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Throughout the quarter, Kraken accelerated that momentum – introducing new product categories, enhancing client experiences and expanding platform-wide capabilities to strengthen our full product suite. Our results demonstrate the scalability of our multi-product platform and the resilience of our model in a fast-changing market. By pairing innovation with discipline, we continue to lay the foundation…
DePIN-fueled ecosystem AIOZ Network is “evolving a people-powered internet”—addressing key pain points while delivering infrastructure that’s designed for the artificial intelligence era.“AIOZ Network empowers users to store, compute, and share data on their own terms,” Erman Tjiputra, Founder and CEO of AIOZ Network, told Decrypt. Anyone can contribute to the “people-powered, peer-to-peer DePIN network” using…
In brief U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) has urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to finalize its open banking rule, warning that banks have restricted access to industries they oppose, including digital assets. The rule, finalized on October 22, 2024, allows consumers to share financial data with third-party apps via APIs, critical infrastructure for connecting…
In brief Solana Saga devices are no longer receiving software updates and security patches. The product’s support lifecycle lasted just more than two years, far less than devices from Apple and Google. Solana Mobile’s focus has shifted to the Seeker, its second-gen mobile phone that will eventually get an ecosystem token. Solana Mobile is discontinuing…
In brief The government has introduced legislation to make a temporary crypto mining moratorium permanent. Officials said the change is part of a broader plan to allocate electricity to high-value industries. Crypto industry leaders warned the decision could push investment to areas without clean energy. The Government of British Columbia is moving to permanently bar…
In brief Ethereum treasury SharpLink Gaming had not bought ETH for over a month. The Nasdaq-listed company added 19,271 ETH to its balance sheet last week, when the price of the asset dropped. SharpLink Gaming now holds 859,853 ETH, now worth over $3.5 billion. Ethereum treasury firm SharpLink Gaming announced Tuesday that it added nearly…
In brief Google Threat Intelligence Group researchers have uncovered North Korean hackers using EtherHiding malware. EtherHiding enables stealthy, untraceable malware delivery through smart contracts. The regime’s hackers have stolen over $2 billion so far in 2025 alone, most from the Bybit exchange breach. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has warned that North Korea is using EtherHiding—a…
In brief Coinbase says U.S. AML laws are “broken” and wants Treasury to adopt AI, APIs, and zero-knowledge proofs to modernize compliance. The exchange proposes safe harbors for AI use and recognition of decentralized IDs to reduce costly, privacy-risky KYC duplication. Coin Center warns traditional AML on stablecoins could create a “CBDC-style panopticon” as Treasury…
In brief A major outage at Amazon Web Services continued to disrupt key crypto platforms on Monday afternoon, including Coinbase, Base, and OpenSea, with issues hitting East Coast users especially hard. The downtime even impacted decentralized apps like MetaMask, which use third-party, AWS-dependent services to fetch blockchain data for users. While the disruptions highlighted crypto’s…
Top crypto trading platforms Coinbase and Robinhood went offline for hours Monday, with the companies citing an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage as the cause of the mayhem. Users across the world panicked as their crypto funds became—at least temporarily—inaccessible. Users of both apps reported an inability not only to buy or sell tokens on Monday,…
