The Daily: Ethereum jumps over 20% following Pectra upgrade, Wellgistics unveils $50 million XRP integration and treasury reserve plan, and more ...

Danny Park is an East Asia reporter at The Block writing on topics including Web3 developments and crypto regulations in the region. He was formerly a reporter at Forkast.News, where he actively ...

Two teenagers face adult felony charges after allegedly abducting a man at gunpoint in Las Vegas and stealing $4 million in cryptocurrency and NFTs, according to local media reports. A third teenager, ...

Goldman Sachs is now the largest holder of shares of IBIT, BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF, after boosting its holdings by 28% over the course of 2025’s first quarter. IBIT’s 20-day streak of net inflows ...

The OCC clarified that national banks are permitted to execute cryptocurrency buy and sell orders on behalf of their customers. The agency recently rescinded its previous stance that required banks to ...

President Donald Trump’s involvement in digital assets through companies, his memecoin and pricey dinners have threatened to upend hopes of bipartisanship. Last weekend, Democratic Sens. Ruben Gallego ...

Coinbase Derivatives, the firm’s CFTC-regulated derivatives arm, will provide round-the-clock futures contracts trading for retail and institutional users starting today. The cryptocurrency exchange ...

A Virginia man was sentenced to more than 30 years in federal prison for raising funds for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) using wire transfers, social media, and cryptocurrency. The ...

U.S. senators voted Thursday to halt progress on a stablecoin regulation bill amid escalating tensions over President Donald Trump’s crypto involvement. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said American ...

Democrats voiced their concern over the combination between Binance’s need to comply as part of its settlement and Trump’s involvement in foreign firms Some Democrats have increasingly raised concerns ...

German authorities announced that they confiscated over $38 million worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from eXch exchange a day before its closure. Authorities said operators are suspected of ...

IntoTheBlock and Trident Digital have announced a merger to form a new institutional DeFi platform called Sentora. The combined firm has secured $25 million in a Series A funding round led by New Form ...