Vitalik Scraps ‘Rollup-Centric’ Roadmap; ETH Slips 5%
Vitalik Buterin declares the 'rollup-centric' roadmap obsolete, citing slow L2 decentralization and unexpected L1 efficiency, sending ETH to $2,242.
Y Combinator Opens USDC Funding Rails for Spring 2026 Cohort
Silicon Valley's top accelerator will now dispense its $500k standard deal in USDC on Base, Solana, and Ethereum, citing 'text...
MetaMask Enables Tokenized Stock Trading via Ondo Finance; ONDO Holds $0.29
MetaMask mobile users can now swap USDC for tokenized NVIDIA and Tesla shares as Ondo Finance deepens its integration with...
Galaxy Digital Bleeds $482M in Q4 as Crypto Market Cap Slides 24%
Galaxy Digital posts a $482M Q4 loss amid a 24% crypto market drop, but retains a massive $2.6B cash pile...
Elon Musk Eyes 2027 for Dogecoin Moon Mission; DOGE Jumps 4%
SpaceX founder suggests 2027 for the long-delayed Dogecoin lunar mission, triggering an immediate 4.5% rally in the meme coin.
Nevada Court Issues Restraining Order Against Polymarket; Judge Rejects CFTC Defense
A Nevada judge has blocked Polymarket from operating in the state, explicitly rejecting the argument that CFTC jurisdiction overrides state...
DOJ Files: Epstein Invested $3M in Coinbase via Blockchain Capital; Ehrsam Email Surfaces
Unsealed DOJ emails confirm Jeffrey Epstein funneled $3 million into Coinbase's 2014 Series C via Blockchain Capital, with co-founder Fred...
Leaked Document Links Milei to Crypto Founder Weeks Before $LIBRA Collapse
A newly surfaced contract proves President Milei hired Kelsier Ventures CEO Hayden Davis as an advisor weeks before the $LIBRA...
ARK Invest Deploys $25M Into Crypto Equities as BTC Tests $78K
Cathie Wood's fund bought the blood on Tuesday, deploying nearly $25M into Circle, Bullish, and Bitmine as Bitcoin slid below...
Ripple Custody Anchors $280M Diamond Tokenization in UAE
Billiton Diamond and Ctrl Alt utilize Ripple's enterprise custody to tokenize $280M in polished diamonds on the XRP Ledger.