Former Ethereum Foundation Contributors Launch Ethlabs R&D Nonprofit
Five former senior researchers from the Ethereum Foundation have launched Ethlabs, an independent non-profit R&D organization dedicated to advancing Ethereum’s technical capabilities for the mass adoption phase. Ethlabs launched on June 22nd with backing from BitMine, SharpLink, and Ethereum co-founder…
Chainlink Taps 50+ Banks Across Two Continents for Real-Time Stablecoin FX Settlement Test
Project Pangea brings together Korean and European banking coalitions to tackle the $9.6 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market’s persistent settlement delays using onchain infrastructure. Chainlink has launched Project Pangea, a cross-border foreign exchange settlement initiative involving more than 50 financial institutions…
Cardano Goes Live With Musashi Dojo
Cardano has crossed one of the most consequential technical thresholds in its history. On June 23, the network launched the public testnet for its Leios scaling protocol — a milestone described as the most significant the chain has reached in…
How BulkQuant Reflects the Growing Role of AI Trading Robots
Financial markets are entering a faster and more data-driven phase. Traders today are no longer dealing only with charts, price alerts, and occasional news updates. They are operating in an environment shaped by real-time data, global market reactions, economic reports,…
Morgan Stanley Sets 0.14% Fees for Ethereum and Solana ETFs, Undercutting All US Rivals
Morgan Stanley has moved to claim the lowest fee position in two crypto ETF categories simultaneously, filing second-amended S-1 registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for spot Ethereum and Solana funds that each carry a 0.14% annual…
ICE and OKX Form Joint Venture to Bridge Wall Street and Blockchain in Historic Tokenized Markets Deal
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the Fortune 500 company that owns the New York Stock Exchange, and OKX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, have announced the formation of a landmark 50-50 joint venture aimed at building next-generation infrastructure for tokenized…
Satoshi’s Lost-Coin Quote Turns 16, Reigniting Bitcoin Scarcity Debate
Sixteen years after Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator offered what may be the protocol’s most enduring philosophical aside, the crypto community is revisiting its implications with new data and renewed urgency. The discussion happened on June 21, 2010, in a Bitcointalk thread…
Polymarket Accused of Using Fake Winning Bets to Fuel Viral Growth
Polymarket, the crypto-based prediction market platform, is facing its most serious credibility crisis yet after a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed the company paid a network of social media creators to stage fake winning bets on replica versions of its…
Taiko ERC20 Vault Hacked for Up to $1.7 Million as Chain Verification Flaw Exposed
Ethereum Layer 2 protocol Taiko confirmed a serious security breach on Monday after an attacker exploited a flaw in its bridge verification system, draining an estimated $1.5 million to $1.7 million from its ERC20 Vault. The incident has halted block…
Strategy’s Bitcoin and Cash Reserves Exceed Debt by $48B, Saylor Says
Michael Saylor stated in a post on X that Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings and USD Reserve currently exceed its debt by approximately $48 billion, in sharp contrast to the tight debt situation at the end of 2022, when the company’s total…
