The central bank is not against innovation, said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during a press conference on Wednesday. Crypto firms have complained about the difficulty of establishing and ...

The creation of the index comes off the back of some political developments correlating with the index’s upward trajectory. The following is an excerpt from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter.

Bitcoin’s price traded up a muted 0.5% over the past day as the U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady at the 4.25%-4.50% range. Analysts said that if the Fed delivers two or more rate cuts ...

Sei Foundation has launched Sapien Capital, a $65 million venture fund to back DeSci startups building on its Layer 1 Sei blockchain. The foundation has fully committed the $65 million, with no ...

D.E. Shaw joins Starboard Value in pushing Riot Platforms to make changes, Reuters reports. Riot Platforms said last week it is looking into the AI and HPC boom. A second activist investor, D.E. Shaw, ...

Trading platform Robinhood teased futures trading for bitcoin, oil and gold, saying the new service is “coming soon.” Popular trading platform Robinhood teased futures trading for bitcoin, oil and ...

The decentralized identity platform Humanity Protocol raised $20 million in funding led by Pantera Capital and Jump Crypto. Humanity Protocol plans to use the funds to integrate with other web3 ...

Ai16z, an open-source platform for building and managing AI agents, has rebranded to ElizaOS. The project’s original name closely resembled that of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

Gemini’s State of Crypto report found that Gen Z is the most engaged and optimistic generation when it comes to digital assets, with over half of respondents having owned cryptocurrency. The report ...

YZi Labs led a $16 million investment in Sign, an on-chain infrastructure for token distribution, according to a report. YZi Labs announced its rebranding from Binance Labs earlier this month, with CZ ...

D3 Global is building tools for domain-based lending, fractional ownership, digital identity and other financial use cases. The firm plans to launch the decentralized network called Doma Protocol ...

Abstract, a new Ethereum Layer 2 solution, is now live on the mainnet. Igloo Inc., the parent company of Pudgy Penguins, developed the network. Ethereum Layer 2 chain Abstract has gone live on the ...