Cryptocurrency analytics and research firm Messari has laid off approximately 15% of its workforce as part of an organizational restructuring, CEO Eric Turner confirmed to The Block on Friday. We made some changes to our...

Heritage Distilling, a publicly traded spirits company, announced plans to adopt Bitcoin as a strategic asset and payment method, signaling the growing trend of businesses integrating cryptocurrency into their operations....

The Netherlands has become the first European Union (EU) member state to issue licenses under the EUs Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, granting MoonPay, BitStaete, ZBD, and Hidden Road the right to operate...

Kraken CLO Among Top Candidates for U.S. CFTC Chair Krakens Chief Legal Officer (CLO) Marco Santori, pro-crypto CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger, and former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz have emerged as strong...

Two publicly traded companies announced substantial Bitcoin acquisitions this week, as more firms adopt a treasury strategy inspired by MicroStrategys crypto investment model. Los Angeles-based social media marketing...

Polymarket, a decentralized prediction market platform, is currently facilitating wagers on the progression of the Palisades Fire in California. As of Wednesday afternoon, the platform featured nine active fire-related...

Starknet, a leading zero-knowledge (ZK) layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, has unveiled the Starknet Stack (SN Stack), a new suite of tools designed to enable developers to create custom blockchains using Starknets ZK...

Ripple President Monica Long emphasized the complementary roles of the blockchain-native asset XRP and Ripples newly launched stablecoin RippleUSD (RLUSD) during an interview with Bloomberg on January 7. Addressing...

Dubai-based cryptocurrency trading platform Backpack Exchange has finalized the acquisition of FTX EU, the former European arm of the collapsed FTX exchange, for US$32.7 million. The deal is aimed at bolstering Backpacks...

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has revealed that he dined with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Ripples Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty, signaling optimism for 2025. Taking to X (formerly Twitter) on January 8,...