JPMorgan Chase is reportedly preparing to offer loans backed by client-held digital assets, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, marking a direct engagement with crypto collateralization by a global systemically important bank for the first time. The plan, reported by the Financial Times and Reuters, would expand an existing effort by the bank to accept spot Bitcoin…
More than 913,111 ETH has been permanently lost due to user and contract-related errors, according to Conor Grogan, a director at Coinbase. At current prices, that amounts to approximately $3.43 billion in inaccessible assets, which represent over 0.76% of Ethereum’s total circulating supply. Grogan highlighted several major incidents that have contributed to this significant number…
Altcoins advanced sharply last week while Bitcoin (BTC) held near record levels, shifting market leadership toward higher-beta tokens, according to the latest edition of the “Bitfinex Alpha” report. Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $123,054, a 65% climb from its April low, before entering a sideways range between $116,000 and $120,000. As the flagship crypto…
BitGo has filed confidential paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a potential initial public offering, signaling its intent to enter public markets amid renewed momentum in the digital asset sector. The company’s Form S-1 submission does not include share counts or pricing details, and the offering remains contingent on regulatory review…
Jito Labs published a proposal for a Block Assembly Marketplace (BAM) on July 21, a transaction-sequencing system that would enable developers to run central-limit order books, perpetual exchanges, and dark pools on Solana without altering the base protocol. The design introduces a network of BAM Nodes that sit beside the existing validator set, order encrypted…
Sahara AI’s new bounty platform rewards users for labeling training data, with over $450K in token payouts
Dogecoin could rival the likes of Ethereum and Solana, developers say, if a new network upgrade proposal is passed and implemented.
Hedera and Hyperliquid led losses among the top 20 as altcoins entered a “cooling off period” after overbought signals, Decrypt was told.
A quiet wave of browser-based crypto miners is spreading across the web, repurposing compromised sites from older attacks.
The Wall Street giant may allow clients to borrow against crypto holdings, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, as early as next year.