Celsius founder and former CEO Alexander Mashinsky has been permanently banned from trading in markets overseen by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) after a federal court approved a consent order resolving the regulator’s 2023 enforcement case against him. The order, entered by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, […]
Hsiao-Wei Wang has stepped down as the Ethereum Foundation’s co-executive director and board member following the end of her sabbatical. Vitalik Buterin praised her role in shaping Ethereum’s research culture and building the ecosystem’s community. Ethereum Foundation Hit By Another High-Profile Exit Wang took to social media to announce her departure from the non-profit after […]
Ethereum may be heading toward a funding crisis that could begin to emerge within the next three to nine months, according to former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trent Van Epps. In a recent article on X, Van Epps, who recently ended his five-year stint at EF, said the risk is not simply the result of a […]
Around 30,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 19, with a notional value of roughly $1.9 billion. This event is slightly smaller than last week’s and still not enough to impact spot markets. Crypto markets gained slightly before retreating in the second half of the week, with total capitalization hovering around the $2.25 […]
The Aster DEX unveiled a huge change to its tokenomics on June 17, allocating 99% of fees generated through its platform to an ASTER token buyback, with one-to-one burns from its reserves for each token purchase. The #48-ranked cryptocurrency witnessed a massive rebound shortly after the announcement but has since given back most of those […]
Tokenized stocks emerged as the fastest-growing crypto coin category between January 2024 and May 2026, according to a new CoinGecko report tracking the number of coins listed across major sectors. The category expanded by a whopping 3,314.3% during the period, after rising from just 14 listed coins to 478. Crypto’s Fastest-Growing Category Real World Assets […]
Matter Labs is reshuffling its team as the company moves to a permissioned privacy chain called Prividium. The layoffs will include senior engineers, designers, and operators who are no longer aligned with the new direction. Founder Explains Layoff Decision. Alex Gluchowski, the company’s CEO, confirmed the news on social media, noting that the decision followed […]
“We have 32 years of dividend coverage through our BTC Reserve,” said Strategy on X on Thursday. In principle, the math works out, as the firm’s Bitcoin treasury is currently worth just below $55 billion, and its dividend obligations are $1.7 billion. In November, Strategy claimed to have 71 years of dividend coverage “assuming the price […]
Andreessen Horowitz crypto executive Miles Jennings criticized Illinois’ newly enacted Digital Asset Privilege Tax Act on June 17, calling it “one of the most anti-crypto laws in the US.” The law imposes a 0.2% tax on the exchange, transfer, and custody of digital assets, with no meaningful exemptions for routine self-custody moves. Backlash From the […]
Bitcoin’s price is losing ground once again, as the asset was rejected at over $66,000 earlier today and dumped to $64,000 minutes ago, shortly after the conclusion of the latest FOMC meeting and the subsequent press conference by the new Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh. Unlike what many expected when he replaced Jerome Powell, Warsh maintained […]