Blast, once a $2B Ethereum layer-2, to shut down after assets fall 98%; users have until Oct. 26 to withdraw
Blast is winding down because costs outpaced revenue and activity faded, marking one of the largest L2 retreats and shifting users toward networks run by Coinba
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin nears $87,000, highest since January, as $85,000 sell wall clears and weak U.S. jobs data lifts markets
September payrolls added just 29,000 jobs with unemployment at 4.2%, a soft print that fed rate-cut expectations while bitcoin held early gains.
Theblock · +10 outlets
Independent Community Bankers of America sues OCC over crypto trust charters
The bank trade group accuses the comptroller's office of exceeding its legal authority in granting national trust charters to crypto firms, a test of federal cr
Coindesk · +14 outlets
BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward on infrastructure partnership spanning custody, trading and payments
A tie-up would pair the oldest U.S. custody bank with a major crypto exchange group as traditional finance deepens its digital asset plumbing.
Coindesk · +7 outlets
OpenPayd targets year-end Nasdaq listing to fund U.S. expansion and acquisitions
CEO Iana Dimitrova said the payments firm aims to launch in the U.S. by April 2027 and is weighing deals for licenses and technology.
Coindesk · +11 outlets
Crypto job postings triple to over 1,200 in September, but applications fall
Finance, engineering and trading drove demand, with Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana the most requested skills, though fewer candidates applied, suggesting a tighte
Coindesk · +3 outlets
BlackRock outlines how tokenization could reshape investment portfolios
The asset manager says the next phase goes beyond putting single stocks and funds onchain toward portfolios that can be traded, rebalanced and managed in real t
Coindesk · +8 outlets
Ethereum launches zkAPI, bringing privacy-preserving API payments to mainnet
The tool lets services charge for APIs without exposing user data, part of a broader push to add privacy and payment primitives to Ethereum's base layer.
CoinCodex · +14 outlets
BitGo CEO says Clarity's failure left capital markets exposed to risk potentially worse than Lehman
Mike Belshe warned that the collapse left systemic risk from one firm combining exchange, brokerage and custody functions, amplifying calls for separation of cr
Theblock · +6 outlets
Crypto's Sisyphean struggle
Coindesk · +2 outlets
Arthur Hayes warns of multi-trillion-dollar rescue as AI debt builds
The former BitMEX chief argues that rising AI-related debt will force large-scale monetary intervention, a thesis tied to his broader macro bet on liquidity-dri
tokenpost.com · +4 outlets
Cathie Wood says investors should watch where AI agents spend money
As AI agents move from answering questions to spending real money, Ark's founder says control of the payment networks behind machine commerce becomes the key ba
Coindesk · +4 outlets
Drift opens exploit recovery claims with initial payouts of just over 1% of user losses
DFX holders can cash out now or wait for more funding, with no firm timeline for full repayment of losses from the exploit.
Theblock · +8 outlets
Jay Clayton, possible Trump AI czar, helped pioneer SEC crypto enforcement
The former SEC chairman's record of regulation-by-enforcement against tech and crypto firms could shape policy if he takes an administration AI role.
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Cboe explores turning the VIX into a perpetual, crypto-style trade
The exchange operator is weighing a redesign of Wall Street's fear gauge that borrows from crypto perpetual futures structures.
Coindesk · +2 outlets
Zcash testnet block times fall from 75s to 25s as ZEC trades near $1,315
The speed improvement lands amid a sharp run in the privacy coin, drawing renewed attention to shielded transaction performance.
Coin Gabbar · +2 outlets
Evernorth to list October 8 with 473 million XRP and more than $1 billion in backing
The listing would create a large XRP-linked vehicle, which the coverage frames as a potential supply and liquidity event for the token.
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Fhenix to launch mainnet with confidential token support on October 21
The fully homomorphic encryption project's mainnet launch would bring confidential token functionality to a live network.
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