Danny Park is an East Asia reporter at The Block writing on topics including Web3 developments and crypto regulations in the region. He was formerly a reporter at Forkast.News, where he actively ...

Base faced criticism from the crypto community earlier today after the token “Base is for everyone” crashed 95% following a rapid surge in value. Base explained that the token launch is part of the ...

Panama City Mayor Mayer Mizrachi Matalon said on Wednesday that the council voted to accept the cryptocurrencies BTC, ETH, USDC, and USDT to pay for taxes, fees, tickets, and permits entirely. Panama ...

Chinese local governments have been selling confiscated crypto assets amid a slowing economy, Reuters reported. The county continues to ban crypto trading on the Chinese mainland. Chinese local ...

Kraken now supports equities trading on its digital asset exchange — powered by a brokerage deal with Alpaca. The firm teased the move in March after disclosing plans to acquire CFTC-regulated ...

The memo could unravel ongoing crypto cases, said Samson Enzer, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP and former federal prosecutor. Better Markets compared the memo to “police going after ...

Bank of America is lobbying for rules favoring banks over tech firms in stablecoin issuance. Circle is positioning itself as a compliant U.S. alternative to offshore giant Tether. Stablecoin ...

JPMorgan says gold is attracting safe-haven demand from both ETF and futures investors. Bitcoin is seeing the opposite trend, with JPMorgan pointing to falling futures interest and three months of ETF ...

This marks a 26% month-over-month relative increase in search volumes for “Bitcoin.” The following is an excerpt from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter. Google search volume for “Bitcoin” for ...

Raydium has released its token launchpad to allow creators to easily spin out cryptocurrencies. The tool comes nearly a month after Pump.fun announced its decentralized exchange, PumpSwap. Raydium, ...

Eliza Labs has launched a pump.fun-style launchpad called auto.fun, enabling users to deploy complex AI agents without any technical skills. To support these agents, auto.fun incorporates a “fairer ...

Crypto exchange OKX said it is launching its exchange and wallet product in the U.S., and setting up its regional headquarters in San Jose, California. OKX reached a $500 million settlement with the ...