After a 12-year quest, James Howells has abandoned his attempt to recover a hard drive with 8,000 Bitcoin from a Newport landfill. His repeated legal bids and proposals, including an offer to buy the landfill, were blocked by the Newport City Council and ultimately rejected by the UK Court ofContinue Reading
Coinbase’s Layer 2 network, Base, experienced a 30-minute block production halt, disrupting core functions like deposits and withdrawals. The issue was an “unsafe head delay”, but the team fixed it quickly. The outage occurred amid a sharp rise in network activity, with new token launches on the Base App surgingContinue Reading
YGG Play, the publishing arm of Yield Guild Games, has signed its first external publishing deal with the on-chain RPG Gigaverse. The partnership provides Gigaverse with YGG Play’s marketing, community growth, and player acquisition support. The deal highlights live Web3 interoperability and features smart contract-based revenue sharing, allowing developers toContinue Reading
Chainlink Data Streams now live on 37 blockchains and integrated by DeFi apps like GMX and Kamino. Real-time pricing data includes SPY, AAPL, MSFT, QQQ, NVDA, and more. The launch supports applications like perpetuals, tokenised equities, and synthetic ETFs. Chainlink has released a new service called Data Streams to provideContinue Reading
Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin has quietly reached a US$600 million market cap by August 2025, growing from just US$70 million in January after launching in late 2024. Despite impressive growth, RLUSD remains dwarfed by market leaders USDT (US$163.8 billion) and USDC (US$64.3 billion), targeting institutional rather than retail users. XRP hasContinue Reading
FinCEN has alerted banks about the increasing criminal use of cryptocurrency ATMs (CVC kiosks) in scams and drug trafficking. Scammers trick victims into converting money into crypto via kiosks, exploiting transaction anonymity and speed. Regulatory non-compliance by kiosk operators leaves gaps that transnational crime networks are exploiting. The US Treasury’sContinue Reading
Former UK chancellor and current Coinbase advisor, George Osborne, believes the UK has missed the first wave of crypto and now risks missing the second if it doesn’t urgently pass pro-stablecoin legislation. Writing in the Financial Times, Osborne argued that the UK is falling behind more pro-crypto jurisdictions like Singapore,Continue Reading
Bullish is pursuing a US IPO on the NYSE under the ticker “BLSH”. The company seeks to raise up to US$629 million, targeting a valuation of roughly US$4.23 billion. BlackRock and ARK Investment are among the major investors who have indicated interest in purchasing shares, reflecting renewed optimism for cryptoContinue Reading
Cardano’s main developer, Input Output Global (IOG), secured 96 million ADA (approx. $71M) from the community treasury to fund a year-long roadmap of network upgrades. The funding will be used to enhance scalability with protocols like Hydra, improve developer tools, streamline onboarding via Project Acropolis, and increase cross-chain compatibility. ToContinue Reading
The SEC has approved a tenfold increase in the options position limit for certain Bitcoin ETFs, raising the cap from 25,000 to 250,000 contracts. The rule change is a major boost for BlackRock’s IBIT, which already has a commanding lead in the market. The new, higher limits facilitate larger, moreContinue Reading
