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Samourai co-founder claims Biden-era lawfare in calling for Trump pardon
19.12.2025
Keonne Rodriguez said on social media that he will report to prison on Friday to begin his five-year sentence for operating an illegal money transmitter
Most Influential: Jeff Yan
19.12.2025
Jeff Yan, founder of Hyperliquid, has quietly built a $308 billion volume DEX with over half a million users, influencing DeFi while avoiding public attention
Most Influential: Stani Kulechov
19.12.2025
The Aave founder is bringing DeFi to the masses
Most Influential: Sam Altman
18.12.2025
OpenAI founder Sam Altman brought artificial intelligence into every corner of people’s lives this year, from the way they work to the way they play. AI has already radically transformed the crypto ecosystem in both good ways and bad, guiding trading decisions, aiding developers, and making hackers...
Shima Capital Shuts Down After SEC Lawsuit Against Its Founder
17.12.2025
Key Highlights The SEC charged Shima Capital and founder Yida Gao with fraud for raising over $169 million…
Aave founder outlines 2026 ‘master plan’ after end to SEC probe
17.12.2025
Aave’s 2026 plan focuses on scaling via v4's Hub and Spoke architecture, $1 billion in real-world assets, and growing its new mobile app.
Solana under ‘industrial scale’ DDoS attack: Co-founder says it’s ‘bullish’
16.12.2025
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko claims the network is facing an industrial-scale 6 Tbps DDoS attack that has shown little visible impact
Alexander Ray, our partner within the CTDG initiative and a Web3 entrepreneur, co-founder of Albus Protocol and JPool, has passed away
16.12.2025
For our team, this is not only the loss of a respected builder in the Web3 space, but the loss of a close and trusted partner
Trump to ‘look into’ recently convicted Samurai Wallet co-founder
16.12.2025
Trump has already pardoned two crypto heavyweights, Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao in October and Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht in January
Most Influential: Sergey Nazarov
15.12.2025
Chainlink’s co-founder spent 2025 turning oracles, cross-chain messaging and CRE into building blocks for tokenized funds and on-chain finance
Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Another Bull Run. It Needs An Economy
15.12.2025
Bitcoin usage still skews toward long-term storage, as seen in how much BTC sits unmoved, says Terahash co-founder Hunter Rogers. But this behavior preserves individual wealth while starving the network
MSCI Isn't Wrong to Be Cautious on DATs
13.12.2025
As leading index provider MSCI considers excluding digital asset treasuries (DATs) from its suite of indexes, it’s worth considering the risk profile of these investment vehicles to determine if they truly meet these benchmarks, says Nic Puckrin, co-founder of Coin Bureau
South Africa’s Ezeebit Closes $2 Million Seed Round With Founder Collective to Scale Stablecoin Payments
12.12.2025
Ezeebit, a South African crypto payments infrastructure startup, has raised $2.05 million in seed funding to expand its stablecoin-based payment network across South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. Funding to Drive Product Development and Expansion Ezeebit, a South African stablecoin and cryptocurrency...
Terraform Labs’ Founder Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
12.12.2025
Key Highlights Do Kwon, founder of Terraform Labs, was sentenced to 15 years in U.S. federal prison for…
Terraform co-founder sentenced to 15 years in prison after guilty plea
11.12.2025
A federal judge heard statements from some of Terraform Labs’ and Do Kwon’s victims for hours before deciding on the co-founder’s sentence
Terraform's Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Fraud
11.12.2025
The Terraform Labs co-founder pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud in August
Do Kwon’s Sentencing Hearing Drags on as Court Weighs Mountain of Victim Testimony
11.12.2025
District Judge Paul Engelmeyer offered the Terraform Labs co-founder the chance to postpone his sentencing date, in light of hundreds of victim impact statements shared with the court in the past 24 hours
Most Influential: Arthur Hayes
11.12.2025
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has re-emerged in recent years as one of the industry’s most consistently influential macro thinkers
Most Influential: Shayne Coplan
11.12.2025
Once mired in legal trouble that included federal probes and law enforcement raids, Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan has emerged victorious this year, casting off the yoke of regulatory scrutiny and growing the prediction market he founded into a $9 billion betting empire
Most Influential: Rushi Manche
10.12.2025
The Movement Labs’ co-founder’s secret dealings and subsequent scandal stoked industry-wide anxieties about opaque token allocations and insider trading