Coinbase-Backed Ethereum Network Base Recovers After Block Production Issue
In brief Base was down for more than two hours on Thursday after an issue arose that halted block production. The network is back up...
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Bitcoin empty block at 954,352: rare event or miner strategy?
Bitcoin mined an empty block at height 954,352, according to Mempool data. Summary SpiderPool mined Bitcoin block 954,352 with only the coinbase transaction and no...
Australia’s top court overturns Block Earner appeal in ASIC licensing dispute
Australia’s High Court has unanimously ruled 7-0 in favor of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, finding that Block Earner’s former fixed-yield crypto product required...
Canadian PM Urges AI Diversification After US Anthropic Block, Decentralized AI Tokens Rally
In brief Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that a U.S. order on Anthropic shows the risk of leaning on only a few AI makers....
Spanish authorities block Polymarket and Kalshi over gambling laws
Spain’s gambling regulator blocked local users from Polymarket and Kalshi “as a precautionary measure” as authorities there address allegations the prediction markets platforms were in...
German lawmakers block Green plan to end Bitcoin tax break
Germany’s Finance Committee has rejected a proposal from the Green Party to scrap the country’s tax exemption for cryptocurrencies held longer than one year. Summary...
House Republicans seek indefinite block on U.S. CBDC plans
Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House have pushed to turn a temporary restriction on a central bank digital currency into a permanent ban as Congress...
CZ says US crypto rivals tried to block Trump pardon
Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said rival crypto exchanges in the United States opposed his pardon request before President Donald Trump granted clemency in October...
Polygon reduces block time amid stablecoin push
Polygon has reduced its average block time to 1.75 seconds as the network expands infrastructure built around stablecoin payments and institutional settlement tools. Summary Polygon...
Jack Dorsey’s Block rises despite first quarterly loss in years
Block Inc. shares rose after the payments company reported stronger adjusted earnings for Q1 2026, even as its Bitcoin business weakened and the firm posted...