Unchained

Crypto’s newest fad is turning publicly traded companies into leveraged asset holding firms. Some are predicting disaster.

This week in crypto: A federal judge overturns fraud charges in the Mango Markets case, a shocking bitcoin kidnapping unfolds in New York, and Arkham allegedly exposes Strategy’s massive BTC stash.

From Strategy to Trump Media, everyone’s joining the crypto treasury bandwagon. But why now, and what risks do these structures pose? Cosmo Jiang of Pantera explains.

Airdrop will see 10% of 1 billion token supply distributed following $17 million fundraise.

Tokenized U.S. Treasury product based on BlackRock ETFs targets smaller investors than those who can access underlying funds.

Big trades push token above $1 peg, triggering liquidation, a development that Chaos Labs founder says highlights weaknesses of oracles.

Why the Sui Hack Feels Like Ethereum Classic All Over Again  – The Chopping Block

The bill that failed to advance to full debate in the Senate Thursday updates the definition of “digital asset service providers” to exclude DeFi from stablecoin regulations.

Ethereum Foundation cut staff and rebranded its R&D arm as it moves to tighten focus on core protocol work.

More than 90% of EIP-7702 delegations are being used by malicious actors, according to Wintermute.

This week in crypto: Trump’s crypto dinners fuel scrutiny, Congress clashes over digital asset reform, and Movement Labs faces fallout over secret token deals.

Ethereum has finally changed its plans. Will this stop the developer bleed, boost the price of ETH, and fend off competitors like Solana?

Bybit happened to publish a proof of reserves the day before the $1.5 billion hack by North Korea. But the incomplete snapshot of the exchange’s finances lays bare why they don’t serve customers when disaster strikes.

Buterin’s acquisition and use of a Miladys NFT on his social media accounts X and Farcaster comes at a time when the Ethereum community has expressed a number of concerns about the network’s trajectory and leadership.

From the groundbreaking success of the ETFs to Solana’s dominance and the Trump effect on Bitcoin, we look back at the stories and voices that defined 2024.

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.

Coinbase stayed silent for months on a customer data breach tied to a third-party contractor in India.

Telegram-linked blockchain has suffered previous breakdowns during demand spikes.

Ross Ulbricht “downsizes” with sale that sees his prison ID go for more than $500,000.

Regulator’s decision not to continue legal action marks end of era of “regulation by enforcement,” exchange giant says.

Discovery of operational security blunders sees one of the North Korean hacker group’s IP addresses traced to China.

Firm says its new ZK prover operates free of need for centralized servers and performs up to 39 times faster than some earlier products.

Is REV a breakthrough metric for valuing blockchains or just a distraction from what really matters? Tom Dunleavy and Austin Federa discuss.

Last month’s delisting appears to have dealt decisive blow to beleaguered lending platform.