News
Stay up-to-date on the most trending topics in crypto with our professional and in-depth news.
When L3s started trending, they were met with initial skepticism — but as more use cases emerge, the clearer their need becomes
Quick Take In a new blog post, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared his thoughts on three issues core to Ethereum’s decentralization: MEV, liquid staking, and the hardware requirements of nodes. In Buterin’s view, many of the concerns around Ethereum’s centralization can be addressed through smart protocol design and upgrades, some of which are already in progress.
Quick Take This is an excerpt from the second edition of The Block’s The Funding newsletter sent to our loyal readers on May 18. The Funding is a fortnightly newsletter written by Yogita Khatri, The Block’s longest-serving editorial member. To subscribe to the free newsletter, click here.
TON is slowly capturing the Layer 1 market share with a notable performance so far.
Reported holdings of spot bitcoin ETFs were a mere fraction of the total cumulative trading volume during the first quarter.Holders made up a diverse set of financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, a hedge fund that manages the endowments of Yale University and Princeton University, and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board.
- 13:00XRP breaks through 3.3 USDT, with a 24H increase of 19.5%The market shows that XRP has broken through 3.3 USDT, currently quoted at 3.3015 USDT, with a 24H increase of 19.5%.
- 12:26Sigil Fund withdrew 105.35 million PENGU from CEX about 3 hours ago, equivalent to approximately 3.56 million US dollarsAccording to Onchain Lens monitoring, 3 hours ago, Sigil Fund has withdrawn 105.35 million PENGU from CEX, worth 3.56 million US dollars.
- 12:23The XRP futures holdings on the exchange have risen to 7.858 billion US dollars, continuing to reach new highsCoinglass data shows that the XRP futures holdings on exchanges have risen to $7.858 billion, setting a new record high. Currently, the total number of unsettled XRP futures contracts across all networks is 2.476 billion XRP, of which Bitget's unsettled XRP contracts account for 586 million XRP (approximately $1.861 billion), ranking first.