We introduced Protocol last June which organized our work around three strategic initiatives: Scale L1, Scale Blobs, and Improve UX. A lot has happened since then! In this post, we want to share what we accomplished last year, how our thinking has evolved, and where Protocol is headed in 2026. TL;DR Great progress with tracks
Copper CEO Amar Kuchinad has left the crypto custody company four months into a sale process that reportedly values the firm at $500 million despite potential offers near $200 million. Summary Kuchinad has departed less than two years after taking over from Copper founder Dmitry Tokarev. Cantor Fitzgerald has been marketing the custody company with
DeFi isn’t a speculative bet on the future. It’s the inevitable evolution of finance, driven by a fundamental truth: financial autonomy is a right, not a privilege. And it’s been a critical driver of Ethereum’s growth and adoption. We want to see DeFi thrive, but we’re opinionated about what it should look like: permissionless, censorship-resistant,
Castle, the company behind an automated bitcoin financial stack for businesses, has said it is opening its platform to individuals, bringing its high-yield product to personal accounts along with a first for the category: the option to take dividend income in bitcoin at whatever ratio the customer picks. The yield comes from STRC, Strategy‘s perpetual
With 38 active cases across 21 states, conflicting federal rulings over Kalshi have raised the risk that U.S. prediction-market access will fragment by location and trading venue, Kalshinomics co-founder Aaron Courtney has told crypto.news. Summary New Jersey has asked the Supreme Court to resolve opposing federal rulings involving Kalshi. Courtney said state restrictions could weaken
The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking a portion of its treasury, in line with its Treasury Policy announced last year. Approximately 70,000 ETH is being staked with rewards directed back to the EF treasury. Architecture & configuration After assessing many good staking software options, the Ethereum Foundation chose to use the open source software options Dirk
Bitmine owns 4.9% of the total ETH coin supply of 122.0 million Bitmine is 97% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 15 months Crypto equities are largest contributor to Russell 1000 quarter to date, representing 4 of the top 21 stocks Bitmine common stock gain of 99% quarter to date is
Disclosure: This content is provided by a third party. Neither crypto.news nor the author of this article endorses any product mentioned on this page. Users should conduct their own research before taking any action related to the company. XRP derivatives experienced a rare 10,535% liquidation imbalance during the Labor Day period, a time typically characterized
The commons called. It wants a runway. Every so often, in the blockchain world’s usual cycle of funding scares, a team maintaining a widely used open source public good declares mayday. Libp2p is a core infrastructure stack that powers multiple Ethereum clients (among others) and a large part of Web3 infrastructure. It was, not long
The Philippines’ crypto payment rules may pause new operator registrations for 12 months. Meanwhile, regulators plan stronger controls for crypto-related payment services. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has proposed a 12-month suspension. The pause will apply to new Operator of Payment System (OPS) registrations. The central bank is also considering revising its licensing regime
