Binance Boosts Compliance Staff by 34% Year-Over-Year, Citing Industry’s ‘Rapid Maturation’
The world’s largest crypto exchange is in the process of overhauling its approach to regulatory compliance.
June 2025
Bitwise Joins Mounting Race for Solana ETF
Donald Trump’s election win may be pressing fast-forward on evvel unheard-of propositions.
U.S. SEC Loses Crypto Lawsuit Over ‘Dealer’ Definition That Pushed Into Crypto
A Texas federal court ruled that the regulator’s new dealer definition that roped in crypto entities was “untethered” to U.S. securities law.
Memecoins Show Coinbase’s Base Blockchain Isn’t So Centralized, Founder Says
If someone could launch BALD, a token mocking the crypto exchange’s CEO, on the layer-2 network, it shows “we can’t control or shut it down,” says Jesse Pollak.
The Protocol: Bitcoin Bridged Trustlessly to L2; Ethereum’s Blob Mob
Also: Avalanche’s big upgrade; rollups welcome Beam Chain
Crypto Staking Goes Live on Starknet in First for Top Ethereum L2 Blockchains
Now, anyone with 20,000 STRK ($12K) can make money as a validator, and users with smaller holdings can delegate tokens to validators to stake on their behalf.
Avalanche Blockchain’s Largest-Ever Upgrade Goes Live on Testnet
Avalanche9000 is meant to cut the cost of sending transactions and running validators, making it easier to build apps on the network, crypto’s eighth-largest.
Crypto Gets Shock Video Dose as Users Stream ‘NSFW’ Content to Pump Their Memecoins
A guy locked in a cage, men killing hens and someone not leaving their toilet until a token reaches a specific market cap. The desperation to make money is real
Ethereum Layer-2 Teams Welcome Proposal to Overhaul Blockchain
Far from making zero-knowledge rollups obsolete, the Beam Chain would make them work better, says Polygon. zkSync builder Matter Labs is also bullish.
Sui Network Back Up After Scheduling Bug Leads to Two-Hour Downtime; SUI Recovers
The downtime was caused by a bug in its transaction scheduling.