Coinbase co-founder joins rush for Venezuelan oil assets under new US-backed framework
Primavera is reportedly negotiating for three fields, but no signed agreement or transfer has been announced.
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How stablecoins are quietly becoming the Fed’s debt buyer of last resort
Dollar tokens can expand private use and Treasury-bill demand without deciding how central banks allocate reserves.
Nearly $10 million must escape a dying Ethereum L2 network before New Year’s Eve or risk becoming unrecoverable
The Ethereum layer 2 stopped deposits and warned that exit routes differ before its network and explorer shut down.
XRP’s $2.14 bull case just met a $474 million ETF tailwind
CryptoSlate's 90-day model maps nearly 59% upside in its bullish Nov. 30 scenario, while the central estimate and downside range remain far lower.
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF barely beat the S&P 500 after putting investors through a 53% crash
IBIT’s 1.60-point lead masked a maximum decline nearly three times as deep as the S&P 500 fund’s.
USDC may be only as quantum-safe as its slowest wallet, bridge or blockchain
The 813-logical-qubit record is not a Q-day clock, but it shows why host chains, wallets, custodians, bridges and users must move with Circle.
Solana processed 5.2 billion transactions after revenue collapsed 87% – here’s what changed
August activity reached a new high after the memecoin fee boom that inflated revenue a year earlier had faded.
Uniswap trading volume explodes to record levels over 7 million per day – but actual fees lag far behind
More than 7 million daily swaps fit the record pace, while public data cannot show what share reached fee-enabled pools.
TAC blockchain remains frozen for over 10 days after a massive exploit forces a 1.26 billion token bailout
One transaction emptied 28.6% of supply from the bonded pool, while 1.66 billion attacker-held TAC remains unresolved.
The SEC is rewriting 50-year-old Wall Street rules to let public blockchains decide who legally owns a stock
One transfer agent would retain control, while physical addresses remain the minimum in the drafted rule.
What the $344M crypto political spending spree wants from Congress next
Corporate political donations hit a record $646 million over the 18 months through June, according to Public Citizen's analysis of FEC filings. Crypto political spending led every other corporate sector at $206 million, while crypto, AI, and online betting together…
North Korea’s $30M crypto cashout just handed legacy finance its best weapon to kill DeFi’s US debut
CME and ICE told Washington in May that Hyperliquid's pseudonymous, always-on markets could let sanctioned state actors circumvent enforcement. On Aug. 31, an Arkham analysis reviewed by CoinDesk found that wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group had sold more…