This is an excerpt from the 22nd edition of The Funding sent to our subscribers on Feb. 23. The Funding is a fortnightly newsletter written by Yogita Khatri, The Block’s longest-serving editorial ...

Franklin Templeton’s registration statement posted on Friday included language around language on staking for a proposed Franklin Solana ETF. “I think staking will ultimately be allowed for all ...

Strategy has purchased another 20,356 BTC for approximately $2 billion at an average price of $97,514 per bitcoin. The bitcoin acquisitions follow the completion of Strategy’s latest $2 billion ...

Bloomberg reported on Monday Citadel could enter as a market maker on exchanges like Coinbase. This follows comments CEO Ken Griffin made at a UBS conference arguing the Trump administration should ...

An affiliate of OKX agreed to pay over $500 million, including $84 million in penalties and approximately $421 million in forfeited fees earned from U.S. customers. The exchange said the U.S.

Arkham Intelligence said Lazarus Group hacked Bybit for over $1.5 billion, citing information provided by online sleuth ZachXBT. Arkham Intelligence said Lazarus Group hacked Bybit for over $1.5 ...

Regulatory uncertainty remains a potential hurdle for Solana ETFs, as the SEC may classify SOL differently from Bitcoin and Ethereum despite a more crypto-friendly stance under new leadership.

Ethena Foundation has raised $100 million via a private sale of ENA tokens from investors, including Franklin Templeton, Polychain, Pantera, Dragonfly and F-Prime. The funds will be used to build out ...

HBAR is the underlying token of Hedera, a decentralized public network that utilizes the Hashgraph consensus algorithm to facilitate fast and secure transactions globally. A 19b-4 filing is the second ...

Ethereum has dropped 5% as traders brace for further declines in the wake of the Bybit hack, which resulted in $1.5 billion worth of ether being stolen. An analyst told The Block that concerns over ...

Memes Lab has announced the closure of a $2.3 million seed round led by Lemniscap. The round featured participation from TVM Ventures, Animoca Brands, OKX Ventures, GSR, Amber Group and others. Memes ...

Time.fun has gone live on Solana, letting creators tokenize their time and get paid for replying to messages. The platform’s founder, Kawz, reckons other platforms might build on top of tokenized time ...