Once home to more than $2 billion in crypto assets, Blast is shutting down as activity fades, costs rise and bigger platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood build networks of their own.
MetaMask has exited Ethereum validators after a security incident diverted approximately 0.36 ETH in staking rewards, affecting around 17,000 validators holding roughly 523,000 ETH, though no user funds were compromised.
Bitcoin's brief surge to $85,500 faded as stubbornly high bond yields erased gains, despite a softer PCE report that briefly lifted crypto prices, before late Wall Street volatility reversed the rally.
The “overwhelming majority” of Open Standard’s equity will be distributed over time to partners based on how much they help grow the stablecoin, CEO Zach Abrams said.
In the first half of this year, the sector poured millions into lobbying, with most of it tied to pushing the U.S. market structure bill to a goal it never reached.
Bitcoin's brief surge to $85,500 faded as stubbornly high bond yields erased gains, despite a softer PCE report that briefly lifted crypto prices, before late Wall Street volatility reversed the rally.
Once home to more than $2 billion in crypto assets, Blast is shutting down as activity fades, costs rise and bigger platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood build networks of their own.
Bitcoin's brief surge to $85,500 faded as stubbornly high bond yields erased gains, despite a softer PCE report that briefly lifted crypto prices, before late Wall Street volatility reversed the rally.
The CLARITY Act's failure in Congress hasn't stopped regulators from moving forward with their own rules, with the SEC issuing an "Innovation Exemption" just two days after the legislation stalled.
Once home to more than $2 billion in crypto assets, Blast is shutting down as activity fades, costs rise and bigger platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood build networks of their own.
The regulator issued a proposed rule for custody, marking a swan song for its inaugural Crypto Task Force chief, Commissioner Hester Peirce, who exits this week.
Bitcoin continues to outperform traditional assets, surging over 40% this quarter and approaching the $100,000 mark as technical patterns suggest a potential breakout from the $80,000 resistance level.
A Sixth Circuit panel ruled that Kalshi's sports event contracts are not swaps, placing them under state gaming laws instead of federal CFTC oversight, adding to a growing circuit split that may prompt Supreme Court review.
Gemini has upgraded its Zcash infrastructure by replacing Zebra with Zakura, significantly reducing sync times ahead of the upcoming NU7 upgrade that will increase block frequency.
The Bitget hacker has moved approximately $83 million in stolen XRP from holding wallets, with Ripple unable to freeze the native XRP tokens on its ledger. Meanwhile, Bitget confirms its protection fund will cover the $387.5 million loss and plans to resume withdrawals starting September 28.