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Zack Abrams is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. Before coming to The Block, he was the Head Writer at Coinage, a Web3 media outlet covering the biggest stories in Web3. The story he co ...
Bitcoin could keep rising at gold’s expense in the second half of the year, boosted by corporate buying and growing support from U.S. states, according to JPMorgan analysts. The analysts say the ...
BlackRock’s nearly $3 billion tokenized Treasury fund has launched its “first direct DeFi protocol integration” with Euler on Avalanche, according to an announcement on Thursday. The launch builds on ...
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX will disburse more than $5 billion to creditors beginning May 30 via distribution partners BitGo and Kraken. The move is part of the second phase of FTX’s Chapter 11 ...
Coinbase (ticker COIN), the largest crypto exchange in the U.S., is set to join the S&P 500, making it the first pure-play crypto firm on the benchmark index. Coinbase (ticker COIN), the largest ...
In a curious press release, China-based Addentax Group Corp., a clothing manufacturer that trades on the Nasdaq OTC market, said it has been talking to holders of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, ...
PumpSwap, the DEX linked to Pump.Fun, introduced a revenue-sharing program that allocates 50% of protocol revenue to token creators. Creators for a specific token would receive 0.05% (5 basis points) ...
The SEC is reportedly investigating whether Coinbase inflated its user metrics in its public filings around the time the exchange went public. In a 2023 securities filing, Coinbase said it would begin ...
Cyber criminals tried to extort $20 million from Coinbase to keep stolen customer data off the internet. The crypto exchange has now reportedly put out a bounty worth the same amount on the culprits.
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board revealed in a filing that it no longer owned $321 million worth of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF. BlackRock’s IBIT fund recently experienced a 20-day streak of ...
BitGo will provide custodial and over-the-counter trading services for Upexi, an e-commerce startup that has recently announced a Solana investment and staking strategy. Upexi has a $100 million ...
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said that, while “bitcoin is king,” there’s a strong case for diversified crypto exposure — if history is anything to go by. Hougan drew a parallel with internet investing in ...