Jason is a U.S. news editor at The Block. He previously worked as a staff writer and later served as managing editor at Benzinga, a financial news and data company. He led Benzinga's daily markets ...

RT Watson is a senior reporter at The Block who covers a wide array of topics including U.S.-based companies, blockchain gaming and NFTs. Formerly covered entertainment at The Wall Street Journal, ...

Cross-border payment services firm MANSA has secured a $10 million funding round led by Tether. MANSA offers onchain liquidity services using USDT to firms to make cross-border payments more ...

The SEC previously acknowledged spot XRP ETF filings from 21Shares, Bitwise, Grayscale, and CoinShares. The agency has also acknowledged a Litecoin ETF filing from Canary Capital. The U.S. Securities ...

ETH liquid staking and restaking protocol mETH Protocol has announced the recovery of 15,000 cmETH tokens, worth about $43 million, from the hacking group responsible for the $1.4 billion exploit of ...

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, ...

JPMorgan analysts warn that weakening institutional demand for CME bitcoin and ether futures is a bearish signal for crypto markets in the near term. The analysts say a lack of positive catalysts and ...

Staking would allow the ETF to generate additional returns on its ETH holdings, which could potentially be passed on to investors. The SEC’s new crypto task force has plans to classify some tokens as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...