Bitcoin price slips on ‘discord’ risk at Fed amid messy regime change. ‘No choice but to stay’
Bitcoin stumbled after Jerome Powell’s final presser at the helm of the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, sliding 2% to $75,000 as cracks inside the...
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Announcing Cohort 7 of the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship
TL;DR: 📝 Applications for EPF7 are open until May 13 🔎 Review the program details for EPF7 🎙️ An introductory town hall will be held on May 6 at...
Judge dismisses SBF ‘facts,’ new trial request in scathing order
In February, Sam Bankman-Fried said he had found new evidence that could prove he never set out to defraud customers of his bankrupt crypto...
Senators advance Warsh nomination after DOJ drops Fed chair probe
US Senators voted on party lines Wednesday to advance the nomination of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal...
DeFi lender Sky hits $124m revenue record. Yet token holders aren’t impressed
Sky is the most profitable it has ever been — and it might have institutions to thank for that. On Wednesday, the Sky Frontier Foundation...
Billionaire trader Paul Tudor Jones made bank in gold. Now he calls Bitcoin the ‘best inflation hedge’
Paul Tudor Jones is heaping praise on Bitcoin. In a Wednesday appearance of the Invest Like The Best podcast, the billionaire hedge fund manager,...
Robinhood primed for rebound after shares tank 8% in Q1 miss, Bernstein says
Robinhood is primed to rebound from a bruising first-quarter where crypto-driven revenue plunged 47%, according to research and brokerage firm...
Bitcoin traders flip bullish on price ahead of Powell’s final FOMC as Fed chair
Bitcoin is holding firm near $77,000 ahead of Jerome Powell’s final press conference as Federal Reserve chair. Now, traders’ risk appetite is...
Allocation Update - Q1 2026
Q1 2026 continued our focus on strengthening Ethereum’s foundations, with sustained investment in core domains like cryptography, zero-knowledge...
Aave-led 'DeFi United' campaign raises $300m to address Kelp DAO breach
A version of this story appeared in The Decentralised newsletter on April 28. Sign up here. There’s been a silver lining to this month’s...
Bitcoin mining meltdown? Why IREN’s real future is in AI, according to Bernstein
Artificial intelligence is the real opportunity for Bitcoin miners, analysts say. IREN’s future now rests on transforming into a hyperscale AI...
Aave publishes plan to plug $246m hole left by Kelp DAO attackers
Aave and Compound are moving closer to plugging the $246 million hole left by the Kelp DAO hack. On Tuesday, DeFi United, a coalition of several...
Bitmine buys $294m more Ethereum ahead of Clarity Act ‘markup in May’
Bitmine continues to amass the largest Ethereum war chest as US lawmakers debate crypto’s future. On Monday, the crypto treasury firm bought up...
Bitcoin treasury Metaplanet bets on splashy advertising to turn around its ailing share price
High-tier conference sponsorships, an award-winning Japanese dance troupe, and most recently an appearance on the imposing Las Vegas...
Justin Sun announces $20m boost for Aave as he calls on lender to expand to his blockchain
Crypto mogul Justin Sun has announced a $20 million liquidity injection for Aave, and called on the top DeFi lender to expand to Tron, the...
French police record 135 crypto kidnapping cases since 2023 as crime wave swells
Police in France say 75 suspects are in pre-trial detention after attempting to kidnap crypto owners or their families — and demand Bitcoin and...
Banks are fighting a ‘sideshow’ as Clarity Act stalls. Will it matter?
The Clarity Act is stalling in Washington — but industry insiders say the outcome has already been decided. Zachary Townsend, CEO of crypto...
‘Eyes gouged out’: Man paid crypto to torture and kill 1,500 cats, say activists after arrest
Chinese police arrest a man accused of torturing around 1,500 stray cats to death in exchange for crypto donations.
Bitcoin traders eye $90,000 price after Kevin Warsh’s confirmation chances skyrocket. Here’s why
Bitcoin is lining up a push toward $90,000 as investors zero in on a changing of the guard at the US Federal Reserve, analysts say. Iggy Ioppe,...
ETH Rangers Program Recap
In late 2024, the Ethereum Foundation, together with Secureum, The Red Guild, and Security Alliance (SEAL), launched the ETH Rangers Program, an...