Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has called for a rethink of decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) design, arguing that most DAOs remain stuck in a shallow model that fails to fix the weaknesses of politics and corporate governance. In a Monday post on X, Buterin said today’s DAO blueprint often amounts to
Tensions have escalated between the Trump Administration and the Coinbase exchange because the platform suddenly pulled its support for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, and rumors have been spreading that the Trump White House is pulling the plug on the bill. Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett said in a
Uniswap has marked its presence on the multi-chain universe by entering X Layer, which stands for OKX’s Ethereum Layer 2 ecosystem. This will enable a new low-cost platform for the trading community and retain the native Uniswap experience within the OKX ecosystem. Uniswap made the deployment official through an announcement
Grayscale added more exposure candidates from the artificial intelligence, DeFi, consumer, and infrastructure segments to its list of digital assets under consideration for future investment products. The update signals continued product exploration by the world’s largest digital asset-focused manager, as US investor demand widens beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. In a
It has recently been proposed by Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, that this functionality of DeFi services for the Bitcoin and the XRP networks may become a reality via the “Midnight Protocol” chain, a “privacy-focused” sister chain of the Cardano chain. The “Midnight” chain, launched late in 2025, uses
Polymarket has introduced trading fees, marking a significant shift in its business model as it expands beyond niche prediction markets into more mainstream crypto trading. The platform confirmed that it has begun charging fees on its short-duration cryptocurrency price markets and on its Polymarket US app, which is currently available
A Senate markup of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act has been announced for next week, marking a critical point in the future of U.S. cryptocurrency legislation, according to Tim Scott. A new cryptocurrency bill has been proposed in order to create a uniform market structure for the cryptocurrency market.
Jupiter has rolled out a major upgrade to its mobile application, launching Mobile V3 on Jan. 1 as it pushes to make advanced onchain trading fully native on smartphones. With this release, Jupiter aims to turn mobile devices into independent trading terminals rather than lightweight companions to desktop platforms. Mobile
Perpetual DEXs ended 2025 with a substantial increase in trading volumes as total volumes rose to $12.09 trillion compared to a mere $4.1 trillion during the start of the year. This is a clear indication of a breakout year for derivatives trading through onchain. According to DefiLlama, approximately $7.9 trillion,
VerifiedX (VFX) network (verifiedx.io), the people’s network and a decentralized global leader in self-custody and Web3 wallet financial infrastructure powering institutional and consumer-grade blockchain utility and Blockdaemon (blockdaemon.com), a leading U.S.- headquartered institutional-grade crypto infrastructure company, today announced a major first-mover strategic partnership. Together, Blockdaemon and VerifiedX will now deliver
