Billionaire investor Peter Thiel has acquired a 7.5% stake in the Ethereum treasury company, ETHZilla, which until just a few weeks ago was a biotech firm known as 180 Life Sciences. News of Thiel’s investment in ETHZilla became public Tuesday and it immediately sent the firm’s stock price sky-rocketing, closingContinue Reading
The Layer-1 blockchain Qubic claims it successfully executed a 51% attack on Monero’s network, which resulted in a six-block reorganisation and replaced 60 previously confirmed blocks. Qubic’s attack was a “high-stakes technical confrontation” that involved incentivising Monero CPU mining through its own network to gain control of the majority hashrate.Continue Reading
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s space exploration company, has partnered with Shift4 Payments to accept crypto payments for its suborbital flights. Customers can now purchase New Shepard tickets using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, as well as stablecoins like USDT and USDC. This move is driven by the belief thatContinue Reading
Ethereum core developer Federico Carrone was released after being detained for 24 hours in Turkey on accusations of “helping others misuse Ethereum”. Carrone believes the arrest was connected to a 2022 academic paper he co-authored that analysed privacy protocols on Ethereum and Tornado Cash. His case highlights a growing trendContinue Reading
Do Kwon may change his plea in the US fraud case concerning TerraUSD’s 2022 collapse. Kwon faces nine felony counts including securities fraud, market manipulation, money laundering, and wire fraud. This plea hearing may influence related cases in South Korea where Kwon also faces charges. Terraform Labs co-founder Do KwonContinue Reading
Chainlink has partnered with Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE operator) to integrate institutional-grade forex and metals pricing data onto blockchain networks. The collaboration provides over 2,000 applications with access to trusted market data from more than 300 global exchanges, enhancing blockchain’s appeal to traditional finance. Chainlink has also launched a reserve fundContinue Reading
A luxury Fannie Bay home in the Northern Territory is listed for $2.85 million or the Bitcoin equivalent. About 20% of Australians own cryptocurrency, with the market valued between $50 billion and $70 billion. Internationally, places like Dubai have clear crypto real estate laws, enabling Bitcoin and stablecoin property purchases.Continue Reading
Former BitMEX CEO, Arthur Hayes, has bought back into ETH to the tune of US$10.5 million after having sold US$8.32 million worth of the cryptocurrency just days earlier at a significantly lower price. Hayes’ reversal came after ETH surged significantly after his sell-off, rising from around US$3,507 at the timeContinue Reading
World Mobile, in partnership with Indonesian telecom Protelindo, is launching a blockchain-powered 5G network using high-altitude, hydrogen-fueled drones. The drones will operate at 60,000 feet, with each unit capable of providing coverage over 15,000 square kilometers with low-latency, high-speed connectivity. World Mobile Stratospheric is designed to integrate into existing mobileContinue Reading
MARA Holdings is in advanced talks to purchase a 64% stake in France’s Exaion for US$168 million in cash. The acquisition marks a strategic pivot for MARA toward AI inference operations, a move that differentiates it from other Bitcoin miners focusing on hyperscale data-center services. MARA aims to leverage bothContinue Reading
