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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
A compromised private key let an attacker forge a cross-chain message on Arbitrum, triggering cascading warnings across Curve Finance and Beefy Finance.
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.
Base introduces Model Context Protocol integration enabling AI agents to execute swaps, trades, and portfolio management across leading DeFi protocols.
Top Ethereum talent is leaving. The Ethereum Foundation is shrinking. And one question now hangs over the entire ecosystem: what happens to ETH if the EF steps back?
Cardano's IO-backed Developer Experience Initiative has been approved through treasury vote, securing 67.90% support with ₳3.72 billion in Yes stake.
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.
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.
A New York Times investigation reveals that CFTC officials who raised concerns about prediction markets were suspended and removed from the agency.
Polkadot governance has approved a proposal to implement a 10,000 DOT validator self-stake minimum, making nominators unslashable and reducing unbonding periods from 28 days to as little as 24 hours.
The Ethereum Foundation's Kohaku Initiative released an SDK enabling seamless integration of shielded pool protocols like Railgun, Tornado Cash, and Privacy Pools directly into wallet interfaces, with 4337 relaying now operational.
Token Terminal reports that tokenized stocks have become the leading category of tokenized assets on Ethereum, with xStocks and Ondo Finance leading the sector.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a leaner, more focused future for the Ethereum Foundation (EF).