Opinion by: Dominic Schwenter, chief operating officer of Lisk The US is in the middle of a crypto boom. Exchange-traded fund approvals have opened the door to institutional adoption, liquidity is increasing, and regulatory clarity is beginning to take shape under a more crypto-aligned administration. Filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission referencing blockchain hit […]
N1, a layer 1 blockchain backed by Founders Fund, has announced the launch of its first testnet, inviting developers to request access via direct message. Designed to support applications and horizontal scalability, N1 aims to streamline performance by avoiding consensus in most cases, allowing for unordered and asynchronous transactions by default. This approach enhances scalability […]
According to the Central Bank of Russia, 53.5% of all imports to the country were paid for with Russian rubles in February, marking a historic record. Currencies from unfriendly countries, including the U.S. dollar, accounted for only 17.2%, representing a success for a nation facing unilateral sanctions from the U.S. government. Russia Pays Imports Mostly […]
Metaplanet Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 3350 / OTCQX: MTPLF), a publicly listed bitcoin treasury company in Japan, has announced the acquisition of an additional 330 BTC as part of its ongoing Bitcoin Treasury Operations. The latest purchase was made at an average price of 12,181,570 yen per bitcoin, totaling approximately 4.020 billion yen. With this […]
Crypto exchange Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou says more than two-thirds of the digital assets stolen from the platform in February by North Korea’s Lazarus Group still remain traceable. In an executive summary on hacked Bybit funds posted on X on April 21, Ben Zhou said that of the total $1.4 billion hacked, 68.6% […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a transformative idea to replace the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) with RISC-V as the primary virtual machine language for smart contracts, aiming to enhance the efficiency and scalability of Ethereum’s execution layer. This proposal suggests that while the fundamental concepts of accounts and storage would remain unchanged, transitioning to […]
The number of addresses holding more than a thousand Bitcoin has surged in April as whales continue to accumulate. More than 60 new wallets holding over 1,000 Bitcoin (BTC) have appeared since early March, a signal of increasing whale activity. The number of these whale wallets has increased from 2,037 in late February to hit […]
Ousting the Fed chair could shatter U.S. credibility and rattle global markets, the French finance minister warned, citing spiraling instability threatening dollar dominance and investor confidence. Global Markets at Risk as Trump Eyes Removal of Fed Chair Jerome Powell French Finance Minister Eric Lombard voiced sharp concerns about U.S. economic stability in remarks published Saturday, […]
Strategy’s explosive bitcoin-backed growth has unleashed massive institutional momentum, drawing 13,000 firms and exposing 55 million beneficiaries to MSTR through ETFs, pensions, and retirement portfolios. Strategy Expands MSTR Exposure Across 13K Institutions and 55M Indirect Holders Software intelligence firm Microstrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), now operating under the name Strategy, made headlines Sunday after its executive chairman […]
Ethereum-based real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform Blocksquare has partnered with a Florida-based real estate company to offer fractional ownership in a pipeline of US commercial properties valued at over $1 billion. Announcing the deal on April 18, Blocksquare and Vera Capital said a marketplace would launch in the coming weeks to enable global investors to […]
Over the next week, all eyes will focus on U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs after equities and crypto markets rode a roller coaster last week. Trump says China has sought dialogue repeatedly, as the tariff standoff between the U.S. and China reaches unprecedented heights, with each side levying steep duties on the other’s goods. Markets […]
Bitcoin prices appear to be breaking out of an extended period of consolidation as the asset climbs to its highest level since late March. Bitcoin (BTC) surged above $87,400 on April 21, its highest price since March 28, according to TradingView. It has climbed by more than $3,000 from an intraday low of just over […]
