NYT Investigation Exposes CFTC Officials Suspended Over Prediction Markets Scrutiny

A New York Times investigation reveals that CFTC officials who raised concerns about prediction markets were suspended and removed from the agency.

 Ethereum Staking Queue Reaches 3.4M ETH as Exit Backlog Drops to 64 ETH

Ethereum staking demand vastly outpaces validator exits, with over 3.39 million ETH queued to enter the network against just 64 ETH waiting to unstake.

MicroStrategy Pivots From Bitcoin, Buys Bonds in Unexpected Move

MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor announced the company purchased bonds this week despite holding 843,738 BTC worth $65 billion, signaling a tactical shift in the corporate treasury strategy.

 Cardano Treasury Vote Ratifies Developer Experience Initiative With 67.9% Support

Cardano's IO-backed Developer Experience Initiative has been approved through treasury vote, securing 67.90% support with ₳3.72 billion in Yes stake.

Base Launches MCP Agent Gateway for Onchain Portfolio Management

Base introduces Model Context Protocol integration enabling AI agents to execute swaps, trades, and portfolio management across leading DeFi protocols.

Kraken Launches Bitcoin Vault Earning Product Offering up to 2.5% BTC Rewards

Kraken has announced Bitcoin Vault, a new product within Kraken Earn that allows customers to earn up to 2.5% in BTC-denominated rewards on their Bitcoin holdings.

Hacker Mints 5.4 Trillion Tokens in StakeDAO Exploit, Nets $91K

A compromised private key let an attacker forge a cross-chain message on Arbitrum, triggering cascading warnings across Curve Finance and Beefy Finance.

DTCC Picks Stellar for Tokenized Securities Rollout as Multi-Chain Push Expands

The post-trade giant plans to make DTC-custodied assets available on the Stellar public blockchain in the first half of 2027, adding a second network to its growing tokenization strategy

Mastercard Wins NY BitLicense, Deepening Push Into Stablecoin Settlement

The payments giant, which processed nearly $11 trillion in volume last year, secured one of the US's most demanding state crypto licenses as it moves to settle transactions in digital assets.

SoFi Brings Its Bank-Issued Stablecoin to 14.7 Million Members

SoFiUSD, first launched in December for enterprise clients, is now live inside the SoFi app — making it the first stablecoin issued by a US national bank available directly on a consumer banking platform.

Aztec Labs Acquires ZKPassport to Integrate Privacy-Preserving Identity Verification

Aztec Labs has acquired Obsidion, the team behind ZKPassport, a zero-knowledge identity verification protocol that proves age and nationality without storing personal data on centralized servers.

OpenZeppelin Pushes Back After Ex-CTO Declares All of DeFi Unsafe

The smart contract security firm distanced itself from Manuel Aráoz's warning that AI coding agents have made DeFi impossible to defend, calling the threat real but manageable.

Cash App Goes Live With Fee-Free USDC Transfers, Framing Stablecoins as a Path to Bitcoin

Block's payments app, home to 59 million monthly active users, now supports sending and receiving USDC across four blockchain networks with no wallet setup required, even as Jack Dorsey admits he doesn't like it.

Vitalik Buterin Endorses Interfold, Privacy Protocol for On-Chain Voting and Secret Auctions

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin highlighted Interfold, a privacy protocol combining zero-knowledge proofs, fully homomorphic encryption, and threshold encryption for secure on-chain voting and auctions.

Crypto Liquidations Near $1 Billion in 24 Hours as Leverage Unwinds

Nearly $934 million in crypto positions liquidated across 167,400 trader accounts, with Bitcoin and Ethereum taking the heaviest losses amid market volatility.

 Tempo L1 Hits 3.9M Transactions in Two Months

The payments-focused blockchain Tempo has settled 3.9M transactions across 177K addresses since mainnet launch in March, with stablecoin supply exceeding $25M and full Dune Analytics integration live.

Base Launches Azul Upgrade, Takes Step Toward Stage 2 Decentralization

The Coinbase-incubated layer-2 network activated multiproofs on mainnet, combining TEE and ZK proof systems to move closer to full decentralization while cutting empty blocks by 99%.

CFTC Approves First US-Regulated Bitcoin Perpetual Futures

The agency approved Kalshi's BTCPERP contract, the first bitcoin perpetual on a registered U.S. exchange, and in a separate action cleared Coinbase to route customers to its offshore Deribit affiliate. Together the moves open an onshore path for a product long pushed abroad and raise the

Sui Restarts After Back-to-Back Mainnet Halts Tied to Software Bug

The Layer 1 blockchain blamed two stoppages in as many days on its 1.72 upgrade and said validators have now deployed a permanent fix. SUI slid about 15% in the past seven days.

Arbitrum Foundation Seeks $45M Funding as Delegates Question Spending Above DAO Revenue

The Foundation wants $16M in stablecoins, 1,740 ETH and 230M ARB for another year of operations. As a first vote opens, delegates and analysts say the request outpaces what the network earns and lacks performance milestones.

 CME Group Launches 24/7 Crypto Futures and Options Trading

CME Group announced it has expanded its crypto derivatives offering to around-the-clock trading, allowing traders to access Bitcoin and Ethereum futures and options whenever they choose.