US equities, cryptocurrencies fall on Trump’s sweeping global tariffs

blockworks.co President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping new global tariffs that will place a 10% levy on almost all imports, plus higher rates on about 60 countries the…

Post meme-ism: Solana’s quiet pivot to utility

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Solana is waffling around the $130 mark after a dip under $123 earlier this week. And we…

Circle plans an IPO, but faces a competitive landscape

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. We already revisited the Dan Tapiero quote about an imminent “crypto IPO, M&A, SPAC…

Trump gears up to unveil ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. President Trump is slated to reveal his long-promised reciprocal tariff policies at…

Babylon Genesis to launch as a Bitcoin-secured L1 and liquidity hub

blockworks.co This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Babylon Labs has released details of Genesis, the first-ever bitcoin-secured layer-1…

Ronin founder accuses Ava Labs of focusing on the ‘wrong things’

blockworks.co This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. When it comes to crypto gaming, is there any point in taking on the risk that comes with…

Paris Hilton vs. Katy Perry: Which celebs are bitcoin buy signals?

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Supply Shock newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. This week marks the anniversary of two serendipitous Bitcoin posts from celebrities on…

Circle’s valuation could top $5B post-roadshow

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. We finally have Circle’s S-1 and, honestly, it’s just as juicy as I had hoped. It looks like…

Venture capital spending topped $4.5B in Q1: PitchBook

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. I’ve got a dose of optimistic news for you this morning: From a venture capital perspective,…

Peter Thiel-backed Sentient to launch Open Deep Search

blockworks.co AI firm Sentient Labs, founded by Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal and backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, is preparing to launch Open Deep Search (ODS), a new…

‘Solana Policy Institute’ nets CEOs of Blockchain Association, DeFi Education Fund

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Miller Whitehouse-Levine, former CEO of the DeFi Education Fund, yesterday announced his…

US equities slip after job openings disappointment

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. US equities slipped early in today’s session on February’s disappointing Job…

What ‘Liberation Day’ could mean for US equities, growth

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. The countdown to President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” is on, and the White…

Circle files S-1 ahead of long-awaited IPO

blockworks.co Stablecoin issuer Circle has taken a step toward going public. Circle plans to list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange pending SEC approval, a Tuesday filing shows. It…

‘Feeding frenzy’ possible as crypto M&A picks up

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. You’ve heard again and again about the crypto industry “maturing.” More M&A deals…

Off The Grid confidential letter sparks speculation around tokenomics

blockworks.co This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. The shooter game Off The Grid has faced some disapproval — and some praise — over a purported…

Can Ethereum win big with data availability?

blockworks.co This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. If you ask the average person in crypto what problems the industry faces today, “too many…

126 million BTC? How Bitcoin’s absolute scarcity was saved

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Supply Shock newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Few things are built to stand the test of time. Bitcoin is. Engineers design bridges to…

Paradigm’s Samczsun warns there’s ‘more to the DPRK than just the Lazarus Group’

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. There’s no denying that North Korea’s Lazarus Group is a threat, especially as crypto works…

Investor who bought Bitcoin at $5 says Saylor is making a $1.5B mistake

blockworks.co Bill Barhydt, the CEO of Abra and an early Bitcoin adopter who famously bought bitcoin when it was trading below $5, has sharply criticized Michael Saylor’s plan to render…

Jupiter’s risk vault unlikely to face Hyperliquid-style attack

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Following Hyperliquid’s $13 million brush with disaster, some in Solana’s orbit are…

DeFi yield platform Upshift exits stealth

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. There’s a new institutional-grade DeFi yield platform in town, we’ve exclusively learned.…

Could USD lose to BTC? BlackRock’s Fink says it’s possible

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. The word “bitcoin” appeared once in BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s 2024 letter to…

Investors hope for clarity on tariffs after Q1 downturns

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. In a fitting end to a rocky first quarter, US stocks fell back into correction…

Gunzilla Games’ GUN token hits $68M market cap within hours of launch

blockworks.co This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Gunzilla Games’ GUN token — for its Off The Grid game and Avalanche subnet Gunz — is now live.…

From vibes to value: DeFi risk gets a new rating system

blockworks.co This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. In the realm of macro risks, this week is stacked with market-moving events —…

Bitbank to Coinbase: Brian Armstrong’s $48 billion job post

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Supply Shock newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. In this week’s roundup, David Canellis looks at a 13-year-old job post that transformed…

Stablecoins ‘deserve all the attention’: Paradigm

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Remember Mesh’s Bam Azizi from our chat earlier this month, after his firm raised a whopping…

Crypto’s seeing the ‘right tailwinds’: 21Shares

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. We’re heading into the second quarter of the year, and — as I wrote last week — this last…

Multicoin estimates a 3x for Jito’s token

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. In 2023 and 2024, a number of Solana startups generated native tokens to reward users and…

Inflation, consumer spending misses push US stocks lower

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge ticked higher in February while consumer…

Talk around stablecoins, tokenization picking up

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Felix noted he came out of the Digital Asset Summit “incredibly bullish” on…

Arbitrum Gaming Catalyst hires DAO relations rep after funding clawback proposal

blockworks.co This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Just last week at the Game Developers Conference, I caught up with two key members of the…

EOF moves forward despite dev friction

blockworks.co This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. On Thursday’s ACD call, Ethereum core developers reaffirmed their intent to ship Full EOF…

Trump’s SEC pick grilled on past agency actions, conflicts of interest

blockworks.co Paul Atkins, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Securities and Exchange Commission, on Thursday faced questions from lawmakers on his past regulatory stances and…

COTI launches V2 mainnet: A new era of privacy-focused L2 solutions

blockworks.co This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. After about 16 months from when the team first announced its roadmap and more than two…

How Silk Road carved the fault line that separates ‘bitcoin’ and ‘crypto’

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Supply Shock newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Greetings, and happy 41st birthday to Ross Ulbricht! By now, rehashing the Silk Road…

Solana startups spin up validators for revenue and ‘soft power’

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Two weeks ago, Solana validators voted down SIMD-0228, a proposal that would have…

WCT’s Role in the Onchain Economy

blockworks.co Every interaction in the onchain ecosystem starts with a wallet. Whether signing transactions, managing assets, or accessing apps, wallets serve as the critical gateway to…

Galaxy to pay $200M to New York over alleged LUNA manipulation

blockworks.co Michael Novogratz’s Galaxy has been ordered to pay New York State $200 million after it was accused of market manipulation. A legal filing from this morning accuses the firm…

T. Rowe Price PM touts ‘big potential’ of stablecoins

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. A tech fund portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price is keeping an eye on crypto, noting…

Stablecoins and the bullish institutional outlook: DAS takeaways

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. DAS was incredible. It was a jam-packed session of inspiring and motivating…

A perp too far: Hyperliquid’s ‘validator put’

blockworks.co This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Yesterday, Hyperliquid — the onchain perps DEX standard-bearer — faced an arguably…

Sam Altman’s World launches Mini Apps 1.2, lets devs build-to-earn

blockworks.co Tools for Humanity, the for-profit firm behind Sam Altman’s crypto-powered World Network, has updated its “Mini Apps” with Mini Apps 1.2. The company is also launching a…

HyperLiquid faced a ‘tough situation’: Blockworks Research

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Let’s talk about HyperLiquid. To recap: A trader took out a relatively large short position…

How memecoins impacted crypto last quarter: Grayscale

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. So no one’s surprised that the first quarter of the year wasn’t exactly a stellar one, right?…

Hyperliquid liquidation contributes to market uncertainty

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. For a moment there, it really looked like Solana prices might hold. We saw a strong…

Crypto vibes at the Exchange ETF event: Then and now

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. While Casey was in DC, I traveled to Las Vegas for the Exchange ETF conference. I…

Crypto comes to Washington: Takeaways from the DC Blockchain Summit

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Hello from Washington! I’m not here to see the cherry blossoms, although they’re…

Azuki’s upcoming game gets pricey card packs

blockworks.co This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. The anime-inspired Ethereum NFT collection Azuki is releasing its Alpha Starter Decks this…

What would a market of a thousand stablecoins look like?

blockworks.co This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Another day, another stablecoin launch. Fidelity Investments is looking to launch its own…

Bitcoin investor who bought at $0.25 says US will never buy 5 million BTC

blockworks.co Trace Mayer, a renowned early bitcoin podcaster and advocate who began purchasing the currency as an investment at $0.25, has expressed doubts about the US government’s…

Crypto will remain ‘narrative-driven’ for a while: Eric Peters

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. If you thought we were done talking about the Digital Asset Summit, think again! This…

PumpSwap is already the 2nd-largest AMM on Solana

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Last week, pump.fun completed Solana’s most consequential DEX launch in some time when it…

The latest sign a crypto IPO boom might be coming

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Trading platform eToro filed for an IPO yesterday, amid expectations that more…

Stocks stay on recovery path amid tariff risks, disappointing data

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. US stocks inched into the green before dipping midway through Tuesday’s session, as…

Movement Labs draws scrutiny following Binance’s market maker investigation

blockworks.co Crypto exchange giant Binance announced that it offboarded a market maker Tuesday, saying that it removed the unnamed entity in light of “misconduct” around the MOVE token.…

Making sense of Trump Media’s ETF link-up with Crypto.com

blockworks.co This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. As I chatted with execs about the future of crypto ETFs at the Exchange conference…

Pixels game founder says botters are sending death threats

blockworks.co This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Luke Barwikowski, founder of the pixelated MMORPG Pixels on Ronin, has revealed that he’s…

Crypto’s original sin: Trading decentralization for growth

blockworks.co This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. “What if the internet had had a decentralized payments system from day one?” This is one…