Swiss financial regulator FINMA has approved the country’s first bitcoin exchange-traded fund for retail investors. The watchdog said Tuesday that the approval comes as people in Switzerland express a growing interest in crypto — particularly bitcoin. Bitcoin ETFs — particularly in the U.S. — have widened the scope of investors who can buy and sell
Zcash developers have agreed on block 3,543,405 as the planned activation point for Network Upgrade 7 (NU7), bringing the privacy-focused blockchain closer to introducing 25-second blocks around November 5. Summary Zcash developers have selected block 3,543,405 for NU7 activation, expected around November 5. The upgrade will reduce target block times from 75 seconds to 25
Special thanks to Robert Sams for the development of Seignorage Shares and insights regarding how to correctly value volatile coins in multi-currency systems Note: we are not planning on adding price stabilization to ether; our philosophy has always been to keep ether simple to minimize black-swan risks. Results of this research will likely go into
Bitmine owns 4.8% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 96% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 14 months In July, ETH outperformed Nasdaq 100 by 2,500 basis points, the largest since July 2025, reflective of the strengthening fundamentals of crypto Bitmine repurchased 1.7 million shares of
Binance US and Blockchain.com are the latest contenders looking to enter the U.S. prediction market industry and has reportedly applied for regulatory approval to offer event contracts. Summary Binance US has reportedly applied for regulatory approval to offer prediction markets in the United States. Coinbase, Crypto.com, Gemini and Bullish are among the cryptocurrency companies pursuing
Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir for much of the thinking behind multi-chain cryptoeconomic paradigms First off, a history lesson. In October 2013, when I was visiting Israel as part of my trip around the Bitcoin world, I came to know the core teams behind the colored coins and Mastercoin projects. Once I properly understood Mastercoin
Switzerland approves its first retail Bitcoin ETF, giving everyday investors access through a regulated fund with clear rules and investor safeguards. Switzerland’s financial regulator has approved the country’s first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) for retail investors. The ruling will enable regular investors to invest in Bitcoin via a regulated fund rather than the cryptocurrency itself.
BNB Standard Corporation (Nasdaq: BNC) has announced plans to ring the Nasdaq opening bell on October 26, following its recent corporate rebranding and the appointment of Alex Odagiu as chief executive officer. Summary BNB Standard will ring the Nasdaq opening bell on October 26 to celebrate its new corporate identity and the appointment of Alex
I’m Gavin Wood, a co-founder of Ethereum and, along with Vitalik Buterin and Jeffrey Wilcke, one of the three directors of the Eth Dev, the NFP organisation that is managing the development (under contract from Ethereum Suisse) of the Ethereum blockchain. This is a small update to let you all know what has been going
Qubic has restarted its layer-1 blockchain and begun returning funds to verified wallet owners after a seed-generation vulnerability allowed an attacker to drain approximately $1.4 million in QU tokens from 1,404 accounts. Summary Qubic has resumed blockchain operations after a wallet vulnerability led to approximately $1.4 million in stolen QU tokens. The project’s Computor quorum
