A recent analysis from Galaxy Digital indicates that crypto venture capital activity declined in Q1 2026, after the unusually robust pace observed in Q4 2025. There was a 50% decrease in capital spent quarter-over-quarter and a 16% reduction in transaction count as venture firms invested around $4 billion across 355
Enterprises, financial institutions, and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) across Korea and the broader APAC region will benefit from the expanded digital asset security and compliance infrastructure thanks to a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between CertiK, the leading Web3 security services provider, and Lambda256, a blockchain technology subsidiary of
Today, CertiK, a blockchain and AI security firm, officially launched CertiK Skill Scanner, a new security solution intended to safeguard the quickly expanding ecosystem of AI Agents and third-party AI Skills. The solution is designed for developers, businesses, AI skill markets, and ultimately regular consumers who want more insight into the dangers
The founder of Ondo Finance, Nathan Allman, passed away, the firm said in a post on X on Tuesday, without saying why. The new chief executive officer is Ian De Bode, a longstanding president of Ondo who has been in charge of strategy, products, and daily operations for more than two
At a record $322 billion, the total market value of stablecoins is more than the foreign currency reserves of 95 nations, including a number of developed nations. Their current market capitalization exceeds that of developed economies like the UK, Canada, and the oil-exporting behemoth UAE, as well as emerging markets like Mexico,
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has granted VALR, Africa’s leading provider of digital asset infrastructure, provisional approval to function as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP). This achievement gives VALR provisional authority to provide a wide range of services, such as: A key component of VALR’s worldwide expansion plan, this approval puts the company
On Monday, Asian stock markets rose, which helped push Bitcoin up a little, thanks to a precipitous drop in oil prices. As of this writing, the top cryptocurrency by market cap was trading around $77,400, an increase of 0.43% over the last 24 hours, as reported by CMC. There, bitcoin
Even if Kevin Warsh is now the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Bitcoin has been under pressure below $78,000 because traders are still concentrating on increasing Treasury rates and the low likelihood of short-term rate reduction. Bitcoin and Risk Assets Remain Under Strain Less than 24 hours after being inaugurated
The US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund market is about to see net outflows for the year after six days of withdrawals that began on Friday. After Friday’s market loss of $105.2 million—$68.9 million for BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and $36.3 million for Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC)—net inflows
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, addressed the rising concerns leveled against the Ethereum Foundation, arguing that it should do more to promote and maintain token pricing. According to Buterin, the Foundation will stick to its stated goals of supporting decentralization of the Ethereum Protocol, open source software code, cybersecurity, long-range
