The Daily: Kekius Maximus memecoin plunges after Elon Musk's profile change, Ethereum ETFs see record $2 billion monthly inflows and more ...

Timmy Shen is an Asia editor for The Block. Previously, he wrote about crypto and Web3 for Forkast.News from Taiwan after spending more than three years in Beijing covering finance, entertainment ...

Bitcoin and gold are structurally becoming key components of investor portfolios, according to JPMorgan analysts. As a result, the debasement trade, driven by concerns over inflation and fiat currency ...

Coinbase in October acquired the Cyprus unit of European brokerage Bux, securing an EU MiFID II license that will allow the company to expand its derivatives offerings to select EU countries. The ...

The GMCI Meme index represents broader market trends rather than specific token performance. The following is an excerpt from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter. The GMCI Meme index emerged as ...

The ai-powered ai16z ‘memefund’ recently rocketed to a market capitalization of $1.5 billion before retreating slightly on Sunday. The first Solana Token Extension to cross the $1 billion market cap ...

Crypto wallet Phantom clarified it has no plans to launch a token in response to rumors that circulated following the recent launch of social features on the app. Phantom also announced in December it ...

Jesse Pollak stated on X that Base is “looking into” bringing COIN to the Coinbase-incubated layer 2 in 2025. The head of Base and Coinbase Wallet clarified, however, that there are currently “no ...

Solayer Foundation has launched to support the Solana restaking protocol Solayer. The LAYER governance token, which is meant to spur increased development of the restaking platform, is also being ...

BlackRock’s IBIT fund has seen its net asset value decline week-over-week for the past two (shortened) weeks, a first-of-its-kind streak for the market’s largest spot Bitcoin ETF. Overall, U.S.-based ...

Spot ether ETFs saw their largest monthly net inflows in December, drawing in over $2 billion. Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds in the U.S. set a new record monthly net inflows in December. The ...

Synthetic stablecoin protocol Ethena plans to launch a new synthetic dollar savings token geared towards financial incumbents and Telegram-based payments app in Q1 2025. The new products are part of ...