Day: 7 May 2025

A team of former Monero developers has introduced Tari, a new privacy-focused layer-1 blockchain designed to make crypto mining accessible and engaging for everyday users. Tari aims to combine robust privacy features with a user-friendly mining experience, allowing anyone with a Mac or PC to mine its native cryptocurrency, XTM, ...

Investor enthusiasm for BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has shown no signs of slowing, with the spot Bitcoin ETF notching 16 consecutive days of inflows and edging closer to $5 billion in new capital. This surge in institutional interest coincided with Bitcoin’s brief spike to $97,500 during early trading on ...

After more than five months of inactivity, the hacker behind the 2022 Voltage Finance exploit has resurfaced—this time, moving a portion of the stolen Ether through Tornado Cash, a privacy-focused mixer. On May 6, blockchain security firm CertiK flagged the movement of 100 Ether, worth approximately $182,783 at the time, ...

South Korea’s Democratic Party leader and presidential frontrunner, Lee Jae-myung, has vowed to legalize spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and introduce a range of crypto-friendly policies if elected in the upcoming June 3 presidential race. Lee unveiled his pro-crypto agenda on May 6, aiming to appeal to younger voters by ...

In a bold step toward enhancing its infrastructure and community engagement, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a crypto platform linked to the Trump family, has revealed plans to airdrop its newly launched USD1 stablecoin to early WLFI token holders. The initiative, currently enjoying overwhelming support on WLFI’s governance forum, aims to ...

Coinbase has unveiled a bold new payments protocol called x402, designed to facilitate instant stablecoin transactions directly over the internet via HTTP, setting the stage for an autonomous, AI-driven digital economy. According to the May 6 announcement, reviving the long-dormant HTTP 402 status code, originally labelled “Payment Required,” the x402 ...

Apex Group has been appointed as the first official listing sponsor on 21X, the first licensed distributed ledger technology (DLT) trading and settlement system (TSS) in Europe, the companies announced. The partnership will allow Apex to facilitate the listing of tokenized funds on 21X’s blockchain-based infrastructure, offering a regulated, on-chain ...

The crypto community is in uproar following growing suspicions that Jeffy Yu, the developer behind AI-powered crypto project Zerebro, may have staged his suicide during a livestream on May 4 to promote his new memecoin, LLJEFFY. Online sleuths have pointed to a string of peculiar developments as evidence. A private ...

VNBTC, a leading cloud mining platform, has launched a new service that allows users to mine cryptocurrency without any initial investment, making crypto mining accessible to both beginners and experienced users. The platform eliminates the need for expensive hardware, technical expertise, and high electricity costs, as all operations are handled ...

Protocol Theory, a leading global consumer insights firm specializing in Web3, has announced a strategic partnership with Crypto News Australia, one of the nation’s premier blockchain media outlets. The collaboration aims to close the gap between everyday crypto users and industry decision-makers by embedding ProtocolPanel™—Protocol Theory’s proprietary, human-verified survey platform—directly ...