DeFi

Polymarket Unveils Collateral Token to Replace Bridged USDC

Polymarket USD replaces bridged USDC as part of an exchange-wide upgrade.Polymarket on Monday unveiled Polymarket USD, a proprietary collateral token backed 1:1 by USDC...

84% of Polymarket Traders Are Losing Money, New Research Finds

On-chain researcher Andrey Sergeenkov found that only 2% of the 2.5 million wallets analyzed have ever made over $1,000.84.1% of all Polymarket traders are...

Aster to Settle RWA Perps Exclusively in USD1

The perpetuals exchange will use World Liberty Financial's stablecoin as the sole settlement asset for its commodity markets, starting with gold, silver, and crude...

Bitcoin Nears $70,000 as Ceasefire Proposal Lifts Risk Appetite

A 45-day ceasefire plan and Strategy's $330M Bitcoin purchase buoyed crypto markets.Crypto markets rallied on Monday as mediators submitted a 45-day ceasefire plan to...

OpenAI CEO urges U.S. to prepare for AI ‘superintelligence’ risks and gains

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said U.S. policymakers must act now to prepare for advanced artificial intelligence, warning that the technology is moving from...

North Korean Hackers Infiltrated Crypto For Seven Years

North Korean IT workers have been embedding themselves in crypto companies and decentralized finance projects for at least seven years, according to a cybersecurity...

Solo bitcoin (BTC) miner overcomes 1-in-28,000 odds to secure $210,000 block reward

A solo bitcoin miner running roughly 230 terahashes per second of computing power validated block 943,411 on Thursday, pocketing 3.139 BTC worth about $210,000...

Perp DEX Trading Cools as Volumes Slides For Five Straight Months

Onchain perpetual futures trading has cooled for five straight months since peaking in October 2025.Perp volume on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) fell to $699 billion...

BTC back above $69,000 as crypto shorts get squeezed

Bitcoin jumped 3% to $69,120 on Monday as traders returned from the Easter weekend to a burst of optimism around a potential Iran ceasefire,...

U.S. inflation data take center stage: Crypto Week Ahead

Inflation returns to the center of attention this week, with a fresh inflow of data likely to shape expectations for U.S. interest rates and...

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Dango Blockchain to Shut Down, Halt Perp DEX Trading

Layer-1 blockchain Dango will wind down operations by halting...

Bitcoin advocacy group to join US State Department’s ‘digital freedom’ program

The Bitcoin Policy Institute and three partner organizations will...

Russia’s largest bank Sberbank plans crypto trading infrastructure by December

Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, plans to build cryptocurrency trading...

North Korea arrests hackers accused of laundering stolen bank funds through crypto

North Korean authorities arrested former military hackers accused of...

Mirae plans to turn crypto exchange Korbit into something Korea hasn’t seen before

Korbit currently holds less than 1% of South Korea's...