Web3 & Crypto

Once home to more than $2 billion in crypto assets, Blast is shutting down as activity fades, costs rise, and bigger platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood build networks of their own.

The former SEC chairman who may be tapped to oversee the Trump administration's AI work has a potentially divisive history as a watchdog of tech innovation.

A jobs report miss just erased the odds of an October rate hike, and BTC is now knocking on the door of its yearly ceiling.

A Lloyds survey found that faster payments and settlement are the most significant perceived benefits of tokenization, as the UK builds infrastructure for tokenized finance.

Kalshi seeks a $40 billion valuation, while Blockchain.com targets an IPO and crypto treasury companies struggle to maintain their once-high valuations.

Bitcoin climbed after weaker-than-expected payrolls pushed Treasury yields lower, but order-book resistance kept BTC from reaching new macro highs.

European issuers say Europe cannot ignore demand for dollar stablecoins as businesses seek USD liquidity for global payments and settlement.

The furious debate over Bitget’s $387.7M of hacked funds comes down to whether ideals around “permissionless and decentralized” tech means never intervening — even if you could.

It is incumbent upon us to continue Commissioner Peirce’s mission, writes Will Schwartz, policy associate at the Blockchain Association.

Cooler inflation and two dovish Fed speakers have shifted the odds toward a rate hold, with payrolls due and CPI landing on October 14.

Bitcoin held earlier gains following the report, up more than 2% over the past 24 hours and just below $87,000.

Hacks are never good, but a rapid response, user compensation and 1-hour bug fixing seems to top the spectrum of team reactions.