PayPal Expands Crypto Options, Banana Gun Hack & More - The Crypto Minute ⏰
This week’s crypto headlines ranged from institutional moves to fresh security woes: BlackRock increased Bitcoin purchases while the SEC delayed decisions on BlackRock and Bitwise Ethereum spot ETF options, and LayerZero’s second airdrop drove activity up 433%. Regulators and firms saw action — South Korea fined WorldCoin for data breaches, 42 U.S. lawmakers urged the SEC to let banks custody Bitcoin, and Circle launched a compliance tool for programmable wallets. The market also weathered major hacks and exploits (BananaGun ~$3M pledged for repayment; Benjix ~$43M) even as overall hack and scam losses fell in Q3. Other ecosystem developments included expanded Solana support from travel services, Kipa enabling US business crypto transfers, and Avalanche announcing a $40M developer grant program.
Web3 Builder Stories - Maggie Love
Maggie Love describes a rapidly scaling program that trains women and non-binary people for careers in Web3 through an intensive eight-week cohort model. The initiative has grown to about 4,100 members from 90+ countries, split roughly 50/50 between U.S. and...
Builders Nights Singapore: Scaling Web3 and Enhancing Interoperability in the Web3 Ecosystem
At Builders Nights Singapore, Web3 infrastructure leaders outlined practical paths for scaling and interoperability, spotlighting rollup-as-a-service, ZK verification networks, and off-chain verifiable computing to shift heavy computation off-chain while anchoring results on Ethereum. Panelists from Allair, Align, Brevis and Safe...
Builders Nights Singapore Keynote - Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin used the Builders Night Singapore keynote to trace a decade-long effort to bring account abstraction to Ethereum, explaining how ERC-4337 emerged from earlier EIPs (86, 208, 2938) and security lessons learned along the way. He highlighted concrete use...
A Real-World Asset Credit Protocol Disrupting High-Interest Consumer Lending - Zivoe Protocol 🌎
Zivo (ZVO) is launching a real-world asset credit protocol on Ethereum that pools stablecoins into senior and junior tranches to fund originators who underwrite nonprime personal loans, primarily targeting high-interest consumer lending in underserved U.S. markets. Loans are routed through...
What Happens if You Can’t Find Your Hardware Wallet?? 👀
The video explains what to do if you lose or destroy a hardware crypto wallet: don’t panic — cryptocurrencies aren’t stored on the device itself but are recoverable with your 12–24 word seed phrase by restoring onto a new device....
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I’m Going ALL IN on These Altcoins!! [Chico Crypto Is BACK]
Tyler of Chico Crypto returns from a months-long hiatus to announce personal milestones (engagement and the birth of his son) and to refocus on crypto, saying Bitcoin is consolidating around $55–60k and likely to stay choppy until after the U.S....
McDonald’s Instagram Hack, Hedge Funds Holding Bitcoin ETFs & More - The Crypto Minute ⏰
This week’s crypto headlines mixed growing institutional adoption with renewed regulatory and security turmoil. About 60% of the largest hedge funds disclosed holdings in Bitcoin ETFs while the SEC rejected Solana ETF filings and charged Novotec with running a $650...
Welcome to the Crypto Minute… Live From Japan! 🇯🇵🍣
Crypto executives met with the White House in a virtual roundtable as decentralized exchanges begin to outpace centralized venues, underscoring a shifting market structure. Market volatility sent Bitcoin dominance sharply higher amid one of the largest weekly liquidation events since...
Bullish on Ethereum, Based Rollup Chat and More - The Daily Gwei Refuel #802 - Ethereum Updates
Host Anthony Pompliano (The Daily Gwei Refuel) says this will be the last episode for a few weeks as he takes a holiday, and closes with a bullish outlook for Ethereum. He highlights recent positive ETF flows into Ethereum—noting GrayScale...
Market Chaos, Cross-L2 Roadmap and More - The Daily Gwei Refuel #801 - Ethereum Updates
In this episode Anthony Sassano addresses a severe crypto market sell-off that knocked ETH and other assets sharply lower over the prior 48 hours. He says a mix of narratives — macro moves like a yen carry unwind, on‑chain flows...
Trump’s Bitcoin Sneakers, Lummis Bill, Etnereum’s 9th Birthday - The Crypto Minute ⏰
This week’s crypto roundup covered a wide mix of market, regulatory and industry developments: Trump launched Bitcoin-branded sneakers while his campaign reportedly raised $21 million at a Bitcoin conference, Grayscale’s mini Bitcoin trust began trading and a large $2 billion...
ETH ETF Recap, EURC on Base and More - The Daily Gwei Refuel #800 - Ethereum Updates
In the second week after launch, spot Ethereum ETFs posted strong inflows led by BlackRock, with the new funds drawing roughly $1.5 billion in their first two weeks and several positive net-flow days. Outflows from legacy ETH trusts (ETHE) have...
Ethereum Turns 9, DeFi Is the Value Prop and More - The Daily Gwei Refuel #799 - Ethereum Updates
Ethereum marked its ninth anniversary as its native token approaches a roughly $400 billion market value, placing ETH among the world’s largest assets. Host Anthony describes the period from 2020–2030 as Ethereum’s decisive decade—with DeFi as its primary value proposition,...
Grayscale Launches AI Fund, Tether Blacklists Lazarus Group & More - The Crypto Minute ⏰
This week’s crypto roundup highlights institutional moves and security crackdowns: Grayscale launched an AI-focused fund while BlackRock set fees for its spot Bitcoin ETF at 0.25%, and State Street is exploring its own stablecoin. Major infrastructure and service updates included...
Deep Dive on the Fastex Ecosystem!
Fastex is pitching a unified Web3 ecosystem anchored by its FTN token and an EVM-compatible Bit blockchain that uses a PoSA (proof-of-stake-activity) consensus to reward both stake and on-chain activity. The project includes a crypto exchange (spot and P2P), a...
Mt. Gox Repayments, Sydney Sweeney Rug & More - The Crypto Minute ⏰
Crypto markets saw a flurry of developments this week: Mt. Gox repayments have officially begun and are proceeding smoothly, while the SEC sued MetaMask alleging it acted as an unregistered securities broker. Institutional and corporate moves included Standard Chartered forecasting...