Blockworks, the New York-based crypto data and investor relations platform, has acquired rival Messari in a deal that underscores the growing consolidation pressure reshaping the digital asset industry — and the steep valuation resets facing once high-flying crypto startups. The acquisition brings together two of the industry’s largest crypto information businesses. Messari, founded in 2018,
Eightco treasury composition as of June 10, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $142M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $406 million OpenAI announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering World offers a solution to the ‘double human’
Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui and Mizuho plan a fiat-backed stablecoin by FY2026 after an FSA pilot and consortium setup. Japan’s three megabanks are moving toward a joint stablecoin launch by fiscal 2026, according to Nikkei. Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui, and Mizuho plan to issue a fiat-backed token together. The plan follows a pilot with Japan’s
Traditional collateral management still relies on inefficient, outdated systems that cost financial institutions millions each year in unnecessary operational expense and lost interest earnings. Tokenisation offers a potential fix — but only when it makes assets genuinely mobile and deployable across workflows, rather than simply representing value on-chain. With technical, operational and regulatory hurdles now
Charles Hoskinson has initiated a ‘great migration’, moving the Cardano core discussions from X to dedicated Discord channels to escape the ‘drama, lies, and endless rage’ of social media. Critics argue this is censorship masquerading as community management, highlighting the irony of a decentralized project steering discussions into a private, moderated space. Dropping by to
The cryptocurrency market reached its definitive bottom for the currency cycle, Standard Chartered Analyst Geoffrey Kendrick said in a note on Friday. The cycle low is now locked in at $59,000 for bitcoin, a 53% drop from its Oct. 6 all-time high of $126,000, according to Kendrick. “Winter is over. Welcome back to crypto Spring,
Standard Chartered’s head of digital asset research, Geoff Kendrick, declared Friday that the crypto market has seen its cycle low, with Bitcoin’s recent dip to approximately $59,000 marking the bottom of the latest downturn — a 53% drawdown from its October all-time high of $126,000. “Winter is over. Welcome back to crypto spring,” Kendrick wrote
ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, announced that industry veteran Ken C has joined the protocol as Head of Growth, reinforcing AFX’s commitment to expanding its global trading ecosystem and accelerating adoption of on-chain derivatives infrastructure. Ken brings more than nine years of
XRP trades near $1.13 as Upbit reserves slip, with the 3-month regression band and $1.26392 resistance in focus XRP has lately entered a closely watched market zone. Recent data show a slight decline in Upbit reserves. Besides, the token has traded near $1.13467 and remained within reach of a historical three-month upper regression band that
The discovery of a years-old vulnerability in Zcash’s shielded pool, found with the help of an Anthropic AI model just days before the company launched its most powerful version yet, points to a shift that could reshape crypto security. As AI makes it cheaper and faster to find flaws buried deep in complex systems, the
