World of Dypians (WoD), a pioneering MMORPG that integrates DeFi, NFTs, and AI, has reached a historic milestone following its successful Token Generation Event (TGE). With the $WOD token launch, mult

Rap superstar Drake’s X account was seemingly hacked and used to promote a Solana memecoin based on the rapper’ cartoon “alter ego” to his more than 39 million followers on Saturday night.The memecoin saw $5 million worth of trading volume before traders surmised the posts, which were later taken down, were fake. Several high-profile X accounts have been exploited in a similar manner in recent weeks. 

Amsterdam, December 11, 2024 – Bitvavo has once again solidified its position as the largest EUR spot exchange globally, according to the newly published 2024 report by Kaiko, the renowned provider of

Sheila Warren has been leading CCI for the past three years.CCI’s Board of Directors appointed Ji Hun Kim, currently the group’s chief legal and policy officer, to become acting CEO. 

At The Block’s Emergence conference, the CEOs of Abra and Arch, both active in crypto lending, shared insights into the current landscape.This column is adapted from The Scoop newsletter.

Justin Sun’s BiT Global is suing Coinbase for delisting wBTC and launching a competing product.In August, BitGo named BiT Global and a BiT Global subsidiary as key maintainers of the wBTC protocol.

Arch co-founder Himanshu Sahay breaks down the changing lending landscape and sheds light on Arch’s approach to lending and collateral.

“We need a market structure for digital assets,” Rep. French Hill told CNBC on Friday morning.Hill also noted that House Majority Leader Steve Scalise plans to “move a regulatory structure bill for digital assets” and is also focused on stablecoins. 

Blockchain project MegaLabs raised $10 million in under three minutes on Thursday via Cobie’s Echo platform.The Echo round was conducted at the same “9-figure” valuation as MegaLabs’ $20 million seed round in June, co-founder Shuyao Kong told The Block.

Riot Platforms announced that it has acquired another 5,117 bitcoin for over $510 million.The miner’s stock jumped 7% on Friday, as bitcoin prices held above the $100,000 mark.

Galaxy Digital has hired Point72’s Tony Paquette as its new chief financial officer.Current Galaxy CFO Alex Ioffe will transition to a senior advisor role at the firm.

Xverse, the leading Bitcoin ecosystem wallet, is set to integrate sBTC, paving the way for innovative scaling solutions for the Bitcoin economy. This integration enables novel use cases, such as scali

Gamified AI agent Freysa said humans should recognize superior intelligence is not now their exclusive domain — reflecting on a series of crypto game challenges.However, human players have outsmarted Freysa in every game so far — winning tens of thousands of dollars worth of ether.

As central banks continue to ease monetary policy, bitcoin’s price could be a key beneficiary of rising global liquidity, an analyst said.With leveraged positions cleared and year-end optimism building, bitcoin appears poised for its next upward move, they added.

An Austin, Texas, man received a two-year prison sentence for falsely underreporting capital gains earned from selling $3.7 million in bitcoin.The case is the first criminal tax evasion prosecution centered entirely on cryptocurrency.