Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison said blockchains may eventually need to process more than one billion transactions per second to support a future dominated by artificial intelligence agents.
Mutuum Finance has launched its V1 lending and borrowing protocol on Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet and confirmed that an additional feature will be rolled out next week as development progresses.
Ethereum rose back above $2,000 on Thursday, trading around $2,054 after gaining roughly 8% in a broader crypto market rebound that began midweek.
Chicago-based crypto liquidity provider BlockFills has suspended client withdrawals after reporting approximately $75 million in losses tied to its institutional lending operations.
Decentralised finance protocol Aave has surpassed $1 trillion in cumulative lending volume, becoming the first DeFi platform to reach the milestone as it pushes deeper into bank and fintech integrations.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a four-year roadmap to significantly accelerate block production and transaction finality while transitioning the network toward quantum-resistant cryptography.
ETHZilla shares climbed more than 13% on Wednesday after the company rebranded to Forum Markets and announced plans to pivot from a crypto treasury model to a tokenisation-focused business.
Matt Western, chair of the UK’s Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, has called for a temporary moratorium on cryptocurrency donations to political parties over concerns about foreign interference.
Kalshi has banned a former California gubernatorial contender for five years and fined him $2,000 after he wagered about $200 on his own election outcome in breach of insider trading rules.
FG Nexus offloaded 7,550 ETH worth roughly $14 million on Tuesday, extending a series of sales that have pushed realised losses on its Ether treasury strategy beyond $80 million.
Crypto bank Anchorage Digital said it holds Strategy’s Nasdaq-listed perpetual preferred security STRC, adding institutional backing as hedge funds intensify bearish bets against Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin treasury company.
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $257.7 million in inflows on Tuesday as Bitcoin rebounded toward $65,000, ending a streak of daily outflows and marking the strongest single-day intake since early February.
