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Digital Assets Innovation Needs to Balance Decentralization and Security

[Mar 6 12:55 PM] The immaturity of security controls in DeFi is a challenge for institutional adoption. Here’s how to address that.

Web3 App Store Magic Square Unveils $66M Grant Program

[Mar 6 8:00 AM] Magic Square's Ecosystem Grant Program consists of 120 million SQR, equivalent to 12% of the token's total supply.

Digital Currency Group Files for Dismissal of New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit

[Mar 6 7:25 AM] The crypto firm's boss, Barry Silbert, also filed a motion to dismiss the Attorney General’s accusation that he concealed losses at the firms and so cheated customers and investors.

Biden and Trump-Themed Meme Coins Take Center Stage on Solana

[Mar 6 6:24 AM] A new breed of meme coins have spawned on Solana this week with speculators hopping on a new wave of cartoonish coins focused around politicians and celebrities.

Revolut Launches Direct Crypto Purchase Into MetaMask Wallets in Bid to Simplify Web3

[Mar 6 3:00 AM] The digital bank continues to expand its crypto offerings with its new product “Revolut Ramp,” which aims to make it easier for customers to purchase cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin Soared to an All-Time High. So Why Aren't Miners Blasting Off, Too?

[Mar 5 1:09 PM] Investors are pouring money into spot ETFs while avoiding miners due to risks related to Bitcoin's halving event.

Bitcoin ETF Giant Grayscale Introduces a Crypto Staking Fund

[Mar 5 10:55 AM] The Grayscale Dynamic Income Fund initially includes APT, TIA, CBETH, ATOM, NEAR, OSMO, DOT, SEI and SOL.

Osprey Bitcoin Trust Looking for a Buyer or Possible Merger with Bitcoin ETF

[Mar 5 9:39 AM]

Bitcoin Bridge OrdiZK Suffers Apparent $1.4M Rug Pull, Token Crashes to Zero: CertiK

[Mar 5 9:18 AM] OrdiZK, a project that set out to become a bridge between the Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana blockchains, appears to have pulled an exit scam, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.

Institutional Crypto Wallet Provider Utila Raises $11.5M, Aims to Facilitate Tokenization Boom

[Mar 5 8:00 AM] Utila's self-custodial wallet offers a simplified user interface, fast onboarding process and recently added enhanced tokenization capabilities to better serve token issuers, co-founder and CEO Bentzi Rabi said in an interview.

WIF Rebounds on Binance Listing Plan as Other Meme Coins Run Out of Steam

[Mar 5 6:07 AM] Crypto exchange Binance said it will add dogwifhat (WIF) to its listings, lifting the Solana-based meme coin's price back into the black for the day despite a sell-off in the wider meme-coin market.

DWF Labs Invests $10M in TokenFi for AI-Push, TOKEN Crosses All-Time High

[Mar 5 5:55 AM] The purchase will be done over a two-year period, developers told CoinDesk.

Deutsche Boerse Starts Crypto Trading Platform for Institutional Clients

[Mar 5 5:05 AM] Deutsche Boerse will operate the trading venue, and Crypto Finance will provide settlement and custody services.

Fantom Seeks Money Back From Multichain’s $200M Exploit

[Mar 5 4:20 AM] The move aims to enable victims to “partially recover” assets lost in one of the biggest exploits of 2023.

Crypto Payments Specialist Baanx Raises $20M Funding Round

[Mar 5 3:36 AM] The Series A investment round included Ledger, Tezos, Chiron and British Business Bank.

Bitcoin ETF Issuer VanEck Has Huge Crypto Growth Goals in Europe

[Mar 5 3:07 AM] VanEck, a 69-year-old asset manager with a history of bringing newfangled investments to customers, has high hopes for the role crypto will play in its European division.

Bitcoin Miners Need to Be Proactive to Hold Their Positions After Halving: Fidelity Digital Assets

[Mar 5 2:49 AM] As the protocol evolves, new layers could emerge bringing new use cases and more users, the report said.

Omni Network Signs $600M Restaking Deal With Ether.Fi to Enhance Security

[Mar 4 7:00 AM] Liquid restaking protocol Ether.Fi will commit $600 million worth of ether {{ETH}} in a delegation deal to secure the Omni Network.

USDR Issuer Tangible Plans to Redeem Itself as a Layer-2 for Real-World Assets

[Mar 4 7:00 AM] First came the literal redemption for failed stablecoin USDR. Now comes the metaphorical redemption as Tangible changes its name to re.al.

BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF Starts Trading in Brazil

[Mar 1 10:37 AM] BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), by far the most successful of the 10 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, started trading on the Brazilian stock exchange B3, the company said. The asset manager announced the expansion on Thursday.

Blast, Hyped Layer-2 Chain, Sees Most Deposits Leave Within 1 Day of Going Live

[Mar 1 8:17 AM] The controversial layer-2 network had taken $2.3 billion in deposits since November as it prepared for launch, but within 24 hours of going live, that figure had dwindled to $650 million.

Retiring CEO of Giant Asset Manager Vanguard Shunned Bitcoin ETFs. Will His Replacement?

[Feb 29 4:41 PM] The question some are now asking is whether the famously conservative firm will pivot on crypto.

Bank of America, Wells Fargo to Offer Spot Bitcoin ETFs to Clients: Bloomberg

[Feb 29 1:19 PM] Two Wall Street wealth management giants, Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo, are adding spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds to their brokerage platforms, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Bitcoin Could Slide to $42K After Halving Hype Subsides, JPMorgan Says

[Feb 29 11:00 AM] The bitcoin production cost has historically acted as a lower boundary to the cryptocurrency’s price, the report said.

Crypto for Advisors: Private Credit Meets the Blockchain

[Feb 29 10:45 AM] In the world of digital assets, real world assets on-chain private credit brings the process of lending and borrowing against real-world assets onto a blockchain.

IOTA's Ecosystem Foundation Commits $10M for Tokenization, Trade Startups

[Feb 29 7:00 AM] IOTA's recently-launched Ecosystem Foundation is making its first series of investments, committing $10 million to to early-stage startups focused on digital trade and tokenization of real world assets (RWAs).

Solana Gaming Project MixMob Bags Stormtrooper NFT Licensing Rights

[Feb 29 6:00 AM] MXM, MixMob’s governance token on the Solana blockchain, operates the MXM Esports League and incentivizes players.

Bitcoin Miner Marathon's Sales Beat Fails to Impress Wall Street

[Feb 28 4:06 PM] The company sold 56% of its mined bitcoin during the fourth quarter to fund operating costs.

Morgan Stanley Evaluating Spot Bitcoin ETFs for Its Giant Brokerage Platform: Sources

[Feb 28 1:25 PM] Since spot bitcoin ETFs went live in January, chatter has increased about the imminent arrival of the big registered investment advisor (RIA) networks and broker-dealer platforms.

Bitcoin ETFs and Crypto Separately Managed Accounts: What RIAs Need to Know

[Feb 28 12:30 PM] SMAs allow investors to get exposure to multiple digital assets within the same portfolio, including novel protocols or tokenized RWAs.