Polymarket’s $60 Million MicroStrategy Bitcoin Contract Heads to UMA Oracle Dispute
A high-profile Polymarket prediction contract asking whether MicroStrategy will sell any Bitcoin before May 31, 2026, has…
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Replacing DeFi’s Collateralized Debt Model With Options-Based Architecture
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin put forward a provocative structural redesign for decentralized finance on Monday, arguing that…
DTCC Plans to Connect Tokenization Infrastructure to Stellar Public Blockchain
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), whose subsidiaries processed an extraordinary $4.7 quadrillion in securities transactions…
Alephium Bridge Exploit Drains $815,000 After Forged Messages Bypass Wormhole Fork
Alephium, a proof-of-work Layer 1 blockchain operating a private fork of the Wormhole bridge, suffered an exploit…
Argentina Arrests 24 in ‘Fake Coins’ Crackdown, Seizes Over 8 Million USDT
Buenos Aires’ Public Prosecutor’s Office has arrested 24 individuals and confiscated more than 8 million USDT as…
Mastercard Secures New York BitLicense, Signaling Deeper Push Into Stablecoin Settlement
Mastercard, the world’s second-largest card payment network, has obtained a BitLicense from the New York State Department…
ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher Calls Hyperliquid ‘Bigger Than Nasdaq’ in Rare Crypto Endorsement
Jeff Sprecher, founder and chief executive of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the roughly $90 billion exchange conglomerate that…
CFTC Greenlights First Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Contract on a U.S. Regulated Exchange
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday approved the first bitcoin perpetual futures contract to trade on…
Polymarket Partners with OneFootball to Tap 645 Million Football Fans Ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup
Polymarket, the blockchain-based prediction market platform, has struck an exclusive partnership with OneFootball, a Berlin-headquartered digital football…
Circle Freezes $12.6 Million in USDC Locked Inside Zama’s Confidential Token Wrapper
Circle, the issuer behind USDC, blacklisted the smart-contract address powering Zama’s confidential USDC (cUSDC) token on Friday,…