Danny Park is an East Asia reporter at The Block writing on topics including Web3 developments and crypto regulations in the region. He was formerly a reporter at Forkast.News, where he actively ...

Vishal Chawla is The Block’s Crypto Ecosystems Editor and has spent over seven years covering tech protocols, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Vishal can be reached on ...

Binance.US has resumed fiat deposits and withdrawals for the first time in almost two years. The SEC acknowledged 19b-4 filings from Nasdaq on behalf of CoinShares for both spot Litecoin and XRP ETFs ...

A Copper analyst suggests that a reported plan to audit Fort Knox’s gold reserves could lead to increased scrutiny of gold holdings, potentially driving investors toward bitcoin. He noted that if gold ...

SEC staff have agreed in principle to dismiss the agency’s case against Coinbase, according to the crypto exchange. Subject to Commissioner approval, the potential dismissal would see an end to the ...

The FTX founder criticized the “incredibly destructive” politicization of the judicial system under the Biden administration as he angled for a pardon from President Trump. Sam Bankman-Fried attempted ...

As the U.S. Congress works to regulate crypto, state lawmakers are increasingly forging ahead on bills that embrace crypto, from ones creating bitcoin reserves and, more recently, another to keep ...

Ver, a.k.a. “Bitcoin Jesus,” was arrested in Spain on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice on eight charges related to tax fraud in 2024. The DOJ alleges Ver severely understated the value of his ...

EigenLayer, Polymarket and UMA are collaborating on researching a next-generation oracle system. The new oracle is set to utilize EigenLayer’s infrastructure, including its restaking mechanism and the ...

The agency announced the new unit on Thursday, calling it the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit, or CETU. Laura D’Allaird, who has been at the SEC for several years with various roles in ...

The Federal Reserve tries to be “straight up the middle,” said top Fed official Michael Barr on Thursday during a Georgetown Law event. The topic of crypto debanking has been cast into the spotlight, ...

The record-low Ethereum fees signal weak demand amid onchain volume decline. The following is an excerpt from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter. The 7-day moving average (7DMA) of transaction ...