DeFi

Hiring slowdown could be great for bitcoin (BTC) — unless wages spoil the party

Friday’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls report could inject volatility into the crypto market. Economists expect April job growth to slow sharply, with payrolls forecast to...

‘Polkadot Is Kind of Done.’ The Once Hyped Layer 0 Faces Falling Usage, and Controversy

Former Polkadot insiders report lack of direction and support from leadership, treasury overspending, and even failure to pay contributors for their work.The exploit of...

S&P 500 call options volume surges to record $2.6 trillion. Here’s what it means for bitcoin

The U.S. stock market is heating up in a way that suggests speculative mania. It matters to bitcoin as analysts have linked the cryptocurrency's...

Amazon Builds AI Agent Payments With Coinbase and Stripe

Bedrock AgentCore Payments turns Amazon's agent platform into a transactional layer, with Coinbase supplying x402 stablecoin rails and Stripe contributing wallet infrastructure via Privy.Amazon...

Vitalik Buterin gets sandwiched by ‘JaredfromSubway’ as Ethereum MEV risks linger

The MEV gods do not discriminate.Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum's co-founder and a vocal advocate for fixing toxic maximal extractable value, got hit by the very...

Tydro Keeps Markets Paused After Chaos Labs Flags Suspected Nation-State Attack

The largest DeFi protocol on Kraken's Ink Layer 2 network is onboarding Chainlink and RedStone feeds before resuming its lending markets.Tydro, the largest lending...

Donald Trump Jr. denies rumors World Liberty Financial is falling apart

MIAMI BEACH, Fl. — Donald Trump Jr. denied online rumors that WLFI$0.07311, the crypto platform tied to the Trump family, is unraveling amid a...

Coinbax wins $20,000 PitchFest prize at Consensus Miami for stablecoin compliance

MIAMI – Coinbax won the $20,000 grand prize at Consensus Miami’s PitchFest after pitching a system designed to help banks and financial firms manage...

Privacy and accountability can coexist onchain, say panelists at Consensus Miami

Public blockchains make transactions transparent enough to trace, audit and police, but that visibility can come at the expense of user privacy. Traditional compliance...

DeFi is not dead, it’s going mainstream with AI agents, crypto executives agree

Miami — Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is not dying but instead moving deeper into the financial mainstream alongside the rise of AI agents, crypto executives...

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BlackRock, Coinbase, Strategy pledge $15 million to prepare Bitcoin for quantum threats

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The KIDS Act is way worse than digital carding — it is a mass surveillance system

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Goldman Sachs CEO backs Clarity Act despite banking industry’s concerns over stablecoin rules

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Gemini Sent $10M in Bitcoin to Trump PAC after Joint Motion with CFTC

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