Ethereum Smart Accounts Coming in Hegota Fork
Ethereum account abstraction, or smart accounts, will be shipped with the Hegota upgrade “within a year,” said Vitalik Buterin on...
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Tether Freezes $4.2B in USDT Linked to Crime in 3 Years: Report
Stablecoin issuer Tether has reportedly frozen roughly $4.2 billion worth of its USDt tokens connected to suspected criminal activity over...
Buterin Outlines Ethereum’s Quantum Resistance Roadmap
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a plan to address four areas of the network he sees as most vulnerable...
Whale Loses $8.2M in ARC Liquidation on Lighter as Protocol Contain Losses
A big crypto trader lost $8.2 million after a leveraged bet on the ARC perpetuals market unraveled on the decentralized...
Hong Kong to Launch HKMA Digital Bond Platform in 2026
Hong Kong will set up a new digital asset platform this year to support the issuance and settlement of tokenized...
Hashgraph Group Launches Hedera Tool for EU Digital Product Passports
The Hashgraph Group, a Swiss technology firm building on the Hedera network, has launched TrackTrace, a platform it says is...
Vitalik Buterin Pitches Transaction Simulation Security Idea
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has suggested using “transaction simulations” and other similar features to improve the user experience and security...
Figure Launches FGRD as First SEC-Registered Onchain Public Stock
Figure Technology Solutions has launched FGRD, calling it the first SEC-registered public stock issued, traded and settled entirely on blockchain...
Ethereum Foundation Outlines Main Priorities For 2026
The Ethereum Foundation has announced it is targeting faster transactions, smarter wallets, better cross-chain interoperability, and quantum-resistant security as its...
Starknet Taps EY’s Nightfall for Institutional Privacy on Ethereum Rails
Starknet developer StarkWare has integrated EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol to let institutions run private payments and decentralized finance (DeFi) activity...
Monero Activity Holds After Delistings, Study Flags Network Behavior
Monero activity has remained steady even as major cryptocurrency exchanges have pushed the privacy coin off their platforms, according to...
Aave Founder Wants DeFi to Tokenize $50T Abundance Assets
Stani Kulechov, the founder of the decentralized lending platform Aave, says DeFi could benefit from $50 trillion worth of “abundance...
Onchain Public Benefits are the Future but Challenges Stay, CEO Says
Blockchain technology is an effective medium for administering social benefit programs, but key compliance challenges remain, according to Julie Myers...
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...
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...
Spark Launches Institutional Lending Suite to Channel DeFi Stablecoins
Spark announced the launch of Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending on Wednesday to channel more of its decentralized finance...
Xinbi Handled Nearly $18B in Crypto Transactions After Ban: TRM Labs
A Chinese-language crypto guarantee marketplace known as Xinbi processed nearly $18 billion in onchain transaction volume despite platform bans and...
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...
Bitwise to Acquire Chorus One as Crypto Staking Demand Accelerates
Bitwise Asset Management is reportedly acquiring institutional staking provider Chorus One, extending its push into cryptocurrency yield services.The acquisition adds...
Elon Musk’s xAI Recruits Specialists to Train AI Models on Crypto
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is hiring a crypto specialist to help train its AI systems on digital asset...
