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David Christopher · 2 days ago

Solana Narrowly Passes Double-Disinflation Proposal

Solana narrowly passed SGP-0002, accelerating its path to 1.5% inflation by 2029, while its sister fee-burn proposal failed.

David Christopher · 2 days ago

Ethena Adds Equities to Basis Trade, Shutters HIP-3 Market

Ethena is expanding USDe into equity perps as it overhauls ENA tokenomics and looks to reignite ecosystem growth.

DefiLlama Introduces Universal Token Ratings Dashboard

A new rating system for crypto tokens is live on DefiLlama, built with Forgd across roughly 40 scoring inputs.

Bankless · 3 days ago

Ethena Fee Switch Vote Ties ENA Buybacks to USDe Growth

Ethena's fee switch vote comes with a proposed USDe-tied revenue ladder.

Bankless · 3 days ago

Bitcoin Fields Its First Quantum-Safe Transaction

A new scheme called QSB used Bitcoin's own legacy rules to lock a transaction against Shor's algorithm.

Bankless · 3 days ago

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David Christopher · 4 days ago

JPMorgan Weighs Stablecoin as Bank Push Accelerates

JPMorgan weighs its own stablecoin as major banks explore a global consortium and thousands of smaller banks launch BankChain Alliance.

David Christopher · 4 days ago

Hyperliquid Gets Pumpfun Support, Energy Perps Push

Pumpfun adds HyperEVM trading as HPC pushes U.S. energy perps and AQA v2 begins generating USDC yield for HYPE buybacks.

David Christopher · 4 days ago

Roman Storm Retrial Delayed to April 2027

Roman Storm’s retrial moves to April 2027 as a judge weighs throwing out his conviction and questions grow over Chainalysis’s role.

Grayscale's Zcash ETF Begins Trading on NYSE Arca

Grayscale's $ZCSH offers spot ZEC exposure, though its holdings sit outside Zcash's shielded privacy tech.

Bankless · 5 days ago

Galaxy Unveils Crypto-Backed Line of Credit Service

GalaxyOne's new credit line lets retail users borrow cash against crypto's majors.

Bankless · 5 days ago

David Christopher · 6 days ago

Kinetiq Unveils Elysium L2 for Hyperliquid

Kinetiq unveiled Elysium, a Hyperliquid L2 built to improve HyperEVM performance, revive spot trading, and create a new KNTQ buyback engine.

David Christopher · 6 days ago

Phantom to Drop Sui in Second Chain Exit

Phantom will drop Sui support come Sept. 24, following its Monad exit as Sui TVL remains roughly 82% below its peak.

David Christopher · 6 days ago

Strategy Creates $1.6B Flexible Cash Pool

Strategy created a $1.59B cash pool for Bitcoin, buybacks, debt, and preferreds as it builds more flexibility into its capital stack.

Coldcard Ships Deeper Security Fix Following Bitcoin Heist

Coinkite's new firmware adds hand-entered entropy and stricter transaction checks to its Coldcard wallets.

Bitcoin Nears $80K as Crypto Rally Stretches to a 3rd Straight Day

Crypto's latest rally has BTC near $80K, ETH outpacing it at +28% on the week, and HYPE hitting a fresh ATH.

Ramp Adds x402 Payments for AI Agents

Ramp adds x402 payments for AI agents, extending its agent finance push as AWS and Stripe accelerate the agentic payments race.

X Explores Stablecoin Payments for Creators

X is exploring stablecoin creator payouts as social platforms increasingly add payments and adopt crypto rails.

Trump Says CFTC Working to Bring Hyperliquid to U.S.

Trump says CFTC Chair Mike Selig is working on a compliant U.S. path for Hyperliquid after months of regulatory engagement.

Base App Unveils Hyperliquid-Powered Perps

Base App users can now trade perps with up to 50x leverage via Hyperliquid.

Nethermind Drops LayerZero Verifier Role, Joins Chainlink

Another major LayerZero verifier just defected to Chainlink.

SEC Proposes "Regulation Crypto Assets" Framework

The SEC just proposed rules that would let crypto startups raise up to $75M without full registration.

Centrifuge Proposes Converting Token Into Equity

Centrifuge proposes letting eligible CFG holders subscribe for company shares at one CFG per share as it explores a token-to-equity conversion.

Kaito Launches Pulse Social Layer for X

Kaito launches Pulse and Aura, bringing verified reputation and activity to "social trading" via the X timeline.

South Korea Blocks Polymarket Over Gambling Concerns

South Korea blocked Polymarket over illegal gambling concerns, joining more than 30 jurisdictions restricting the prediction market.

Treasury Proposes Rules for How GENIUS Act Stablecoin Licensing Works

Treasury's new GENIUS Act proposal would put a due-diligence duty on exchanges that list stablecoins.

Stripe Is Acquiring AI Router OpenRouter for +$8B

OpenRouter's founder built OpenSea, then built "Stripe for AI." Now Stripe is buying the company in a massive deal.

Ansem Debuts Launchpad and the z500 Onchain Index

A new Solana launchpad and onchain index from trader Ansem builds atop the $ANSEM token.

JPMorgan Dropped Polymarket Banking Over Regulatory Risk

Last October, JPMorgan ended Polymarket’s banking relationship over regulatory concerns but still maintains significant ties to the platform.

SEC Delays Vote on Crypto Fundraising Rules

The SEC postponed a vote on rules that could give crypto projects new fundraising exemptions as the CLARITY Act stalls in Congress.

Kalshi Eyes $40B Valuation in Yet Another New Raise

Kalshi is reportedly raising $750M+ at a $40B valuation, seeing its valuation 20x in a year as it considers for a 2027 IPO.

Justin Drake: The EF Is Moving Away From Poseidon for Ethereum L1

Justin Drake says off-the-shelf hashes can now match Poseidon inside zk-proofs.

Ether.fi Unveils Major Revamp of Its Neobank

Ether.fi's latest neobank upgrade wants to replace your bank account.

Polymarket Acquihires Turf's Sports Prediction Team

Months after first partnering together, Polymarket has welcomed Turf's entire team aboard.

Eigen Labs Launches Yukon for Open AI Research

Eigen Labs launched Yukon, an open, autoresearch platform where humans and AI agents can compete to solve any technical research challenge.

BitGo Launches Public Bitcoin Quantum Risk Checker

BitGo launched a free tool that scores Bitcoin addresses for quantum risk based on whether their public keys have been exposed.

CFTC Invokes Emergency Authority to Keep Kalshi Operating

The CFTC invoked emergency authority to keep Kalshi operating as New York seeks to shut down the federally regulated prediction market.

Anthropic Signs Huge Data Center Deal With Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms

A big data center lease just sent Riot Platforms shares soaring, after Bloomberg named the undisclosed tenant as Anthropic.

Strategy Sells Another $109M in Bitcoin to Buy Back STRC

Strategy sold $109M in Bitcoin last week, using the proceeds to buy back STRC while leaving its separate USD Reserve capacity untouched.

Senate Pushes Clarity Act Vote to September

Ethics disputes and stalled negotiations have pushed the Clarity Act's Senate vote to September.

MetaMask Launches Agent Wallets

MetaMask launched Agent Wallet, giving AI agents self-custodial access to onchain trading within user-defined limits and security controls.

Uniswap's Pools.Trade Launchpad Goes Live on Robinhood Chain

Uniswap launched Pools on Robinhood Chain, offering two token launch formats, locked liquidity, lower fees, and built-in distribution.

Eigen and Lighter Launch Autoresearch Challenge to Speed up Exchange

Eigen Labs’ Lighter challenge has already made its ZK prover 3.3x faster, with developers and AI agents competing for 15K LIT.

Circle's Arc Names Its Founding Validators Ahead of Mainnet Release

Arc, Circle's institutional blockchain, goes live September 16th with a validator cohort built from TradFi giants.

Mastercard and Visa Continue Advancing Their Stablecoin Ambitions

The biggest card companies are taking different paths to the same goal: dominating the rails beneath stablecoins.

Solana Proposal Could Increase SOL Burns 14-Fold

Solana validators weigh proposals to burn more fees and cut SOL issuance, but the plan needs more staker support to succeed.

Cloudflare Launches Programmable Wallets for AI Agents

Cloudflare unveils wallets that let AI agents use stablecoins to buy APIs and content through x402, with programmable spending controls.

New Ethereum Proposal Would Massively Increase Burn

EIP-8361 would burn more validator rewards as ETH staking rises, lowering issuance but raising concerns about validator consolidation.

Coldcard's RNG Bug Has Reportedly Compromised As Much As 2,000 BTC

A weak RNG in Coldcard wallets has cost users an estimated +$100M worth of BTC in less than a week.

BlackRock Unveils Two New Tokenized Treasury Funds on Ethereum

Two new BlackRock funds, BSTBL and BRSRV, are extending the asset manager's push into onchain finance.

Ethereum Institutional Closes Ecosystem Funding Round With +100 Backers

Ethereum Institutional locks in +100 ecosystem backers to accelerate institutional Ethereum adoption.

The Ethereum Foundation Welcomes Its Newest Board Member

The Ethereum Foundation adds privacy and security advocate pcaversaccio to its board.

David Christopher · 1 month ago

Fanatics Buys CFTC Exchange in Prediction Market Push

Decrypt reported that Fanatics is buying an exchange and clearinghouse from BGC, following DraftKings and FanDuel in owning the rails for its own prediction market.

David Christopher · 1 month ago

Hyperliquid SK Hynix Perp Drops ~20% on Bad Print

A single anomalous trade in South Korea sent Hyperliquid's SK Hynix perp down ~20%, raising concerns about effective pricing in HIP-3 markets.

David Christopher · 1 month ago

Judge Blocks Minnesota's Prediction Market Ban

A federal judge blocked Minnesota's prediction market ban, ruling it preempted by federal law, hours after Kalshi lost a separate motion in NY.

Lido Rolls Out Biggest Core Upgrade Since V2

Lido's new Core upgrade adds ETH-backed operator bonds and validator consolidation to ease congestion and boost accountability.

Ondo Finance Unveils the Ondo Network

Ondo Finance launches its Ondo Network days after its Oasis Pro Markets arm won SEC clearance for tokenized U.S. equities.

Bitmine Added ETH While Strategy's BTC Lull Continues

Bitmine's ETH treasury topped 5.78M tokens worth $11.3B, while Strategy's BTC stack went untouched again.

Morpho's Fixed-Rate Lending Protocol Midnight Nears

Morpho Midnight exits beta within days with fixed-term lending, multi-market offers, and a deliberately cautious rollout.

Ethereum Researcher Francesco D'Amato Departs EF for Ethlabs

One of the EF's most versatile protocol researchers just left for Ethlabs, saying serious protocol work now has "a credible shot" outside the Foundation.

Visa Unveils Stablecoin Platform With OUSD at Its Core

Visa's Stablecoin Platform packages OUSD access, wallet infra, and treasury integration for institutions entering crypto.

DTCC Executes First Live Trades With Tokenized Wall Street Assets

Wall Street's $114T clearing backbone just executed real production trades with tokenized securities.

Galaxy Debuts GOFR to Pipe Institutions Into DeFi Credit

Galaxy's new managed lending program gives institutions one blended DeFi borrowing rate without having to go through crypto wallets.

Ethereum Foundation Privacy Team Spins Out as EthSystems

Ex-Ethereum Foundation privacy researchers have launched EthSystems, a for-profit firm building privacy tech for institutional Ethereum adoption.

Sablier Is Winding Down Development of Its Token Streaming Protocol

Ethereum's OG money-streaming platform is closing up shop, though its smart contracts will live on.

Jupiter Partners with Collector Crypt on New Pokémon Card Gacha

Jupiter just teamed with Collector Crypt to launch onchain gacha packs to its millions of users.