Ray Dalio said Bitcoin lacks privacy and its transparency is why central banks will not hold it. Summary Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio posted on X that Bitcoin lacks privacy and its transactions can be monitored and potentially controlled by governments. Dalio said gold remains superior because it is more widely held, deeply established, and still
The Solana Alpenglow upgrade went live on a community validator test cluster on May 11, 2026, moving the network’s most ambitious consensus overhaul one step closer to mainnet. Anza, the development firm driving the change, called it “the biggest consensus change in Solana’s history.” That is not marketing copy; it is a technically accurate description
Exodus wallet sold 1,076 bitcoin in Q1 2026 to fund its $175 million acquisition of W3C’s payments business. Summary Exodus Movement cut its BTC treasury from 1,704 to 628 coins during Q1 2026, raising $73.2 million in total crypto sales to fund W3C closing payments. The company closed its acquisition of Monavate and Baanx on
The Ethereum Foundation and a group of major crypto wallet developers are rolling out a new security standard designed to stop users from accidentally signing away their funds, a problem that has fueled some of the industry’s biggest hacks and scams. The initiative, called “Clear Signing,” aims to replace the confusing walls of code users
Kraken parent Payward will plug Franklin Templeton’s BENJI tokenized money market fund into its platform as collateral and cash management, letting clients earn yield on idle dollars on‑chain. Summary Kraken’s parent company Payward has struck a strategic partnership with Franklin Templeton to bring tokenized stocks, yield products and the BENJI money market fund onto blockchain
Ethereum whale Garrett Jin moved 577,896 ETH worth $1.35 billion to Binance over four days, per Lookonchain. Summary Garrett Jin transferred his entire 577,896 ETH position to Binance over four days, accumulating an estimated $1.3 billion in unrealized losses. Jin originally swapped Bitcoin for ETH eight months ago at around $4,591, well above the current
Block Inc.’s (XYZ) Square has crossed a threshold of roughly 1 million merchants now enabled to accept Bitcoin payments. The figure, cited by a member of Block’s team, reflects a wave of auto-enrollment that began March 30, when Square automatically switched on BTC payments by default for eligible U.S. sellers. At its peak pace, a
Ethereum’s new ERC‑7730 Clear Signing standard replaces hex gibberish in wallet prompts with human‑readable, auditable transaction summaries to slash phishing and blind signing losses. Summary The Ethereum Foundation’s Clear Signing working group and Ledger co‑designed ERC‑7730, a standard that turns today’s cryptic wallet calldata into plain‑language transaction summaries. Clear Signing uses a JSON description format,
An Ethereum Working Group consisting of wallet developers, security firms and the Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security Initiative today launched an open standard designed to end blind signing — a structural flaw that has contributed to billions in user losses, including the Bybit hack. Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security Initiative is taking an active role
Bitfinex has received a Digital Asset Service Provider licence in El Salvador expanding the company’s regulated footprint in Latin America. Bitfinex now joins Bitfinex Securities and Bitfinex Derivatives as licensed entities in El Salvador, offering spot trading, derivatives, and tokenised securities. The announcement comes as El Salvador’s digital asset framework continues to develop, with CNAD
