Protocol Village: Zircuit Launches ‘Build to Earn’ Program With Rewards for Devs
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 28-April 3.
Crypto Addresses of ‘Hamas-Aligned’ Gaza Now Is Sanctioned by U.S, U.K.
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found that the online organization raised a mere $21,000 in crypto for Hamas since the October 7th attacks.
Ethena, a $1.3B Yield-Earning Protocol, to Debut Governance Token Next Week
The DeFi protocol, which generates yield from ether derivative funding rates, is set to airdrop 750 million ENA tokens, 5% of the total supply, on April 2.
BlackRock’s Tokenized Fund Quickly Rakes in $245M, Right Behind Franklin Templeton’s Older Offering
The tokenized U.S. Treasury market is poised to reach $1 billion “very soon” given the growth of BlackRock’s BUIDL, an analyst noted.
BlackRock’s Fink Says an Ether ETF Is Possible Even if ETH Is a Security
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink isn’t worried about the U.S. Securities and Exchange classifying Ethereum’s ether as a security.
What Binance’s Exit From Nigeria Means for P2P Bitcoin
The exchange was forced to leave Nigeria, and I’m sure it will happen to other crypto companies in other countries, Ray Youssef, CEO of NoOnes, writes.
The Protocol: Meme Coins (and Pepe’s Best Friend) Swarm Coinbase Layer 2 Chain
The meme coin frenzy that drove up activity – and failed transactions – on Solana appears to have quickly migrated to Base, Coinbase’s six-month-old layer-2 blockchain. Who is the blue-faced creature behind the $BRETT token?
Crypto Stocks Like MicroStrategy, Coinbase Could Shoot Up if Short Sellers Exit
MicroStrategy and Coinbase’s stock prices could shoot up if short sellers bail out, according to a report by data analytics firm S3 Partners.
Dutch Prosecutors Seek 64-Month Jail Sentence for Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev
The judge will deliver the verdict on May 14, the court said.
Ondo Finance to Move $95M to BlackRock’s Tokenized Fund for Instant Settlements for Its T-Bill Token
The allocation marks to first example of a crypto protocol leveraging BlackRock’s tokenized fund for its own offering.