypto...
Optimism Community Approves Proposal to Buyback OP Tokens
The governance backing the Optimism blockchain has approved a proposal to allocate 50% of all Superchain revenue to buy back...
Unclaimed ETH From The DAO Hack To Be Used For Security Fund
Unclaimed Ether (ETH) from the infamous 2016 hack on The DAO will be redirected into a new security fund aimed...
Why Proof-of-Reserves Isn’t Enough to Trust Crypto Exchanges
What is proof-of-reserves? At its core, proof-of-reserves is a public demonstration that a custodian holds the assets it claims to...
Dakota Launches Stablecoin Platform for Enterprise Payments and Treasury
Financial technology company Dakota launched a stablecoin infrastructure platform as more enterprises look to adopt digital dollars without taking on...
The Next Alpha Is Onchain
Opinion by: Annabelle Huang, co-founder and CEO of Altius LabsFor centuries, the world’s traders and speculators have pursued one thing...
Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 Open Interest Notched $793M ATH On Monday
Layer-1 blockchain network Hyperliquid has seen an explosion in trading through “Builder-Deployed Perpetuals” this month, hitting a new all-time high...
In The Battle Of Chains, Distribution Is King
Opinion by: Marcin Kaźmierczak, co-founder of RedStoneThe fight for dominance in blockchain won’t be won by whoever has the lowest...
Tezos Upgrades to Tallinn, Block Times Fall to 6 Seconds
Tezos, a layer-1 proof-of-stake blockchain network, implemented its latest protocol upgrade, Tallinn, on Saturday, which reduced block times on the...
Ethereum Foundation Forms Dedicated Post-Quantum Security Team
The Ethereum Foundation has made post-quantum security a central focus of the network’s long-term roadmap, announcing the formation of a...
Farcaster Co-Founder Says Protocol Isn’t Shutting Down After Neynar Deal
Farcaster co-founder Dan Romero moved to quell speculation about the project’s future, saying the protocol is not shutting down following...
A7A5 Stablecoin Processed $100B Before Sanctions Clampdown, Elliptic Says
A ruble-backed stablecoin linked to sanctioned Russian financial networks processed more than $100 billion in onchain transactions in less than...
Crypto’s Next Battle Is Privacy: Regulators Face Chicken-Egg Dilemma
Financial privacy is becoming the next structural battle in crypto, and neither governments nor the technology are fully prepared for...
