Blockchain

Israel arrests two people in connection with Polymarket transactions amid strikes in Iran

Israeli authorities have arrested and charged two people for allegedly using secret information to place bets on Polymarket's prediction market related to an Israeli attack on Iran.In a joint...

The UK Central Bank will launch a pilot onchain settlement infrastructure

The Bank of England has launched a novel industry experimentation initiative to explore how tokenized assets can be settled using synchronized, atomic settlement in...

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Indexes

The Ethereum Foundation sponsors the cryptocurrency security nonprofit Security Alliance (SEAL) to "track and neutralize" cryptocurrency drainers and other social engineering attackers that target...

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Indexes

Interoperability is crucial for the seamless utilize of blockchains and cryptocurrencies. However, it is largely lacking in the integration of many existing wallet SDKs...

Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum scaling should transition from L2

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that the original vision of Layer 2 scaling "no longer makes sense," arguing that many L2s have failed to...

Bitwise will acquire Chorus One as demand for cryptocurrency staking grows

Bitwise Asset Management is reportedly acquiring institutional stake provider Chorus One, expanding its operations into cryptocurrency income services.The acquisition adds a major staking operation...

CME Group is considering issuing a proprietary token as collateral and margin

Chicago-based derivatives exchange CME Group is considering launching its own digital token as it explores how tokenized assets could be used as collateral in...

Payy launches the first privacy-enabled L2 EVM on Ethereum

The Crypto Payy project, which operates a privacy-focused wallet alongside a crypto banking card, has launched an Ethereum Layer 2 network designed to support...

NFT market capitalization is back to pre-hype levels, close to $1.5 billion

The global non-fungible token (NFT) sector has fallen below $1.5 billion in total market capitalization, returning to levels last seen before the sector's rapid...

Aster launches testnet for Layer 1 Blockchain and announces full release in Q1

Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX) Aster and perpetual futures platform announced on Thursday that its Layer 1 blockchain testnet is now available to all users,...

Multi-liquid, meta-layer implementation of instant tokenized RWA redemptions

Multiliquid and Metalayer Ventures have launched an institutional liquidity facility to provide immediate redemptions of tokenized real estate assets (RWAs) on the Solana platform.The...

Startales and SBI launch Strium for institutional FX and RWA trading

Startale Group and Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings have launched Strium, a Layer 1 blockchain designed to support the exchange and settlement layer infrastructure...

Ethereum L2 builders debate role of scaling after rethinking Vitalik rollup

Several Layer 2 developers reacted after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the original vision of L2 as the primary scaling engine "no longer makes...

How World Liberty’s $3.4 Billion Stablecoin1 Is Powering Onchain Lending Markets

Key conclusionsWorld Liberty Financial entered the DeFi lending market with the launch of World Liberty Markets, an onchain lending and lending platform built around...

Solana validators are down 68% from their 2023 peak

The number of Solana validators has dropped dramatically over the past three years, raising concerns about the decentralization of the blockchain network as the...

A 24/7 global stock market is impossible in today’s Blockchain

Review by: Joshua Sum, Head of Product at Solayer LabsConsider a single, borderless, 24/7 financial market where a Nebraska farmer can instantly hedge wheat...

CrossCurve Crypto Bridge Protocol Leveraged for $3 Million

Update (February 2, 12:20 UTC): This article has been updated to include a post by CrossCurve CEO Boris Povar.Crypto protocol CrossCurve said its cross-chain...