A tongue-in-cheek post from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin—“Make Communism Great Again”—sparked a deeper debate on social media: What political ideology, if any, should guide Web3? For Gitcoin and Allo.Capital co-founder Kevin Owocki, the answer is […]
Nintendo fully unveiled the Nintendo Switch 2 this week, and it sports a bigger LCD screen, updated Joy-Con controllers that can also be used as mice, two USB-C ports, and a better kickstand. It can […]
About the Author Professor Andrew Urquhart is head of the Department of Finance at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily represent those of Decrypt. […]
Pectra, one of Ethereum’s largest upgrades since transitioning to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism in 2022, is now set to hit the Ethereum mainnet on May 7. Originally scheduled for a March 2025 release, Pectra was […]
A stablecoin called First Digital USD (FDUSD) lost its dollar peg on Wednesday after Tron founder Justin Sun claimed that its issuer, First Digital Trust, is effectively insolvent. The Hong Kong-based firm is currently “unable […]
As stablecoin legislation races toward the finish line in both chambers of Congress, crypto leaders have issued increasingly direct appeals to make those bills more favorable to their industry—but they’re encountering resistance from lawmakers. One […]
Android users beware: A newly discovered piece of malware is targeting smartphone crypto wallets. Uncovered by fraud prevention firm ThreatFabric, the “Crocodilus” mobile banking trojan employs tools including remote control, black screen overlays, and advanced […]
Smoke from Nicaraguan cigars choked out the room as a heavy-set Bitcoin miner from the Deep South explained how the industry was expanding at an exponential rate. “You have no idea,” he said at this […]
Why did Joseph Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic from the viral Netflix docuseries “Tiger King,” debut a meme coin on Solana from prison earlier this week? “I’m knee-deep in lawyer bills,” he told Decrypt […]
Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies are in the red Friday, with top coins falling to their lowest prices in at least a week as stock markets are similarly rattled by hotter-than-expected inflation data. The price […]
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