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The DeFi Label is Dead: We're Now Living in the Age of Onchain Finance
Andre Cronje, founder of Flying Tulip, is making a stark claim about the evolution of decentralized finance: the era of "DeFi" as we know it is over. ...
Delio Crypto Lender Exec Faces 15-Year Prison Sentence for $49M Fraud Scheme
A critical failure in the prosecution's digital evidence collection has dramatically reshaped one of crypto's major fraud cases. The CEO of Delio, a ...
Binance's Tokenized Stock Platform Rapidly Climbs to Second Place in Just Seven Weeks
Binance bStocks has surged past Kraken's xStocks to claim the number-two position among tokenized stock issuers, cementing the exchange's dominance ac...
Bitcoin Trapped in Stagnation as Short-Term Holders Fight to Exit Underwater Positions
Bitcoin's inability to break above $68. 7K isn't random—it's structural, according to Glassnode's latest crypto analysis.
South Korea Deals 15-Year Prison Sentence to Delio CEO Over $50M Crypto Fraud Case
South Korea's courts have handed down a significant sentence in a major crypto fraud case, though the outcome fell short of what prosecutors were push...
Crypto Tokens Are Getting Serious About Profits—Here's Why Valuations Could Double
Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, is calling it "revenue fever," and he thinks the crypto market is entering a pivotal repricing cycle...
Tokenization Play Stumbles: Securitize Stock Plunges 16% on Weak Q2 Results
Securitize is facing serious headwinds. The tokenization platform's stock tanked 16% following Wednesday's close after missing Wall Street's expectat...
BitGo's Q2 Reality Check: $19M Loss Masks Strong Revenue Growth
BitGo faced the crypto market's harsh realities in Q2, posting a $19 million net loss despite impressive topline momentum that saw revenue explode 80%...
Major South Korean Wealth Manager Doubles Down on Crypto with $35M Korbit Investment
Mirae Asset is preparing to inject an additional $35 million into Korbit, the South Korean crypto exchange it acquired just months ago. The move sign...
Copper Markets US Officially Enters Regulated Crypto Trading—Here's What Changes
Copper Markets US just cleared a major regulatory hurdle, becoming a FINRA member and SEC-registered broker-dealer. This move solidifies the platform...
Crypto Industry Backs Custodia's Legal Fight Against Fed's Banking Gatekeeping
The Blockchain Association has thrown its weight behind Custodia Bank's escalating legal battle against the Federal Reserve, signaling that this case ...
DeFi's Revenue Revolution Could Spark 2x Crypto Valuations, Says Bitwise CIO
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan is calling out a fundamental shift coming to crypto's economic model—and he's not mincing words about what it means for your p...
Metaplanet CEO Clarifies: $322M Bitcoin Transfer Was Strategic Reallocation, Not a Liquidation
Metaplanet's CEO Simon Gerovich has moved quickly to quash speculation that the company dumped its Bitcoin holdings after transferring a substantial p...
BitGo's Revenue Surge Masks Profitability Challenges as Q2 Losses Mount
BitGo is hitting revenue growth targets that would make most crypto firms jealous—but the bottom line tells a different story. The institutional cryp...
ASX Shareholder Lawsuit Looms Over Botched CHESS Blockchain Pivot
The Australian Securities Exchange is bracing for legal action after a major shareholder flagged plans to sue former directors over the catastrophic f...
Arizona's Crypto ATM Reimbursement Rule Delivers First Real Wins for Scam Victims
Arizona's groundbreaking crypto ATM legislation is proving it can actually work. The state's new consumer protection framework has already helped 35 ...
The New Camouflage Frontier: AI-Designed Patterns That Defeat Surveillance Systems
A Kansas City security researcher just completed one of the most exhaustive crypto-adjacent research projects in the surveillance-tech space: running ...
Hawaii Becomes Fourth State to Shut Down Crypto ATMs as Scam Prevention Measure
Hawaii is making a decisive move to protect its residents—effective October 1st, the state will join Minnesota, Tennessee, and Indiana in implementing...
Hyperion's Treasury Swells as HYPE Token Surge Delivers Explosive Quarterly Returns
Hyperliquid's treasury arm, Hyperion, is running circles around its previous performance. The operation just posted quarterly profits that tripled co...
SEC Green-Lights Franklin Templeton's Onchain Cash Management System for Traditional Funds
Franklin Templeton just cleared a major regulatory hurdle. The SEC issued a no-action letter approving the firm's registered funds to deploy capital ...