Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, has floated the idea of a decentralized exchange (DEX) where order books and user positions are hidden to mitigate front-running and liquidation risks. The call comes amid renewed attention to Maximal Extractable Value (MEV), the practice of manipulating transaction ordering for profit. The Dark Pool Argument In […]
Donald Trump Jr. sat down with Rumble founder and CEO Chris Pavlovski at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas on May 27 to chat about BTC and changes in the financial system. When asked where he saw Bitcoin in two to five years, Trump Jr. said, “I alluded to it earlier, but we’re going […]
OKX, a blockchain technology company that also operates one of the largest crypto exchanges globally, is launching xBTC, a wrapped version of bitcoin (BTC) on the layer-1 blockchain Aptos. According to a press release sent to CryptoPotato, the launch will give Aptos users access to wrapped BTC without any minting or redemption fees required. OKX […]
The Mobius DeFi and real-world asset tokenization platform suffered a smart contract exploit on the BNB Chain on May 11, leading to the theft of $2.15 million in Mobius Tokens (MBU), reported blockchain security firm Cyvers. “Two minutes prior to the exploit, our system identified a deployment of a malicious smart contract that eventually targeted […]
The crypto industry was victim to $92.5 million worth of losses from hacks across 15 separate incidents in April 2025 alone. This marks a 27.3% increase compared to the $72.6 million reported last year in the same month. Compared to previous months in 2025, the figure more than doubled from March’s total of $41.4 million. […]
In a landmark move, US President Donald Trump on April 10 signed into law a resolution repealing the IRS’s controversial “DeFi Broker Rule” and effectively blocked expanded tax reporting requirements for decentralized finance platforms. The measure, introduced by Representative Mike Carey (R-Ohio) and supported in the Senate by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), used the Congressional […]
In Q1 2025, the dapp industry maintained its strength despite a mild dip in activity. Although the crypto market had solid momentum leading up to Trump’s presidency, sentiment shifted quickly afterward and ended up triggering a decline in asset prices. Historically, such downturns reduce user engagement with decentralized applications. Still, daily unique active wallets (dUAW) […]
Dubai-based crypto market maker and investor DWF Labs has announced the launch of a $250 million Liquid Fund aimed at expanding blockchain projects of different sizes. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the fund will provide investments ranging from $10 million to $50 million per project, with a focus on accelerating Web3 adoption. […]
While the crypto market struggles with the ongoing correction, some sectors are still seeing notable development activity. One of them is the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. A tweet by the on-chain intelligence platform Santiment has revealed the top ten DeFi projects by development. These projects include leading entities like the decentralized blockchain oracle network Chainlink […]
In the fourth quarter of 2024, the total NFT sales volume across Immutable X and Immutable zkEVM increased by 55.3% quarter-over-quarter. Messari’s latest analysis revealed that the figure rose from $51.2 million to $79.5 million. Market Participation Plummets Despite this growth, both the average daily sellers and buyers declined significantly, with daily sellers dropping 43.0% […]