a16z crypto raises $2.2B as firm bets on statscoins, AI agents and tokenized markets.
Andreessen Horowitz has raised $2.2 billion for its fifth crypto fund, giving one of Silicon Valley's most powerful blockchain investors...
Blockchain
Vitalik Buterin calls Consortium Blockchains a failure and supports cryptographic server reforms
TLDR: Buterin declared the collapse of the Consortium blockchain on Arbitrum Day, July 20, 2024, citing cartel-like structures. He proposed...
Solana Foundation and Google Cloud launched Pay.sh payment gateway for AI agents
The Solana Foundation and Google Cloud AI have launched Pay.sh, a new payment gateway that allows agents to access and...
Microsoft-backed Space & Time launches virtual vault for institutional lending.
Space & Time (SXT), a Tier-1 data blockchain that secures onchain financial projects, has launched a virtual vault platform that...
Telegram Durov says to be the biggest authenticator of tons
Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that Telegram will replace the TON Foundation as the main driving force behind The Open...
Polygon launches Wallet Privacy feature to hide senders, receivers and amounts on-chain
Ethereum scaling solution Polygon has launched private stablecoin payments in an effort to attract more businesses and institutions to the...
ZachXBT targets a lesser-known DEX for illegal crypto flows.
The forum, however, denied any wrongdoing. Tokenlon claims that it does not hold funds and all transactions are publicly available...
Tom Lee Announces Crypto Spring When Bitmine Buys $238M ETH
TLDR Bitmin bought 101,745 ETH worth about $238 million, increasing its total holdings to over 5.18 million ETH. The company...
SOL Strategies Acquires HoudiniSwap in $18 Million Deal to Expand Solana Infrastructure
Sol Strategies has agreed to acquire HoudiniSwap for $18 million, adding a privacy-focused cross-chain swap aggregator that goes beyond incorporating...
Crypto Pays firm Fun has raised $72 million in Series A from Multicoin and SignalFire
Crypto-native payment rails have struggled to maintain scale. It's a fun bet that he made the repairs. The startup announced...
Crypto VC funding fell to $659M in April, hitting a 2024 low
Crypto venture capitalist (VC) funding has hit a nearly two-year low as investors pull back from crypto startups and early-stage...
MoonPay has acquired crypto security startup Sodot in an all-stock deal for around $100 million
Moon Pay has acquired Israeli crypto-security startup Sodot as part of its plan to build a new institutional-focused division for...
Ondo Price Forecast: Bulls are targeting multi-month resistance at $0.30.
Ondo price hovers around $0.26 after finding critical support. Ondo leads tokenized equities, ETFs with over $825M TVL. Failure to...
Shinhan Card Partners with Solana for Stablecoin Payments, DeFi Infrastructure
Shinhan Card, one of South Korea's largest credit card providers, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Solana Foundation...
Crypto Hacks hit $630 million in April as DeFi controls losses
The cryptocurrency industry saw a spike in hacking in April, with $600 million lost in the worst month of crypto...
As regional demand accelerates, Ripple expands its headquarters in the financial center of Dubai
Ripple has expanded its operations in the United Arab Emirates by establishing a new Middle East and Africa headquarters in...
Aptos Says New Privacy Coin Balances Security, Transparency
According to Sherry Xiao, founding engineer of Aptos Labs, Aptos' newly introduced Privacy Coin can fix the old trade-off between...
Stripe partners with Google to bring AI shopping to Gemini and AI mode.
Stripe has announced a partnership with Google that will allow businesses to sell products directly in AI Mode and the...
Dunamu, Hana Financial Take Blockchain Delivery System Live at POSCO
South Korea's Hanna Financial Group, POSCO International and Dunamu, the operator of crypto exchange Upbit, have signed a tripartite agreement...
As Everything App Strategy Pulls, Sophie Posts $1.1B in Q1 Revenue
US digital financial services company Sophie Technologies posted net revenue of $1.1 billion for Q1 2026, up 43 percent from...
The Statale team has included a privacy boost, from 500ms. Enables transfer of under-secured property.
Key Takeaways: The Stathale team chooses Sunnyside Labs to bring native privacy to consumer-oriented applications. It offers 1,800+ transactions per...
When supply increases, Stablecoin transfer rate decreases by 19%
Stablecoin monthly turnover has dropped nearly 20% over the past 30 days, even as the market's overall supply and owner...
