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Opinion by: Naman Kabra, co-founder and CEO of NodeOps For years, staking was the gold standard in crypto. Stake tokens, secure the network and earn simple, elegant and trustless rewards. Somewhere along the way, we drifted. Staking stopped being about contribution and started being about
The team behind the Solana blockchain has released a long-term roadmap detailing their strategy to make the Solana blockchain the foundational layer for global internet capital markets (ICMs) by 2027. ICMs, a term coined by former Solana Foundation core team member Akshay, refers to a “globally
BlackRock’s spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) has emerged as one of the fastest-growing ETFs ever, joining the ranks alongside two other cryptocurrency funds. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum ETF (ETHA) has become the third-fastest ETF to hit $10 billion in total assets under management (AUM),
Japanese publicly listed artificial intelligence firm Quantum Solution announced plans to create a Bitcoin treasury targeting 3,000 BTC within the next year — an investment worth over $350 million at current prices. According to a Thursday announcement, Quantum Solutions’ Bitcoin (BTC) treasury
Layer-2 blockchain network Build on Bitcoin (BOB) has rolled out a major technical upgrade that brings it closer to getting a fully decentralized mark on L2Beat, a platform that ranks the maturity and decentralization of layer-2 networks BOB, which aims to bring Ethereum-style decentralized
Societe Generale, the world’s 19th-largest banking conglomerate by assets, is partnering with cryptocurrency asset manager 21Shares to provide liquidity for its crypto-based exchange-traded products (ETPs) in European markets. As part of the partnership, Societe Generale will provide liquidity
Two men accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man in a Manhattan townhouse as part of a cryptocurrency extortion plot have been granted bail. John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33, were each issued a $1 million bail on Wednesday by New York Supreme Criminal Court Judge Gregory
A wallet tied to Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen moved 50 million XRP, worth around $175 million, between July 17 and Wednesday, sparking backlash from the crypto community amid a pullback in XRP’s price. Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT flagged the transactions in a Thursday post on X, noting that
The Australian Federal Court has ruled in favor of Australian fintech firm Finder.com, clearing the company and its yield-generating product, Finder Earn, in a legal battle with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that lasted nearly three years. In a Thursday court
Governments globally are rethinking so-called “golden visa” programs that allow wealthy investors, including crypto executives, to secure residency or citizenship. Golden visa programs let applicants secure citizenship after investing a sum, often in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, in a
Two MIT-educated brothers have failed to get fraud charges dismissed in court in connection with a $25 million cryptocurrency theft from the Ethereum blockchain. US District Judge Jessica Clarke denied a motion to dismiss by Anton and James Peraire-Bueno on Wednesday, stating the government
A US appeals court has overturned a $9 million judgment given to non-fungible token conglomerate Yuga Labs in its long-running lawsuit against artist Ryder Ripps and business partner Jeremy Cahen. The