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The Daily: IRS finalizes tax rule requiring 'DeFi brokers' to collect user trading information, Do Kwon's US extradition and more

The article covers IRS regulations on DeFi brokers, Do Kwon's extradition, Bitcoin's market status, Bitget's token plans, and new ETFs investing in Bitcoin treasury companies.

theblock.co • 27/12/2024 - 22:01 PM

Smart contracts get smarter: How AI agents are changing the blockchain space

Recent shifts in AI-driven blockchain projects focus on creating “agents”— AI-powered bots capable of performing autonomous tasks like trading, investment management and user interaction. AI agents have the advantage of continuously updating their models to improve decision-making, a capability traditional software bots lack.

theblock.co • 25/12/2024 - 14:01 PM

Crypto's 12 biggest stories of 2024: From Bitcoin ETFs to Hamster Kombat and even the FBI

2024 was a significant year for crypto, with major stories including Bitcoin ETFs, Sam Bankman-Fried's sentencing, and Donald Trump's pro-crypto presidential campaign.

theblock.co • 25/12/2024 - 10:01 AM

Uniswap taps Blockaid for new token warning system

Uniswap integrates Blockaid's technology to enhance user protection by flagging malicious tokens, addressing fraud in the crypto ecosystem, and improving DeFi confidence.

theblock.co • 23/12/2024 - 19:36 PM

Binance and Kraken lead $10 million investment into rapidly-growing decentralized stablecoin Usual

Usual, a stablecoin startup, raised $10M in Series A funding led by Binance and Kraken, offering a compliant stablecoin backed by real assets and aiming for transparent value distribution.

theblock.co • 23/12/2024 - 19:22 PM

The Daily: World Liberty Financial teams up with Ethena, Polygon rejects $1.3 billion stablecoin proposal and more

World Liberty Financial, the fledgling DeFi project supported by President-elect Donald Trump, announced a “long-term collaboration” with synthetic dollar project developer Ethena Labs, starting with the implementation of sUSDe as a collateral token on the WLFI protocol. Polygon community members rejected a recent preliminary proposal to deploy $1.3 billion in stablecoins from the PoS Chain bridge for yield generation, citing security and user consent concerns. Ethereum Name Service (ENS), which simplifies address resolutions on blockchains, selected Consensys-backed Linea’s zkEVM technology to build its Namechain Layer 2 network as part of the ENSv2 upgrade. The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.

theblock.co • 18/12/2024 - 19:53 PM

The Daily: IRS finalizes tax rule requiring 'DeFi brokers' to collect user trading information, Do Kwon's US extradition and more

Smart contracts get smarter: How AI agents are changing the blockchain space

Crypto's 12 biggest stories of 2024: From Bitcoin ETFs to Hamster Kombat and even the FBI

Uniswap taps Blockaid for new token warning system

Binance and Kraken lead $10 million investment into rapidly-growing decentralized stablecoin Usual

The Daily: World Liberty Financial teams up with Ethena, Polygon rejects $1.3 billion stablecoin proposal and more

Crypto-AI startup Fraction AI raises $6 million in pre-seed funding

Hong Kong's HashKey Group launches Ethereum Layer 2 HashKey Chain on mainnet

Pudgy Penguins launches PENGU token on Solana with claims open for 88 days before being burned

Ethena’s much anticipated USDtb stablecoin, backed by BlackRock’s BUIDL token, goes live

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