Robinhood’s crypto business is on a tear, having quintupled post-election. CEO Vlad Tenev shares his vision for how to marry TradFi and crypto, and what role stablecoins, staking, and prediction markets will play.

CoinFund’s overall staff increased by 28% in the past year after seeing successes in Matter Labs and Ondo Finance.

MicroStrategy has been accumulating BTC every week since Oct. 31 and activity on Coinbase indicates general market positivity.

Many in the crypto community have been skeptical of Warsh due to his previous advocacy of CBDCs.

This week in crypto: Aave and Polygon’s governance dispute heats up, PENGU’s airdrop shakes the Pudgy Penguins market, and MicroStrategy secures a spot in the Nasdaq 100.

Polygon’s governance proposal on bridged asset yield is unlikely to move forward due to community backlash, while Polygon criticized Aave’s leadership for monopolistic behavior and undermining innovation.

The decentralized finance protocol has experienced just 11 profitable months since its launch in December 2020, with six of those coming within the last year.

In its first year, USDe surpassed DAI as the largest decentralized stablecoin and became the third largest stablecoin overall by market cap. Founder Guy Young discusses Ethena’s plans to grow further in 2025 and attract TradFi.

The decentralized finance protocol has experienced just 11 profitable months since its launch in December 2020, with six of those coming within the last year.

The dominant lending protocol’s governance proposal is in response to a Polygon pre-proposal to use Morpho to generate a $70 million/year yield on its $1.3 billion in bridged stablecoins.

Ethereum’s growing interest among investors has driven U.S. spot ETH ETFs to a weekly all-time high in total netflows, with $752.9 million recorded. 

Michael Collins, a U.S. representative from Georgia, disclosed on Monday increased exposure to cryptocurrencies, particularly memecoin ski mask dog.

PENGU, the new token for Pudgy Penguins that rolled out on Solana, has a fully diluted valuation of $2.6 billion, making it the sixth largest memecoin.

After their precipitous fall since 2021, NFTs are reviving, with signs of life from CryptoPunks, Doodles, Blur, and OpenSea.

The SEC is planning to recommend action against the second-largest NFT marketplace for selling unregistered securities. 

This week in crypto: The rise of Pump.Fun’s revenue, California DMV’s blockchain initiative, BitClout founder charged, and more!

Amanda Tuminelli, chief legal officer at the DeFi Education Fund, unpacks the implications of Section 1960 and the Tornado Cash case, highlighting how evolving interpretations of money transmission laws could criminalize developers.

The president of the Filecoin Foundation shares her insights on the likelihood of passing FIT21, stablecoin legislation, and what’s next for crypto policy.

At the Blockchain Association Policy Summit in DC, BA CEO explains what a pro-crypto Congress and president mean for the industry and what could bring builders back to the U.S.

Dave Grimaldi, EVP of the Blockchain Association, explains how Democrats’ attitudes toward crypto are shifting post-election, the rise of the crypto voter, and why stablecoin legislation might arrive sooner than market structure reform.

The newly rolled-out blockchain has a fee monetization feature that rewards developers up to 90% of network fees generated from their application.

ICOs Are Back, Electric Capital’s Developer Report, & Quantum Computing Threats

Electric Capital’s annual crypto developer report details how Solana overtook Ethereum as the top chain for new devs, Asia emerged as the leading region for crypto builders, and more.

Developers in the crypto industry are becoming more distributed in terms of physical geography and by their activity of different blockchain networks.