Álvaro Romillo, a Spanish crypto influencer also known as CryptoSpain, has been detained without bail on charges of orchestrating a $300 million fraud through his organization Madeira Invest Club, ...

Ethereum-based DEX Balancer may have been exploited, with onchain data showing over $128.6 million in assets withdrawn from its vaults. DeFi protocol Balancer appears to have suffered an exploit, with ...

Zynk has raised $5 million in a seed round led by Hivemind Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, among others. Zynk said it will use the fresh funding to expand its payment corridors, ...

Hyperliquid was the outlier among major perp DEXs as it ended the month about 16% below its peak two months prior. The following is excerpted from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter. Total trade ...

RedStone has launched HyperStone, a new oracle supporting Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 framework for permissionless perpetual markets. The protocol says builders can now deploy custom perpetuals using ...

The Chicago-based investment firm, an offspring of CMT Group, began raising for its fourth crypto fund in mid-2024 — targeting $150 million. Crypto venture funding has yet to rebound following the ...

As lawmakers near deal to end government shutdown, here's what that means for crypto when agencies reopen ...

Upexi has added a further 88,750 SOL since its last update on Sept. 10, bringing its total holdings to more than 2.1 million SOL. The Solana-focused treasury firm also reported an 82% increase in ...

Animoca, which possesses a large portfolio of digital assets, would gain direct access to U.S. investors at a time when interest in publicly traded crypto-related firms and funds is at an all-time ...

Robot Ventures leads $5.2 million seed round for Sprinter, a 'solving-as-a-service' startup founded by Ethereum OGs ...

James Hunt is a Senior Reporter at The Block and writer of The Daily newsletter, keeping you up to speed on the latest crypto news every weekday. Prior to joining The Block in 2022, James spent four ...

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