Base Doubles Down on Global Markets, Stablecoins, and AI Agents
Coinbase’s Layer 2 shifts focus to tokenizing every major asset class and scaling stablecoin payments. Source link
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Resolv Co-Founder Pledges 1:1 Redemptions for All Pre-Exploit USR Holders
Ivan Kozlov shared the first public update on recovery efforts nine days after an attacker minted 80 million unbacked USR tokens and extracted roughly $23 million. Source link
Plume Turns Paychecks Into Yield-Bearing Assets in RWA Payroll Pilot
Employees can elect to receive a portion of their salary in shares of WTGXX, earning yield from the day compensation is paid. Source link
Charles Hoskinson says U.S. crypto bill could take 15 years and favor incumbents
Cardano and Midnight Founder Charles Hoskinson said proposed U.S. crypto legislation could take more than a decade to implement, fail to survive political change and structurally disadvantage new entrants while benefiting established cryptocurrencies. The Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act is still being negotiated in Congress, with lawmakers circulating updated text and trying to close final…
Coinbase’s Base unveils strategy to focus on tokenized markets, stablecoins and developers
Base, the layer-2 network from Coinbase (COIN), is doubling down on its push to build what it calls a “global onchain economy,” outlining a 2026 strategy centered on markets, payments and developers. Base is one of the most widely used layer-2 networks in the Ethereum ecosystem, having opened to public use in August 2023. It…
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) gains 1.5% as index trades flat
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1911.41, up 0.1% (+2.45) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Thirteen of 20 assets is trading higher. Leaders: NEAR (+1.9%) and BCH (+1.5%). Laggards: HBAR (-2.4%) and XLM (-2.0%)….
Google warns five quantum attack paths could put $100 billion on Ethereum at risk
Most of the online reaction to Google Quantum AI’s paper, released late Monday, focused on bitcoin. The nine-minute attack, a 41% theft probability and the 6.9 million in possibly exposed BTC. Ethereum’s section got less attention. It deserves more. The whitepaper, co-authored with Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake and Stanford’s Dan Boneh, mapped five ways…
Risk-off mood deepens in crypto as futures interest declines: Crypto Markets Today
The crypto market exhibited signs of volatility on Tuesday, with bitcoin BTC$66,238.35 spiking to $68,300 shortly after midnight UTC before tumbling back to $66,500. The initial spike was spurred by reports that U.S. President Donald Trump was willing to end the war in Iran without the Strait of Hormuz being opened. The optimism faded after…
Options tied to Hashdex’s crypto ETF that holds BTC, ETH, XRP and other tokens debut on Nasdaq
For over a year, trading Hashdex’s diversified crypto ETF was like riding an amusement park without seatbelts. Investors could speculate, but if the market fell, there was little protection. That’s now changed. Options on the Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF (NCIQ) went live on Nasdaq on Monday, providing investors a way to hedge, generate…
Maryland man charged in $50 million Uranium Finance hack after U.S. seized $31 million in crypto
A Maryland man has been charged with carrying out the 2021 hacks that drained more than $50 million from decentralized exchange Uranium Finance and forced the platform to shut down, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday. Jonathan Spalletta, 36, of Rockville, Maryland, faces one count of computer fraud and one count of money laundering,…