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Blockchain technology and its associated currencies and markets will be the infrastructure on which much of the world's economic future will be built. We are creating a community, The Block, to cater to enthusiasts of blockchain technology and cryptoassets.
It will be the on-ramp to the world of programmable money, distributed ledgers and decentralized applications for 10s of millions of people. Utilizing token-based incentives, The Block will cut through the noise and surface signal in an accessible way across key areas of blockchain and cryptoassets: social engagement and discourse, market information, media, education and much more.
Everyone should have access and an opportunity to participate in the next great expansion of the internet driven by blockchains and cryptoassets. The Block will provide access for the next billion. Source
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Search ArticlesBitcoin records largest weekly dollar gain in history; Strive CEO predicts 'strongest' cycle ever
Bitcoin (BTC) just recorded its largest dollar-denominated weekly gain in history — gaining $14,264 to close the week at $77,387. This is a 22.7% gain in just seven days. The current rally, triggered by the U.S. Treasury Department's announcement last week of an expansion of its buyback program, has flipped investor apathy into FOMO. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index stands at 78 — on the brink of "extreme greed" and the highest it has been since December 2024.
DeFi lending protocol Term Finance loses an estimated $8.5 million to governance exploit
Ethereum-based fixed-rate lending market Term Finance's vaults were drained of about $8.5 million on Sunday after an unknown attacker exploited the protocol's governance system to move ether and stablecoins, according to blockchain security firms PeckShield and CertiK. "We are aware of a governance exploit impacting Term vaults," Term Labs said on X. The team said it would provide more detail after investigating. Term did not confirm the scale of the losses or identify the affected vaults.
Tether's $120 million Uruguay bitcoin mining project collapsed over a power contract dispute: Reuters
Tether abandoned an estimated $120 million Bitcoin (BTC) mining project in Uruguay, seen as a first step into the wider South American market, following a contractual dispute between the stablecoin issuer and state-owned power utility UTE, according to a recent report from Reuters.
Bitcoin and ether ETFs draw $2.6 billion in strongest inflow week since October, tripling volume
U.S. spot bitcoin and ether ETFs drew a combined $2.6 billion in net inflows last week, their strongest week since October 2025, according to The Block’s analysis of SoSoValue data. Spot bitcoin (BTC) ETFs logged $1.9 billion in net inflows, while spot ether ETFs drew $697.2 million. Both categories recorded their largest weekly inflows of 2026. The result reversed a combined $392.0 million outflow during the previous week, representing a week-over-week swing of about $3 billion.
Zcash hits eight-year high near $850 with futures volume near $10 billion amid Grayscale ETF push
Zcash’s ZEC (ZEC) has jumped more than 22% over the previous 24 hours to approximately $818.77 as of 1:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday, extending a weeklong rally amid Grayscale’s latest effort to convert its Zcash trust into an exchange-traded fund. The privacy-focused cryptocurrency briefly traded as high as $855 during the session, its highest level since 2018, according to The Block's Zcash Price page.
Solana cuts mainnet slot time to 350 milliseconds in first step toward 200ms goal
Solana (SOL) saw a successful mainnet upgrade on Friday morning that cuts the network's target slot time to 350 milliseconds (ms), down 50 ms from its former target of 400 ms. A slot is the short period of time in which a designated validator can produce a block of transactions of Solana's blockchain. The change was the first step under SIMD-0525, a Solana upgrade proposal merged on May 14 that outlines a path to eventually cutting the target slot time to just 200 ms, half its longtime value.
Grayscale moves closer to launching first Zcash ETF in US with fresh amended SEC filing
Grayscale is inching closer to launching its Zcash (ZEC) exchange-traded fund, filing its fifth amendment with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The proposed ETF would convert Grayscale's existing Zcash Trust, bringing the product closer to a spot ETF structure — and the first in the U.S. to directly track the privacy-related asset. In its latest amendment, Grayscale said the trust would be renamed The Zcash ETF.
BounceBit to sunset blockchain, migrate to BNB Chain after $3 million exploit
BounceBit will permanently shutter its standalone Layer 1 blockchain and migrate to BNB Chain after an attacker exploited an authorization flaw to steal roughly $3 million worth of its native BB tokens. The incident occurred between Wednesday and Thursday, according to a Friday update from the bitcoin restaking and crypto yield platform. The attacker transferred approximately 286.5 million BB from nine wallets before block production was eventually halted around 40 minutes later.
XRP leads broad altcoin rally as bitcoin's biggest weekly gain in two years lifts crypto
Bitcoin's biggest weekly rally in two years has fueled a broader surge across crypto markets, with XRP jumping nearly 40% and altcoins including Hyperliquid, Zcash and Chainlink each gaining more than 30% as bitcoin briefly topped $79,000 on Friday.
Strategy shares hit two-month high as STRC rebounds toward $100 alongside bitcoin
Strategy shares (MSTR) climbed to their highest level in two months on Friday as bitcoin (BTC) briefly pushed as high as $79,400, while the firm's STRC preferred stock continued to recover toward its $100 target. MSTR rose 7.5% to above $120 in early trading. Strategy (MSTR) price chart. Source: The Block Strategy's Variable Rate Series A Perpetual "Stretch" Preferred Stock, or STRC, also climbed above $96 for the first time since June.