Vitalik Buterin proposes replacing Ethereum's EVM with RISC-V. According to Ethereum’s founder, the new virtual machine could significantly improve efficiency and address one of the main scaling bottlenecks of Ethereum Layer 1.
As of 2025, the total value of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) has reached an astonishing $247 billion, with approximately $100 million in new assets added each month. In this report, we break down the sector by both asset class and underlying technology
Lobby Finance has turned weaknesses in decentralized governance into a business. The project 'democratizes' access to voting power by allowing DAO users to trade their voting rights. The question is: will permissionless systems digest this too?
Vitalik Buterin proposes replacing Ethereum's EVM with RISC-V. According to Ethereum’s founder, the new virtual machine could significantly improve efficiency and address one of the main scaling bottlenecks of Ethereum Layer 1.
Arbitrum improves blockchain transaction processing with a new feature called Timeboost. The transaction ordering mechanism lets MEV searchers bid for priority transaction placement, creating also a new revenue stream for the DAO.
Synthetix's main stablecoin, sUSD, has been trading significantly below its $1 peg for over a month after the implementation of the SIP-420 protocol upgrade. In an act of manual intervention within a decentralized system, the project’s founder has urged users to take action and help restore the peg
India's cryptocurrency exchange WazirX is preparing to relaunch operations following a devastating $234.9 million hack in July 2024. A pivotal hearing in the Singapore High Court, scheduled for May 13, 2025, will determine the fate of its restructuring and user compensation proposal.
Liquidity lockers are now vital for project founders to establish trust with their communities. UNCX Network, one of the largest in the space, secures over $240 million in liquidity, showcasing its significance.
Ethena and Securitize unveil a new blockchain for Real-World Assets (RWA) and digital money. The new chain will be optimized for launching both permissionless and permissioned RWA applications, leveraging Arbitrum’s tech stack and Celestia for data availability.
The project aims to disrupt the reinsurance industry by bringing reinsurance contracts on-chain and making them accessible to a broad range of Web3 investors.
MANTRA's OM token faced a sudden crash, with over 14 million tokens dumped on OKX alone. Speculation points to a large-scale liquidation by an unnamed exchange. The incident raises concerns about transparency and mirrors past crypto collapses like Terra LUNA and FTX
The new feature enables privacy on Solana asset transfers, potentially opening a wide range of use cases requiring institutional compliance and user balance privacy.
The new $CAKE Tokenomics 3.0 proposal has sparked significant discussion on PancakeSwap's governance forum, dividing the community into supporters and critics. It also serves as yet another costly lesson for developers building decentralized systems.
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The pervasiveness of rug pulls might be coming to an end following this week’s events surrounding the $LIBRA token launch, which led to the uncovering of a series of market manipulation schemes at the heart of Solana’s ecosystem.
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Crypto exchange Bybit has suffered a major hack, with $1.4 billion in Ether potentially stolen. The breach, linked to a phishing attack, raises concerns over security in the crypto industry.
The SEC has agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against Coinbase, marking a major shift in its punitive approach to crypto regulation. The case, filed in June 2023, accused Coinbase of operating as an unregistered exchange.
Wintermute, one of the largest crypto market-making firms, secured funding from Chinese tech giant Tencent. The firm has faced accusations of market manipulation in the past. Market makers aren’t performing black magic—but what exactly do they do?
Hayden Davis claims he could grow the project even bigger, while Javier Milei is under serious pressure from opposition leaders to explain how he came to promote the now-worthless $LIBRA coin
With low on-chain activity, the Bitcoin network may not be able to rely on transaction fees, which were supposed to be the main incentive for Bitcoin miners in the long term. What can replace mining incentives?
Arbitrum improves blockchain transaction processing with a new feature called Timeboost. The transaction ordering mechanism lets MEV searchers bid for priority transaction placement, creating also a new revenue stream for the DAO.
Synthetix's main stablecoin, sUSD, has been trading significantly below its $1 peg for over a month after the implementation of the SIP-420 protocol upgrade. In an act of manual intervention within a decentralized system, the project’s founder has urged users to take action and help restore the peg
India's cryptocurrency exchange WazirX is preparing to relaunch operations following a devastating $234.9 million hack in July 2024. A pivotal hearing in the Singapore High Court, scheduled for May 13, 2025, will determine the fate of its restructuring and user compensation proposal.
Liquidity lockers are now vital for project founders to establish trust with their communities. UNCX Network, one of the largest in the space, secures over $240 million in liquidity, showcasing its significance.
Ethena and Securitize unveil a new blockchain for Real-World Assets (RWA) and digital money. The new chain will be optimized for launching both permissionless and permissioned RWA applications, leveraging Arbitrum’s tech stack and Celestia for data availability.
The project aims to disrupt the reinsurance industry by bringing reinsurance contracts on-chain and making them accessible to a broad range of Web3 investors.
MANTRA's OM token faced a sudden crash, with over 14 million tokens dumped on OKX alone. Speculation points to a large-scale liquidation by an unnamed exchange. The incident raises concerns about transparency and mirrors past crypto collapses like Terra LUNA and FTX
The new feature enables privacy on Solana asset transfers, potentially opening a wide range of use cases requiring institutional compliance and user balance privacy.
