Worldcoin Surges 25% as OpenAI Considers Its Biometric Technology
Worldcoin’s native token WLD jumped 25% within minutes after Forbes reported that OpenAI is evaluating biometric verification solutions, potentially leveraging Worldcoin’s iris‑scan technology. The AI firm is reportedly building a social platform that would require users to prove personhood via Apple’s Face ID or Worldcoin’s iris scans. The rapid price surge underscores market enthusiasm for AI‑crypto synergies, while privacy advocates warn about the risks of large‑scale biometric data collection. The development highlights a growing intersection between artificial intelligence, digital identity, and decentralized finance.
TradeXYZ Volume and Open Interest Hit All-Time Highs
TradeXYZ, Hyperliquid’s tokenized equity platform, recorded a record $1 billion in 24‑hour trading volume, while open interest climbed to $790 million, a 200 percent rise month‑over‑month. The surge follows the November “growth mode” upgrade that cut fees by over 90 percent, propelling daily volumes...
Kansas Lawmakers Propose State-Run Bitcoin and Digital Assets Reserve Fund
Kansas Senate Bill 352 would create a state‑run Bitcoin and Digital Assets Reserve Fund, allowing the treasurer to claim unclaimed crypto assets and credit 10% of each deposit to the general fund while keeping the principal separate. The bill updates...
Fogo Launches Public Mainnet After Binance Token Sale
Fogo, a Solana‑compatible Layer 1 blockchain, launched its public mainnet on Jan 15, 2026, featuring 40‑millisecond block times and over 1,200 TPS with more than ten dApps live at launch. Its native FOGO token opened at around $0.053, giving a market cap near...
KAITO Plummets as X Bans InfoFi Rewards
X’s head of product Nikita Bier announced a ban on rewarding users for InfoFi posts, sending the KAITO token down 17% to $0.56 within minutes. The decision also forced the 157,000‑member Kaito Yapper community and other InfoFi projects like Cookie...
Starknet Partners with NEAR to Bring STRK to Solana
Ethereum L2 Starknet has launched its native token STRK on the Solana blockchain through a cross‑chain integration with NEAR Intents. The NEAR Intents protocol lets users receive STRK directly in Solana wallets without a traditional bridge, using a solver‑based execution...
Bitcoin Fails to Hold Above $97K as Rally Cools
Bitcoin slipped below the $97,000 threshold on Jan. 15, hovering around $96,035 as the broader crypto market steadied after two days of rally. Total market capitalization dipped to roughly $3.34 trillion, a 0.8% decline, while most top‑10 assets traded flat except for...
Buterin Calls for Ethereum Updates to Ensure Blockchain Outlasts Its Developers
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin urged the network to become self‑sustaining, coining a "walkaway test" that measures resilience when core developers step back. He argues the protocol should remain usable and secure without constant upgrades, relying on stable core rules. To...
Clone-X NFTs Soar 200% as Nike Sells RTFKT
Nike quietly sold its NFT studio RTFKT, now rebranded as Artifact, triggering a sharp rebound in the Clone‑X collection. After a year‑long shutdown that drove the floor price to a 99.7% low of 0.07 ETH, the floor jumped to 0.3 ETH—a 200%...
Seizing Venezuela’s $60B Bitcoin Undoes Kleptocratic Theft
About Venezuela's BTC stash: Whatever crypto the U.S. can prise from the hands of a regime built on repression and theft, the better. That money was extorted from Venezuelan citizens, coerced through sanctions-evasion schemes, and used to prop up a kleptocracy. Before...
The Rise of the Fan Economy | Consumer Crypto | Avalanche Ecosystems Ep. 4
The episode explores how blockchain is powering a new “fan economy,” where tickets, loyalty points and creator payments move on‑chain. Using Avalanche’s fast, low‑fee network, a handful of startups are building consumer‑facing apps that aim to replace legacy ticketing and...
Lighter Users Report Withdrawal Issues After Perp DEX Launches LIT Token
Lighter, a leading Ethereum Layer‑2 perpetuals DEX, launched its native LIT token early Thursday, prompting a surge of withdrawal requests that stalled the platform. Users reported a “Too many L2 Withdrawals” error and the exchange has not issued a comment....
NIGHT Jumps After Charles Hoskinson Backs XRP DeFi Integration
The NIGHT token jumped more than 11% after Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson touted its role in expanding private DeFi to XRP and other blockchains. Midnight, a privacy‑focused partner chain to Cardano, positions NIGHT as the native asset for confidential transactions....
Daycare Fraud Journalist Tokenizes Content on Base
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly backed journalist Nick Shirley’s creator token $thenickshirley on the Ethereum Layer 2 Base, sparking immediate market attention. The token launched on Dec. 28, quickly reaching a $9 million market cap before tumbling 66% to $3 million the next day. Despite...
Crypto Markets Rally Ahead of Holidays
Crypto markets nudged higher on Dec. 22 as investors positioned ahead of the Christmas break. Bitcoin rose 2.5% to $90,125 and Ethereum jumped 3.2% to $3,060, lifting the total market cap to $3.13 trillion, up 2% in a day. Altcoins SKY and...
LEO Surges as Bitfinex’s Fee Cut Highlights Exchange Competition
Bitfinex announced a blanket removal of maker and taker fees across spot, derivatives, margin, OTC and tokenized securities, prompting its native LEO token to jump 11% to $7.40. The fee‑free move comes as the exchange, once a top‑15 volume player,...
SEC Commissioner Peirce, Crypto Experts Say Privacy Is Key to Crypto Adoption
The SEC Crypto Task Force’s sixth roundtable, led by Commissioner Hester Peirce, spotlighted a surging demand for privacy‑preserving tools as crypto adoption accelerates. Peirce argued that existing financial‑surveillance rules are outdated and risk stifling on‑chain innovation. Experts, including StarkWare’s Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos,...
J.P. Morgan Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund on Ethereum
J.P. Morgan Asset Management launched the My OnChain Net Yield Fund (MONY), a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, on Dec. 15. The private‑placement vehicle holds only U.S. Treasury securities and repurchase agreements, offering qualified investors on‑chain access to dollar‑denominated yields....
Momentum's Vision: Trading Anything, Anywhere on Sui
Momentum’s founder Wendy Fu outlines a bold new positioning for the protocol: evolving from a simple decentralized exchange (DEX) on Sui into a full‑stack financial operating system that lets users trade any asset—crypto, securities, or tokenized real‑world items—from anywhere. The...
JellyJelly Rockets 120% on App Store Release
JellyJelly, a Solana‑based “internet capital markets” memecoin launched by Venmo co‑founder Iqram Magdon‑Ismail, jumped 120% in the past 24 hours after being released on the Apple App Store. The surge lifted the token’s price to $0.085 and its market capitalization to...
Yearn Finance Suffers $9 Million Exploit
The yETH exploit is the third hack of a Yearn Finance product since 2021.
More than Wrappers | RWAs on Avalanche | Ecosystems, Ep.3
The video outlines Avalanche’s expanding role as a foundational layer for real‑world asset (RWA) tokenization, highlighting recent milestones such as the migration of all deed records for Bergen County, New Jersey—the largest U.S. county‑level blockchain deed project—to Avalanche, and a partnership...
MegaETH to Refund USDm Pre-Deposits After Multisig Chaos
MegaETH announced it will reimburse users who placed pre‑deposits for its USDm stablecoin after a malfunctioning bridge transaction. The team described the incident as a "sloppy" execution involving a compromised multisig process that left funds stranded. Refunds are slated to...
Crypto Course for Women Sparks Unexpected Controversy
Wow never would have thought an educational course on crypto for women would be controversial but here we are.
Only the Biggest DAT Companies Will Survive, Bitwise Execs Warn
Bitwise executives warned that the digital‑asset treasury (DAT) sector is entering a survival‑of‑the‑fittest phase. According to the firm’s CIO, most DAT providers will either be forced to trade their holdings at a discount or exit the market entirely. Only the...
Beware Romanticizing LATAM Crypto Adoption Post-Devconnect
After Devconnect I see many were (rightly) seduced by Buenos Aires and so there's the temptation to romanticize: 1. crypto adoption in the "global south" 2. life in latam 1/x
How Flare Is Unlocking REAL DeFi Utility for XRP in 2025
The video examines how Flare Network is positioning itself as the bridge that finally gives XRP substantive DeFi utility in 2025. While XRP has enjoyed headline‑making speculation around institutional adoption and potential ETF approval, its native ledger lacks native smart‑contract...
Celebrating Women of Web3: Community, Collaboration, Inspiration
One of the best moments of the week, women of web3 dinner 💕 Thanks for organizing @AvaLabs @vanyapestana and letting me tag along :) So great spending meaningful time with @HannaSchiuma @maggielove_ @manasilvora @amandacassatt @dee_centralized and many other power ladies https://t.co/VwcggTPk1T
Tokenize Everything: Robert Leshner’s Vision for On-Chain Finance
Robert Leshner, co‑founder of Compound and now head of Superstate, outlines his vision for a fully tokenized financial system where real‑world assets—stocks, bonds, and commodities—are brought on‑chain and made composable with DeFi protocols. He argues that while early DeFi relied...
Midnight Ice Cream in Buenos Aires, Paid with Stablecoins
✅ Buenos Aires 12am ice cream run ✅ Pay with stablecoins three different ways @gnosispay @minipay @TryPeanut City where ice cream never sleeps, using money that never sleeps https://t.co/13uK8pP0ub
PayPal Stablecoin Supply Jumps 22%
PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin surged 22% in market capitalization over the past week, adding $625 million of new tokens since Nov 10 and raising its Ethereum‑based supply to $2.38 billion, roughly 70% of the total. This rapid growth positions PYUSD as the sixth‑largest stablecoin...
Dollar Obsession Fuels Argentina’s Crypto Boom
This is amazing — an add for Stranger Things in Buenos Aires, translation: “When we met 11 (stranger things character), the dollar was at 14 (it’s now at 1,400) - it was a year of strange things” Shows just how ingrained...
Infura Expands Decentralized Infra Network to EigenLayer Following AWS Outage
Infura is extending its Decentralized Infrastructure Network (DIN) onto EigenLayer, turning its large‑scale RPC and API marketplace into an EigenLayer Autonomous Verifiable Service backed by restaked ETH. The move adds economic accountability—stakers earn rewards for uptime and lose stake for...
Is DYOR Dead? Building a Safer Web3 with Alex Katz
In this interview, Virginia Valenzuela talks with Alex Katz, CEO of Kerberus, about why the traditional "Do Your Own Research" mantra no longer protects users against sophisticated Web3 threats such as address poisoning, malware, and AI deepfakes. Katz explains Kerberus’s...
Starknet Token Outperforms as TVL Climbs
The post highlights Starknet’s STRK token rally—up 40% in the past month and 26% in a day—despite a 96% drop from its launch price and upcoming token unlocks. It attributes the surge to a 200% rise in TVL, driven largely...
Is DYOR Dead? Building a Safer Web3 with Alex Katz
This episode of the Defiant Podcast tackles the growing insecurity of the Web3 ecosystem, sparked by a recent Android vulnerability that could expose seed phrases, private keys, and 2FA codes. Host Vinny and Kerberos CEO Alex Katz argue that the...
Alibaba Reveals Plans for Tokenized Fiat Payments with JPMorgan
Alibaba announced a partnership with JPMorgan to launch a tokenized fiat payment system for its B2B e‑commerce platform, starting with USD and EUR tokens in December, leveraging blockchain technology without labeling them as stablecoins. The rollout aims to enable 24/7...
Tokenized Equity Market on Hyperliquid Heats Up
The post reports a rapid surge in tokenized equity perpetuals on Hyperliquid, with TradeXYZ adding NVDA and Felix and Ventuals launching TSLA and SPACEX, driving $26 million of 24‑hour volume and highlighting the split between USDC‑denominated XYZ markets and USDH‑settled offerings...
Bitcoin Dips Below $98,000 Amid Global Market Slump
The post reports Bitcoin slipping below $98,000 as the broader crypto market falls amid the end of a 43‑day U.S. government shutdown and lingering inflation worries. It highlights a 3% drop in BTC, a 7% fall in ETH, $647 million in...
Kraken’s xStocks Hit $10B in Total Trading Volume
Kraken’s tokenized equities platform xStocks has surpassed $10 billion in total trading volume across centralized and decentralized venues in under five months, with nearly $2 billion occurring on‑chain and over 45,000 unique holders. The service, which offers 1:1‑backed U.S. stock and ETF...
The End of the Chain? FastSet’s Parallel Settlement Layer for Instant Micropayments
FastSet, built by PiSquare’s Grigor Rossu, proposes a non‑blockchain, massively parallel settlement layer called FACET that validates transactions independently without enforcing a global total order. By leveraging formal verification and a provably correct protocol, validators can settle micropayments at internet‑scale...
Aztec Network Launches First Token Sale Using Uniswap’s Continuous Clearing Auction
Aztec Network, a privacy‑focused Ethereum Layer 2, is pioneering its token sale by using Uniswap Labs’ Continuous Clearing Auction (CCA), a transparent on‑chain auction mechanism that limits insider advantage and allows real‑time bidding. The sale, priced at a $350 million FDV with...
Large POPCAT Trades Result in $5 Million Loss for Hyperliquid Vault
The post details a recent attack on Hyperliquid’s HLP vault where an attacker built a $20‑million long POPCAT position, let it liquidate at $30 million, and left the vault holding over $25 million of the memecoin, resulting in a $4.9 million loss and...
Flare TVL Nears Record High as Firelight Teases XRP Liquid Staking
Flare’s total value locked is climbing back toward its recent $208.9 million peak as the liquid‑staking protocol Firelight readies a mainnet launch that will let XRP holders lock their tokens and receive tradable stXRP for DeFi use. This new liquidity avenue...
SKY Surges 14% as Savings TVL Passes $4 Billion
The post reports that the SKY token jumped 14% as Sky Savings’ total value locked surpassed $4 billion, driven by a 63% monthly and 150% year‑to‑date increase in deposits, especially USDS which earns a 4.5% rate. It notes that despite the...
Dromos Labs Merges Aerodrome and Velodrome Into New DEX Aero
Dromos Labs announced that its two decentralized exchanges, Aerodrome and Velodrome, will merge into a single platform called Aero, slated for a Q2 2026 launch. The new DEX will run on the upgraded METADEX03 operating system, adding features like Slipstream V3...
Future Crypto May Thrive Beyond Traditional Blockchain Technology
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Uniswap Fee Switch Ends Regulatory Gymnastics, Empowers DeFi Tokens
The Uniswap fee switch marks the end of the era in DeFi where founders had to perform project gymnastics driven by regulatory uncertainty to an era where protocol and token design can respond to business decisions (not, "will gensler maybe...
Privacy Coin Rally Masks Long‑Term Legal Risks
state of crypto today: privacy coins rally privacy devs go to jail good for bags now bad for future
How PYUSD Could Transform Global Payments with May Zabeneh
PayPal's VP of crypto product, May Zabeneh, says the company's PYUSD stablecoin — launched in August 2023 and now roughly $2.3 billion in market value — is designed to embed blockchain rails into real-world payments to make cross-border transfers near-instant...