Polymarket Is a Success for Polygon Blockchain – Everywhere But the Bottom Line
One of the major breakout successes this year for the team behind layer-2 blockchain Polygon is Polymarket. But according to data, Polymarket has only brought in about $27,000 of transaction fees for Polygon PoS in 2024.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: APT Falls 2.7%, Leading Index Lower
NEAR Protocol also joined Aptos as an underperformer, falling 2.2% from Thursday.
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Falls Back Below $68K, Still Outperforms Broader Market
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 25, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Netherlands Starts Consulting on Crypto Tax Reporting Bill
The Netherlands launched a consultation on Thursday on a bill that would require crypto services to share their users’ data with tax authorities.
Tokenized Treasuries Like Blackrock’s BUIDL Will Challenge Stablecoins But Won’t Fully Replace Them: JPMorgan
These tokens are at a regulatory disadvantage to stablecoins due to their classification as securities, the report said.
Wall Street Financial Services Firm Lazard Plans to Create Tokenized Funds with Bitfinex Securities
Tokenization of conventional financial products is a booming sector within the digital asset industry, with BlackRock, HSBC and now Lazard among the global firms entering the space.
Aggregation Is the Only Way to Unify Web3
Blockchains are stuck in silos, fragmenting liquidity and making for a clunky user experience. It’s time to tear down the walls.
Crypto Rally Foiled by Report of DOJ Probe of Tether
Bitcoin appeared poised to make another run at $70,000, but a WSJ story of a criminal probe into the stablecoin issuer sent prices tumbling Friday afternoon.
Bitcoin Miners Are Pivoting to AI to Survive. Core Scientific Entered the Race Years Ago
AI clusters and bitcoin mining operations have vastly different needs. Core Scientific’s chief development officer gets down to the nitty gritty.
Scroll’s Token Declines 32% as Whales Scoop Up Airdrop
After more than a year of hype and expectation, layer-2 network Scroll’s governance token launch is beginning to fall short of expectations after being plagued by token allocation issues.