Long-time Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc has been trying to overhaul Bitcoin’s architecture since 2015, but the broader community hasn’t budged. So now he has proposed a dramatic step, called eCash hardfork, that involves copying Bitcoin’s code to launch a separate version in August, while giving existing bitcoin holders equivalent tokens in the new network for

UTXO Management, a subsidiary of Nakamoto Inc. (NASDAQ: NAKA), announced the formation of UTXO Preferred Income Strategies LP, a Delaware limited partnership structured to provide access to income from preferred digital credit securities.  The fund introduces a dual-class structure designed to serve different allocator objectives within a single vehicle. The structure includes a Senior Income

ASTER drops 4.4% after a whale moved 34.62M tokens to Aster, while long liquidations hit $2.29M in 24 hours. ASTER came under selling pressure after a large wallet moved 34.62 million ASTER tokens to Aster. The transfer was worth about $22.95 million and followed months of limited activity. After the move, ASTER dropped 4.4%, while

In 2025, Bitfinex Securities advanced its mission to democratise access to high-quality financial investments through regulated tokenisation.  While many other platforms have talked up the potential of tokenising stocks or unlisted equity, our focus has been on helping issuers who do not traditionally have access to capital markets raise money; and to help investors find

Strategy holds 780,897 BTC valued at over $59Bn. The BlackRock crypto IBIT fund holds 798,026 BTC. That gap, roughly 17,000 coins, could close this week. The detail most headlines are missing, though, is how the mechanics actually work: Strategy has been selling a financial instrument called STRC to raise cash, then deploying that cash directly

The crypto market structure bill has not made much public movement in a month. While making a prognosis on the bill is difficult, it’s not hard to see that the clock for passage is running out. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to

Fold Holdings has launched a new Bitcoin Bonus Program that lets employers offer recurring bitcoin-denominated bonuses without changing payroll systems, positioning it as the first product under its new Fold Business platform. Employers set bonus amounts in dollars on their normal payroll schedule, while Fold handles conversion to bitcoin, custody, vesting and delivery through the

Bridge exploits and admin compromises drove most April losses, exposing critical weaknesses in DeFi infrastructure layers. April 2026 marked a sharp escalation in crypto security breaches, with losses reaching $620 million across just 20 days. Activity spanned 12 separate incidents, making it the worst month since the Bybit breach in February 2025. Attack patterns ranged

Bitcoin is attempting to stabilise after the 5 February capitulation event, which drove the price to a local low of $60,100. The macro backdrop has turned constructive. Headline CPI cooled to below expectations, reinforcing the narrative that disinflation is gaining traction. Treasury yields declined, the dollar softened, and rate markets repriced toward three potential cuts

Justin Sun posted his words on X Monday night – “the most decentralized blockchain in the world is Tron” – and the timing was not accidental. Hours earlier, Arbitrum’s Security Council had used emergency powers to freeze 30,766 ETH, roughly $71 million, stolen from Kelp DAO by what LayerZero has since attributed to North Korea’s