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Bitcoin Optech / Fintech Takes / Fintech Business Weekly / Net Interest05 Aug, 12:59
Fintech Recap: ALT5 Sigma, Increase & Fed Master Accounts
Listen now | Alex Johnson and I unpack the latest in banking, fintech & crypto
fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/p/fintech-re…(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis05 Aug, 00:00
Announcing a Trillion Dollar Security grant for WEBCAT
The Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security (1TS) initiative is proud to announce a grant allocation to Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) to support the continued development of WEBCAT. WEBCAT is an open source tool that lets browsers verify that code served by an enrolled website…
blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/08/05/1ts-grant(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis03 Aug, 16:42
Marc Andreessen & Chris Dixon: Why America needs the CLARITY Act
Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon on the fight over crypto market structure, why regulatory clarity matters, and what is at stake for America’s technological leadership.
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Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis29 Jul, 00:00
Ethereum Foundation Board Update
We are pleased to share that pcaversaccio (pc) has joined the Ethereum Foundation Board. pc is a long time contributor to the Ethereum ecosystem, a co-founder and lead of SEAL 911, and has been a member of the EF's Silviculture Society, which provides informal counsel to EF aimed at...
blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/07/29/ef-board-update(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Coin Center21 Jul, 17:04
The CLARITY fight is bigger than crypto. It’s revealing the case for more control of the internet.(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
A critic of CLARITY, in coming for crypto, inadvertently (or not) reveals a tech authoritarian dream. The post The CLARITY fight is bigger than crypto. It’s revealing the case for more control of the internet. appeared first on Coin Center.
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis20 Jul, 19:20
3 charts on the tokenized stocks boom
Tokenized equities — or tokenized stocks, as they’re more commonly known — show the inroads crypto is making into Wall Street. These are blockchain-based tokens that represent traditional equities such as corporate shares, ETFs, and index products. Unlike traditional equities, tokenized stocks can…
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Bitcoin Optech / Fintech Takes / Fintech Business Weekly / Net Interest19 Jul, 12:59
Kraken Financial’s “Skinny” Master Account Still Isn’t Live, Its CEO Testified Last Week
Trump-Linked Fintech’s Potential Acquirer Terminates LOI, NYBNPL, Visa Launches Stablecoin Platform, Another Tiny Bank Fails
fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/p/kraken-fin…(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Databricks / ClickHouse / DuckDB / Supabase / Neon / PlanetScale15 Jul, 00:00
How Bullet uses ClickHouse Cloud to give DeFi's fastest exchange real-time analytics
Switching from Databricks to ClickHouse Cloud cut Bullet's query latency 10,000x and eliminated an entire serving layer, giving DeFi's fastest exchange real-time analytics at comparable cost.
clickhouse.com/blog/bullet-real-time-analytics(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis14 Jul, 11:46
TradFi doesn’t want DeFi. It wants blockchains.
How institutions are rebuilding finance from DeFi’s primitives. And why open networks still matter.
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Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis14 Jul, 00:00
Devcon 8 Tickets Are Live: Find Your Path to Mumbai
Devcon 8 tickets are live! 🇮🇳 This November, the Ethereum community will gather in Mumbai for a more focused and intimate Devcon. Devcon gathers minds from across Ethereum and beyond: builders, researchers, maintainers, organizers, and anyone curious about the future of open technology. Across…
blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/07/14/devcon8-tickets(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Bitcoin Optech / Fintech Takes / Fintech Business Weekly / Net Interest12 Jul, 13:00
Trump-Linked Fintech Tied To "No KYC" Crypto Cards Marketed for Iran Sanctions Evasion, Sources Say
Sutton, Marqeta, Wex Bank, ConnexPay & Corpay Appear To Have Worked With ALT5 Sigma Subsidiary MSwipe, Also Known as Stradacarte
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Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis09 Jul, 16:00
Why markets fail — and how to fix them (ft. Nobel economist Alvin Roth)
Nobel Prize–winning economist Alvin Roth on kidney exchanges, school matching, and what these systems teach us about coordination in crypto.
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Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis09 Jul, 00:00
The triage is the product: running AI agents against Ethereum's protocol code
Notes from the Ethereum Foundation's Protocol Security team on running coordinated AI agents against real protocol code, including how we organize the work, what holds up under scrutiny, and what client teams and security researchers can take from it. This post stands on its own; later posts will…
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Bitcoin Optech / Fintech Takes / Fintech Business Weekly / Net Interest08 Jul, 13:00
Interview: Maple Cofounder Joe Flanagan
Building In Crypto Over Seven Years Of Ups & Downs
fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/p/interview-…(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Coin Center02 Jul, 12:50
Non-prosecution promises are not enough: Courts must rule on devs and money transmission(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Developer Lewellen lays out what’s at stake for open-source speech and user privacy The post Non-prosecution promises are not enough: Courts must rule on devs and money transmission appeared first on Coin Center.
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis01 Jul, 00:00
Ethereum for Governments and Institutions: Why neutral infrastructure matters now
Current global shifts clearly signal a critical need for shared, neutral digital public infrastructure outside the control of any single centralized actor. As a public, programmable network designed to operate without reliance on any single party, Ethereum was built to address precisely these…
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Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis25 Jun, 17:31
Inside Asia's Institutional Blockchain Race: The South Korea Edition
South Korea's push for institutional infrastructure is driven by two trends: stablecoins and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization.
a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/south-korea-blockc…(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis24 Jun, 12:28
Investing in Ornn: A Market for Compute
a16z crypto leads Ornn's $33 million seed funding round.
a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/investing-in-ornn(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Coin Center22 Jun, 17:19
Congress must understand: Block rewards are newly created property, not income.(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Some proposals merely defer income tax treatment for miners and stakers without doing anything about the underlying misconception The post Congress must understand: Block rewards are newly created property, not income. appeared first on Coin Center.
Huntress10 Jun, 14:00
Deceptive Installers: How Fake Apps Target macOS
Deceptive installers disguised as legit macOS software deliver infostealers that grab passwords, cookies, and crypto wallets. Learn how to detect them.
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Coin Center09 Jun, 17:37
Testimony on Digital Asset Taxation before the House Ways & Means Committee(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Director of Policy Jason Somensatto testified before the House Ways & Means Committee to discuss tax issues facing the users of digital assets today. Some issues discussed were: A de minimus exemption for small day-to-day cryptocurrency transactions The tax treatment of block rewards as new…
Coin Center09 Jun, 16:41
Comment to FinCEN on AML/CFT Programs(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
A PDF version of this filing is available here. To whom it may concern: Coin Center is an independent nonprofit research and advocacy center focused on the public policy issues facing cryptocurrency technologies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Our mission is to build a better understanding of these…
Wiz Research27 May, 13:52
Commit to Compromise: A New Threat Actor Targeting the Cryptocurrency Industry's Software Development Infrastructure
Wiz CIRT and Wiz Research detail JINX-0164, a threat actor using LinkedIn social engineering, custom macOS malware, and CI/CD hijacking to target cryptocurrency organizations.
wiz.io/blog/threat-actors-target-crypto-orgs(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis12 May, 00:00
Clear Signing: Making Transaction Approvals Safer on Ethereum
An Ethereum Working Group consisting of wallet developers, security firms and the Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security Initiative today launched an open standard designed to end blind signing — a structural flaw that has contributed to billions in user losses, including the Bybit hack…
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Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis11 May, 00:00
Protocol Cluster Updates: May 2026
A semi-regular gathering of Ethereum core devs from various client teams, or interop, recently took place in Svalbard, Norway. Over the week-long event, teams focused on hardening and preparation for the next upgrade, Glamsterdam. Several important milestones came out of the week, including: 200M…
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The Defiant / DL News / Protos / CryptoSlate07 May, 17:04
Lord Kulveer Ranger on digital assets, digital pound, and stablecoins(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Lord Ranger is a Member of the UK House of Lords and serves as Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Digital Markets and Digital Money.
The Defiant / DL News / Protos / CryptoSlate05 May, 21:04
Drift to issue ‘recovery tokens’ in wake of $295m hack(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Developers behind Solana-based derivatives exchange Drift proposed on Tuesday a recovery plan that would funnel protocol revenue to users who lost money in a devastating April hack. The developers also proposed relaunching the protocol before July “a leaner, perps-native exchange with an emphasis…
The Defiant / DL News / Protos / CryptoSlate05 May, 16:12
DeFi rides Pokémon trading card boom as onchain marketplaces bring in $11m(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
A version of this story appeared in The Decentralised newsletter on May 5. Sign up here. GM, Tim here. Decentralised finance is notorious for being home to some pretty wacky ideas with dubious commercial viability. Yet over the past year, developers have stumbled on one that not only works, but…
The Defiant / DL News / Protos / CryptoSlate05 May, 13:41
Coinbase shares pop as CEO Brian Armstrong cuts 700 jobs and blames AI(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
Coinbase just cut 700 jobs. But Wall Street is liking what it sees. Coinbase shares popped as much as 4% early on Tuesday morning after the flagship US crypto exchange announced it was slashing about 14% of its global workforce in a sweeping restructuring that refocuses the company around…
The Defiant / DL News / Protos / CryptoSlate05 May, 11:23
Uniswap DAO votes to take back $42m of governance tokens loaned to delegates(opens the publisher's site in a new tab)
The digital cooperative governing Uniswap, the biggest decentralised exchange, is voting on a proposal to take back some $42 million worth of governance tokens from delegates. Between 2022 and 2023, Uniswap’s decentralised autonomous organisation, or DAO, loaned out 12.5 million UNI to the…