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

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BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF has set new ETF records, driving unprecedented inflows and making Bitcoin more accessible. Robbie Mitchnick, head of digital assets at BlackRock, breaks down how this came to be.

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

Tether’s USDT is responsible for the majority of the growth in the overall supply of stablecoins, but competition is heating up.

Increasing 14% in the last 24 hours, BONK was initially a memecoin native only to the Solana blockchain, but has since expanded to Coinbase-incubated Base.

The Ethena Foundation also announced on Friday the approval of a fee switch to redirect protocol revenue to ENA token holders.

The popularity of memecoins after the election is yet another sign of retail investors’ reluctance to bid on tokens backed by venture capital firms.

Ethereum’s scalability challenges are no secret, but are current layer 2 solutions living up to their promise? Martin Köppelmann argues they fall short in inheriting Ethereum’s core strengths.

The bleeding from ETH ETFs has stopped. And Bitwise appears to be gearing up to offer staking yields in ETFs.

Several prominent members of the Ethereum community criticized the proposal for its long timeframe and all-at-once upgrade strategy.

Spot ETH ETFs recorded a net inflow of $52 million on Wednesday, the fifth-highest daily figure since the ETFs began trading in July.

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. 

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 ‘Song-A-Day’ Man artist Jonathan Mann and Law Professor Brian Frye have sued the SEC to help provide regulatory clarity for digital artists who use blockchain technology and NFTs.

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

However, French Hill, who is also campaigning for the spot, has stronger existing ties to the industry.

Under the House Agriculture Committee, this Subcommittee would workshop portions of market structure legislation.

Trump tapped Clayton, the SEC Chair during Trump’s first administration, for US Attorney for Manhattan on Thursday.

Pump.Science, a nascent protocol built on the Solana blockchain and responsible for the RIF and URO tokens, is a spin on memecoin incubator Pump.Fun.

Blob usage recently hit an all-time high, helping Ethereum’s tokenomics and adding credence to the notion that L2 networks are not parasitic to their parent chain.

Jito has become the second Solana-based protocol to allow restaking, following Solayer. 

Several protocols in the Bitcoin ecosystem are looking to create a liquid staking token comparable to Lido’s extremely successful staked ETH (stETH).