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“I am not a fixer,” Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao said in an X post, denying a WSJ report that he introduced tech entrepreneur Bilal bin Saqib to the World Liberty Financial team.

1inch co-founder Anton Bukov said that the near-zero onboarding costs in DeFi allow it to outshine its traditional finance counterparts.

A crypto whale sold over 2,500 ETH before a major rally, then bought back at a much higher price.

UAE-based lawyer Irina Heaver told Coinpectra that the new rules allow issuing and listing RWAs on secondary markets.

Bold Technologies and My Aion unveiled plans to develop a $2.5 billion AI-powered platform that will debut in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Lawyer Oscar Franklin Tan told Coinpectra that Hester Peirce's comments were widely misunderstood, as royalties were never considered a security.

“AI agents will soon conduct most economic transactions,” said Catena Labs CEO Sean Neville, as the company secured $18 million to build a regulated AI-native financial institution.

Avalanche, Helix and Faculty Group launch Fusion, a $100 million initiative to build modular, sector-specific blockchain networks.

A judge’s ruling in a criminal case may pave the way for $640 million in tax refunds, challenging the Australian Tax Office’s long-held stance on crypto taxation.

Dubai’s VARA has boosted oversight across multiple virtual asset activities, standardizing key terms and aligning risk management rules to reduce ambiguity and ease compliance for VASPs.

Buterin warns of the risks of centralized RPC providers and proposes a new node design to ensure trustless, censorship-resistant access to Ethereum as the network scales.

A report shows 90% of institutional players are using or plan to use stablecoins, with banks prioritizing cross-border payments and speed as key benefits.

“The next big wave in Web3 is education,” said Yat Siu, chairman of Animoca Brands, on stage at Consensus Toronto.

Tether mints $1 billion of USDT on Tron, pushing its authorized supply above Ethereum’s as the two networks battle for stablecoin dominance.

Once a staunch Bitcoin critic, famed short-seller Jim Chanos now sees an arbitrage opportunity by shorting Strategy stock and buying BTC.

BTCS bet big on Ethereum, announcing a $57.8 million agreement to scale staking and validator operations.

DeGods creator Frank DeGods resigns as CEO after three years, as the NFT collection sees a 101% sales spike on Solana.

Ether's market cap surged 42%, surpassing Coca-Cola and Alibaba after Ethereum implemented the Pectra upgrade, improving layer-2 scaling and validator features.

The crypto market soared past $3.27 trillion as Bitcoin reclaimed $100,000, Ether jumped 26% after the Pectra upgrade and Trump’s UK trade deal fueled bullish sentiment.

The Ethereum Foundation distributed $32.6 million in Q1 2025 grants to support education, ZK tech developer tools and the wider blockchain ecosystem.

Doodles NFT sales volume nearly doubles in 24 hours, climbing to over $1.1 million as traders anticipate the project’s token airdrop and memecoin launch.

“Don’t do crime CRIME IS BAD xoxo from Prague,” the hackers wrote as they gave the LockBit ransomware gang a taste of their own medicine.

At the Blockchain Baddies event during Token2049 in Dubai, women in Web3 shared how clarity, education and community are key to attracting more women into crypto.

With Bitcoin hovering around $95,000 to $97,000, Xapo Bank CEO Seamus Rocca sees growing investor confidence to borrow using BTC as collateral.

April’s crypto losses surged nearly 1,000% from March, driven by a $330 million Bitcoin theft in a social engineering attack.

DoubleZero CEO Austin Federa told Coinpectra that blockchain tech is ready for institutions, but legal risk means adoption will take time to fully unfold.

Mercuryo CEO Petr Kozyakov told Coinpectra that with crypto salaries becoming a growing trend, there’s an increasing need for ways to spend crypto.

OKX MENA CEO Rifad Mahasneh told Coinpectra that while hype can drive project growth in Web3, providing everyday value should be a priority for RWA tokenization projects.

Kyrgyzstan signed a memorandum of understanding with Binance to launch Binance Pay in the country.

Aptos' head of ecosystem, Ash Pampati, said the catalyst for broader user adoption will be something new, rather of recreating memecoins or NFTs.