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A blockchain researcher has pushed back against growing criticism of the Ethereum Foundation, arguing that the organization is doing “exactly” what it was designed to do, which the critics keep getting wrong. In a post on X titled “Leave the Foundation Alone,” William Mougayar, a Toronto-based blockchain investor, researcher and best-selling author, argued that the EF is a protocol steward, not a marketing engine. Mougayar said that $ETH, Ethereum and the Ethereum Foundation are three separate entities with three separate trajectories. “The asset is money. The infrastructure is shared compute. The Foundation is a non-profit that is steering the protocol…

US President Donald Trump announced that negotiations with Iran have reached the “final stage.” Speaking to the press, Trump said, “We’ll see what happens,” adding that the only question now regarding Iran is “whether the process will be completed militarily or whether Iran will sign the agreement.” Trump also said, “We may have to hit Iran harder, but maybe we won’t.” Trump argued that further conflict could erupt in the region if Iran did not agree to the deal, saying, “If Iran doesn’t act wisely, there will be more wars.” Related News Ripple (XRP) Announced a Major New Partnership for…

Crypto asset management company Bitwise has made a noteworthy assessment of $HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid ecosystem. Matt Hougan, the company’s Chief Investment Officer, argued that while $HYPE is projected to be one of the best-performing large-cap crypto assets by 2026, it is still not sufficiently valued by the market. According to Hougan, $HYPE has shown strong performance, gaining 77% in value since the beginning of the year. However, despite this, investors are not fully pricing in Hyperliquid’s long-term growth potential. The Bitwise executive described $HYPE as a “second-generation crypto token,” stating that these assets have the capacity…

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission raided the local offices of two major Chinese brokerage arms on May 27, targeting suspected misconduct tied to share offerings. SFC officers descended on CCB International and China Securities International, walking out with documents and electronic devices. This isn’t a one-off. It’s the second time in three months the SFC has kicked down the doors of Chinese brokerages operating in the city, following similar raids on Citic Securities and Guotai Junan International back in March 2026. What happened and who’s involved CCB International, known as CCBI, is the offshore arm of China Construction Bank…

Several major cryptocurrency exchanges warned users this week that transfers involving $HTX could face additional compliance checks after the United Kingdom sanctioned the exchange over alleged ties to Russian financial networks. The U.K. government added $HTX to its Russia sanctions list as part of a broader package targeting entities accused of helping sanctions evasion and illicit financial activity linked to Moscow. British authorities said they had “reasonable grounds to suspect” $HTX provided financial services connected to sanctioned entities including crypto exchange Garantex and the A7 network, whose A7 LLC issues the ruble-pegged A7A5 stablecoin. The Foreign Office said the A7…

The Collably Network and PayGo have joined forces to create a new partnership that will revolutionize autonomous commerce in the Web3 ecosystem. Their main objective as partners is to implement transaction layers for Pay-Per-Request (PPR) via the HTTP protocol, which will help reduce the legacy friction that exists between different connected networks; machine-to-machine economies; and artificial intelligence (AI) agents within the Web3 ecosystem. Unlocking Request-Level Settlements via HTTP This partnership focuses on bringing PayGo’s x402 Payments Infrastructure to the table, designed specifically to accommodate request-level settlements. Automated software, APIs and AI agents have operated under human-centered transaction frameworks; limited by…

As investors pulled millions of dollars out of U.S.-listed spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Tuesday, one move stood out. A single investor dumped over a billion dollars-worth of shares in BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF, which trades under the ticker IBIT, in one dark-pool trade. A dark-pool trade is a privately negotiated transaction, allowing the largest market participants to buy and sell large amounts of stock without tipping off the public or instantly crushing the spot price. The massive sale was just one on a day that saw total net outflows from the 11 spot ETFs increase to $334 million. The…

Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 network, Base, has fought its way back into the upper ranks of crypto projects sorted by daily revenue. The network, which launched in August 2023, is once again generating enough fee activity to compete with some of the most established protocols in decentralized finance. The numbers behind the comeback According to DeFiLlama, Base recorded approximately $180K in 24-hour revenue derived primarily from burned fees. That figure places it back among the top revenue-generating protocols tracked by the analytics platform, a tier typically dominated by stablecoin issuers and application-layer heavyweights. Token Terminal paints an even rosier picture.…

The market for tokenized Pokémon cards has reached a new milestone. Total sales of blockchain-based digital representations of physical Pokémon cards hit an all-time high of $7.4 million during the first week of May, according to data from ODaily. This figure represents a 337% increase compared to the same period last year, signaling a growing appetite for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization among collectors and investors. Market Leaders and Share Breakdown The tokenized Pokémon card market is currently dominated by three main platforms. Courtyard leads with a 46% market share, followed by Collector Crypt at 27% and Phygitals at 26%. These…

Buterin said that other foundations often keep 10–50% of their native tokens, whereas the EF only holds around 0.16 percent of total $ETH. On Sunday, Buterin said that the Ethereum Foundation will prioritize “longevity” and use its resources to support research Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, addressed the rising concerns leveled against the Ethereum Foundation, arguing that it should do more to promote and maintain token pricing. According to Buterin, the Foundation will stick to its stated goals of supporting decentralization of the Ethereum Protocol, open source software code, cybersecurity, long-range research, and censorship-resistance. Focus Remains on Decentralization, Security, and…