X hires former Aave chief product officer and Base design lead Benji Taylor as head of design, as the company prepares to roll out its X Money payments product. Elon Musk’s X has hired crypto-native product designer Benji Taylor as its new head of design, ahead of a wider rollout of the platform’s X Money...Continue Reading

Crypto philanthropy in Africa builds moments, not enduring systems. Transparency without local ownership and maintenance delivers aid dependency, not dignity. Opinion by: Samuel Owusu-Boadi, founder of WellsForAll Over the past decade, crypto philanthropy has exploded. From a niche experiment to a transformative force channeling billions into global causes, crypto philanthropy’s moment has arrived. According to...Continue Reading

A $176 million Bitcoin theft tied to a seed phrase leak reveals how simple surveillance can bypass crypto security and drain entire wallets. In crypto, security is usually regarded as a technical issue. You are asked to safeguard your private keys, rely on a hardware wallet and steer clear of phishing links. Yet a prominent...Continue Reading

Bernstein kept its $190 price target for the Circle stock while Bitwise predicted the company’s worth will grow 200% to $75 billion by 2030. Circle Internet Group’s CRCL stock is showing signs of a potential 25% rebound after the market may have reacted too aggressively to fears surrounding draft CLARITY Act language tied to stablecoin...Continue Reading

Tazapay said Circle led a Series B extension that brought total funding to $36 million as the company expands cross-border payment rails. Cross-border payment infrastructure provider Tazapay said it closed an extension to its Series B funding round led by Circle Ventures, bringing the total raised to $36 million. The round included participation from Coinbase...Continue Reading

A California judge has certified an investor class in the Nvidia securities suit over alleged misstatements on crypto mining GPU sales, advancing the case toward a potential trial. A California federal judge has certified an investor class in a securities lawsuit accusing Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang of misleading shareholders about how much of the...Continue Reading

Bitcoin was down 44% from its $126,000 all-time highs as key onchain and technical indicators suggested BTC is entering the late phase of the bear market. Bitcoin (BTC) sellers resumed their activity on Thursday as the BTC price slipped below the $70,000 mark. Analysts said that Bitcoin showed signs of a bear market in its...Continue Reading

CoinShares says up to 20% of Bitcoin miners may be unprofitable at current hashprice levels, particularly those running older machines or paying higher power costs. Bitcoin mining economics are tightening to levels that are pushing a portion of the global fleet below profitability, according to a report from asset manager CoinShares.  In its Bitcoin mining...Continue Reading

US recession fears multiplied this week as BlackRock’s Larry Fink warned of a “global” downturn over oil prices, with Bitcoin still tied to stocks. Bitcoin (BTC) faces a new macro test as markets increasingly bet on the US entering recession in 2026. Key points: Bitcoin could face a new challenge in the form of its...Continue Reading

Investigators have frozen about $1.2 million as efforts continue to trace funds lost in a wallet breach linked to a seed phrase compromise. Bo Shen, the co-founder of venture capital firm Fenbushi Capital, offered a bounty to recover about $42 million in digital assets stolen from his personal wallet in a 2022 hack.  Shen said...Continue Reading