Zack Abrams is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. Before coming to The Block, he was the Head Writer at Coinage, a Web3 media outlet covering the biggest stories in Web3. The story he co ...

Pyth Network has introduced Lazer, a new oracle designed to complement its existing Pyth Core offering. It targets latency-sensitive applications like high-frequency trading, derivatives and perpetual ...

President-elect Donald Trump is receptive to establishing an “America-first” strategic reserve that prioritizes coins founded in the U.S., like USDC, SOL and XRP, according to the New York Post. The ...

Over 30% of Ethereum validators have signaled support for increasing the block gas limit, according to data compiled by Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter. The current gas limit of 30 ...

Oklahoma Rep. Cody Maynard proposed the “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act,” suggesting the state allocate public funds to bitcoin. The bill seeks to allow the state’s savings accounts and pension funds ...

Blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer reported that malware crypto scams on Telegram increased by 2,000% between November and January. The attackers now opt for more “sophisticated” malware to target ...

BitMEX has been slapped with an additional $100 million fine for Bank Secrecy Act violations between 2015 and 2020. The overseas exchange had pleaded guilty to these crimes in July 2024, and ...

In a brief filed late on Wednesday, the SEC said it disagreed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Court’s earlier ruling that said some sales of XRP to retail investors did not ...

U.S. law firm Burwick announced that it is pursuing legal action against memecoin launchpad Pump.fun. Burwick claimed that the platform collected “hundreds of millions” of dollars in fees while it ...

Emerging from stealth, 1Money said it raised over $20 million in seed funding to build Layer 1 ‘exclusively designed’ for stablecoin payments. The seed round counted more than a dozen participants, ...

A Litecoin ETF would “most likely” be the next spot crypto ETF approved in the U.S., Bloomberg Analyst Eric Balchunas said. Canary Capital filed an amended S-1 form for its Litecoin ETF application on ...

The fund would prioritize investments in digital asset-focused companies such as exchanges, crypto payment platforms and mining firms, among others. The investment manager VanEck submitted Wednesday a ...