As mass adoption approaches, crypto has forgotten its roots
Mass adoption risks crypto’s cypherpunk roots. Privacy as a permissionless foundation must reclaim DeFi from surveillance, TradFi and memecoin casinos.
Aave DAO backs V4 mainnet plan in near-unanimous vote
Aave founder Stani Kulechov says the proposal will move to a binding onchain vote to formalize V4’s deployment on Ethereum.
Major Australian pension fund mulls crypto offerings amid growing demand
Hostplus is the third-largest super fund in Australia by members, with 2.2 million, and the fifth-largest by assets under management, with over $139 billion in assets.
SEC’s top enforcer clashed over Trump cases before quitting: Report
The SEC’s handling of cases involving Justin Sun and Elon Musk was among the factors that caused the agency’s top enforcement official to quit, according to sources.
Circle asks EU to ease crypto thresholds in proposed markets framework
Circle said no euro-denominated “e-money token,” including its EURC stablecoin, has reached the framework’s proposed market cap threshold for use in settlement.
TRON DAO expands AI fund to $1B as agentic economy race heats up
The $1 billion AI fund targets investments in stablecoin rails, agent identity, tokenized RWAs and developer tooling for autonomous AI systems.
Bitmine chair sees ‘mini-crypto winter’ thaw for ETH as it hits 77% of goal
Bitmine Immersion Technologies bought another $139 million in Ether last week, bringing its ETH holdings to 4.6 million.
Delaware to regulate stablecoins under banking framework in new bill
The stablecoin bill introduced in Delaware aims to create a licensing framework for stablecoin issuers as part of the state’s first major banking code update since 1981.
Balancer Labs shuts down 4 months after $100M+ exploit, protocol to continue
Executives at Balancer Labs are now pushing for the protocol to be managed by the Balancer Foundation and Balancer’s DAO.
Eyecare biotech jumps 19% after stablecoin-focused rebrand
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2000 as a biopharmaceutical company developing eye care products and is now betting big on the Sky protocol and stablecoins.