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Bitlayer secures 31.5% of Bitcoin's hashrate to bring smart contracts to BTC
27.5.2025
Bitlayer’s Bitcoin smart-contract system is being implemented by mining pools behind 31.5% of the network’s hashrate, a development that will help ensure that its system will operate on the Bitcoin blockchain, the company said.According to a May 27 announcement shared with...
Bitlayer secures 31.5% of Bitcoin's hashrate to bring smart contracts to BTC
27.5.2025
Bitlayer’s Bitcoin smart-contract system is being implemented by mining pools behind 31.5% of the network’s hashrate, a development that will help ensure that its system will operate on the Bitcoin blockchain, the company said.According to a May 27 announcement shared with...
Judge Overturns Convictions in Mango Markets Exploiter’s Crypto Fraud Case
24.5.2025
The judge ruled that prosecutors failed to prove Eisenberg made false representations to the platform, which operated through smart contracts
Bold Technologies and My Aion launch $2.5B smart city AI platform
21.5.2025
Abu Dhabi-based Bold Technologies, a subsidiary of conglomerate Bold Holdings, has partnered with international artificial intelligence firm My Aion to launch a $2.5 billion smart city initiative aimed at transforming urban infrastructure through AI.The companies announced the development of...
The crypto market values chains more than standalone applications
20.5.2025
Opinion by: Hatu Sheikh, founder of Coin TerminalAlthough blockchains and DApps are critical, crypto industry stakeholders often prioritize applications based on adoption principles and revenue distribution. DApps won't function without their underlying chains. The markets must uphold blockchains...
Senate stablecoin vote splits Democrats amid concerns over corruption
20.5.2025
US Senate Democrats are getting flak after they helped move stablecoin legislation ahead for discussion on the Senate floor.On May 19, 16 Democratic senators broke from the party line to pass a motion to invoke cloture, which will now set the bill up for debate on the Senate floor. Some of the same...
Robinhood proposes SEC rules for tokenized real-world assets
20.5.2025
Robinhood submitted a 42-page proposal to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), calling for a national framework to regulate tokenized real-world assets (RWAs).The brokerage is seeking to modernize financial infrastructure by making tokenized assets legally equivalent to their...
Kraken expands in Europe with regulated crypto derivatives
20.5.2025
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced the launch of regulated derivatives trading on its platform under the European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II).According to a May 20 announcement, Kraken’s perpetual and fixed maturity crypto futures contracts will...
Circle co-founder to create ‘AI-native’ bank after $18M raise
20.5.2025
Circle co-founder and Catena Labs CEO Sean Neville has launched a project that aims to develop a financial institution that natively leverages artificial intelligence. On May 20, Catena Labs, the company building an “AI-native financial institution,” announced that it secured...
German gov’t missed out on $2.3B profit after selling Bitcoin at $57K
20.5.2025
The German government missed out on more than $2 billion worth of Bitcoin profit after selling its holdings in 2024, according to blockchain intelligence firm Arkham.A “German Government (BKA)” labeled cryptocurrency wallet sold 49,858 Bitcoin (BTC) worth over $2.89 billion at...
Avalanche-backed Fusion launches with $100M to boost blockchain adoption
20.5.2025
Avalanche, Helix and Faculty Group have launched Fusion, a new blockchain ecosystem aimed at driving real-world adoption through modular infrastructure tailored to specific industries.Built on Avalanche, Fusion features a two-layer architecture that includes composers, customizable layer-1...
India’s Supreme Court urges government to regulate cryptocurrency
20.5.2025
India’s Supreme Court questioned the government’s lack of regulatory clarity on cryptocurrencies despite imposing taxes on digital assets like Bitcoin.According to the Indian legal news outlet LawChakra, the country’s Supreme Court expressed concern over the increasing use...
Central banks testing smart contract toolkit under BIS Project Pine
16.5.2025
Central banks are experimenting with smart contracts to implement monetary policy in tokenized environments, signaling a growing interest in integrating blockchain technology into traditional finance (TradFi).According to a joint research study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s...
What is RISC-V, and why does Vitalik Buterin want it for Ethereum smart contracts?
12.5.2025
What is RISC-V? RISC-V, pronounced “risk five,” is a modern open-source instruction set architecture (ISA) based on reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. In simple terms, it’s like a blueprint that defines a set of instructions...
Bitcoin DeFi Security Improves as Rootstock Boosts Hashrate Share
11.5.2025
Rootstock is one of numerous projects looking to bring greater utility to Bitcoin by expanding the provision for DeFi with smart contracts
Mobius Token smart contracts on BNB Chain exploited, $2.1M drained
11.5.2025
Hackers drained over $2.15 million from Mobius Token ($MBU) smart contracts on the BNB Chain in a targeted exploit detected early May 11, according to security firm Cyvers Alerts.The attacker deployed the contract from address 0xb32a53... at 07:31:38 UTC and initiated the exploit at 07:33:56...
Why is Ethereum (ETH) price up today?
10.5.2025
Key takeaways:Ether is set for its best weekly gain since May 2021.Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade, mega-whale accumulation, and a major short squeeze fuel the rally.Technical patterns suggest a potential 40% rally toward $3,400 as ETH bounces off key support.Ether (ETH) is on course to record...
4chan rises from the dead: How the imageboard moves crypto markets
10.5.2025
After 4chan was hacked on April 14 and vast troves of user and moderator data were leaked online, the controversial website quickly went down, and many believed it would never recover. However, less than two weeks later, the imageboard was back online, defiant as ever.“4chan is back,”...
UK to become ‘safe harbor’ for crypto with new draft rules — Experts
10.5.2025
On April 29, UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves unveiled plans for a “comprehensive regulatory regime” aimed at making the country a global leader in digital assets.Under the proposed rules, crypto exchanges, dealers, and agents will be regulated similarly to traditional financial firms...
RedotPay enters South Korea with crypto-powered payment cards
10.5.2025
Hong Kong-based fintech firm RedotPay has reportedly launched its cryptocurrency-enabled payment cards in South Korea, positioning itself as a potential disruptor in a market dominated by traditional credit card firms and mobile payment services.The company’s crypto debit cards — both...