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Filecoin's largest protocol Glif set to airdrop 100 million tokens
Filecoin's largest protocol Glif set to airdrop 100 million tokens

Quick Take Glif, the largest DeFi protocol on Filecoin, is introducing its native token. A total of 100 million GLIF tokens will be airdropped to users.

The Block·2024/10/28 16:00
DYdX Trading lays off 35% of its employees, including core team members
DYdX Trading lays off 35% of its employees, including core team members

Quick Take dYdX Trading has laid off 35% of its staff, according to a company blog. CEO Antonio Juliano recently rejoined the firm after a six-month sabbatical.

The Block·2024/10/28 16:00
US President Joe Biden thanks Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on a phone call for releasing Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan
US President Joe Biden thanks Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on a phone call for releasing Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan

Quick Take U.S. President Joe Biden thanked Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu during a phone call, according to a statement released by The White House on Tuesday. Biden also acknowledged the country’s work on the Bilateral Liaison Group on Illicit Finance and Cryptocurrencies, which launched on Oct. 23.

The Block·2024/10/28 16:00
The Scoop: Circle raises fees as Fed cuts
The Scoop: Circle raises fees as Fed cuts

Quick Take For stablecoin operators, falling interest rates mean less revenue from the cash reserves backing their tokens. This column is adapted from The Scoop newsletter.

The Block·2024/10/28 16:00
NBA Topshot NFT sales hit six-month high as 2024 season tips off
NBA Topshot NFT sales hit six-month high as 2024 season tips off

Quick Take As of the week ending Oct. 27, weekly sales have reached 43,600 NFTs. The following is an excerpt from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter.

The Block·2024/10/28 16:00
Bitcoin DeFi protocol Threshold proposes tBTC merger to 'save' WBTC
Bitcoin DeFi protocol Threshold proposes tBTC merger to 'save' WBTC

Quick Take Bitcoin DeFi protocol Threshold is proposing to merge its version of wrapped bitcoin with WBTC. The move comes after WBTC custodian BitGo announced Justin Sun’s BiT Global would become a multi-sig key holder, raising concerns among some industry participants.

The Block·2024/08/28 16:00
Stablecoin money movement firm Bridge raises $58 million in funding
Stablecoin money movement firm Bridge raises $58 million in funding

Quick Take Started by former Coinbase and Square employees, Bridge is building a stablecoin-powered money movement platform. Bridge’s backers include Sequoia, Ribbit, Index and Haun Ventures.

The Block·2024/08/28 16:00
Days after token airdrop, Orderly Network says its Discord has been compromised
Days after token airdrop, Orderly Network says its Discord has been compromised

Quick Take Orderly Network said its official Discord channel has been compromised in a warning to users to not click any links. The news comes a few days after the protocol launched its native ORDER token and staking program. An estimated $1.2 billion has been lost to crypto hacks and scams in 2024 alone, according to Immunefi.

The Block·2024/08/28 16:00
El Salvador’s Bukele says ‘Bitcoin hasn't had the widespread adoption we hoped for'
El Salvador’s Bukele says ‘Bitcoin hasn't had the widespread adoption we hoped for'

Quick Take In an interview with TIME, President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele said the monetary experiment to make bitcoin legal tender has had mixed results. The cryptocurrency has seen limited domestic adoption, though remains a “net positive” for the country.

The Block·2024/08/28 16:00
The Daily: Trump teases US crypto plan, Kakao and LINE launch Layer 1 Kaia, IREN posts record revenue and more
The Daily: Trump teases US crypto plan, Kakao and LINE launch Layer 1 Kaia, IREN posts record revenue and more

Layer 1 blockchain Kaia from Kakao and LINE launches its mainnet and invites Telegram-style apps.IREN posts a record $184.1 million in annual bitcoin mining revenue as its hashrate capacity nearly doubles.Edge Matrix Chain raises $20 million in a funding round led by Polygon Ventures and Amber Group.The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.

The Block·2024/08/29 17:12