Author: James Wilson

Ethereum’s new ERC‑7730 Clear Signing standard replaces hex gibberish in wallet prompts with human‑readable, auditable transaction summaries to slash phishing and blind signing losses. Summary The Ethereum Foundation’s Clear Signing working group and Ledger co‑designed ERC‑7730, a standard that turns today’s cryptic wallet calldata into plain‑language transaction summaries. Clear Signing uses a JSON description format, a public registry tied to contract addresses, and third‑party audits so wallets can show accurate, WYSIWYS intent without changing on‑chain logic. The push comes as phishing and approval scams outpace protocol hacks; incidents like the CoW DAO domain hijack and Binance’s 22.9M blocked phishing attempts…

BlackRock has filed a second Securitize‑powered tokenized fund with the SEC, signaling BUIDL’s $2.3B success is becoming a repeatable on‑chain RWA product line, not a pilot. Summary BlackRock has submitted a new tokenized fund application to the SEC, again tapping Securitize as its on-chain infrastructure partner, marking the asset manager’s second move into the tokenized fund space. The filing builds on the success of BUIDL, BlackRock’s first Securitize-powered tokenized fund launched in 2024, which has grown to roughly $2.3 billion in assets under management. The new application signals that BlackRock is treating tokenized funds as a repeatable product line rather…

Zcash price lost momentum on Monday after failing to sustain its explosive rally above the $600 mark, raising concerns that the token could face a deeper pullback toward the $400 support region amid growing profit-taking pressure. Summary Zcash price stalled near the $620 resistance zone after completing the measured target from its multi-month cup-and-handle breakout pattern. Profit-taking pressure increased following the sharp rally, while the MACD began signaling a possible bearish crossover on the daily chart. Analysts are watching the key $400 breakout support zone as a potential downside target if bearish momentum strengthens further. According to data from crypto.news,…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. DOGEBALL gains attention as investors search for the next 100x crypto opportunity in 2026 market cycle. Summary DOGEBALL presale shows early traction with burns, staged pricing, and utility-driven gaming and payments ecosystem. With staged price increases and token burns, the presale aims to reward early buyers before launch pricing. Buying DOGEBALL involves wallet connection, selecting stage price, and locking allocation before the next price jump. Dogecoin’s rise is still one of crypto’s most painful missed opportunities. A token that…

Ethereum price slipped lower on Monday as weakening momentum indicators and slowing institutional accumulation raised concerns that ETH could retest the key $2,200 support zone in the near term. Summary Ethereum price formed a bearish RSI divergence near the $2,400 resistance zone, raising risks of a retest below the $2,200 support level. Ethereum whale wallets accumulated roughly 360,000 ETH during the recent correction, though Bitmine has slowed purchases as it nears its supply target. Fundstrat’s Tom Lee said “Crypto Spring has commenced” as ETH continued holding above its long-term ascending support trendline. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum (ETH) price…

Singapore Gulf Bank has entered a strategic banking partnership with Standard Chartered to strengthen cross-border settlement and multi-currency payment services across emerging digital asset markets. Summary Singapore Gulf Bank partnered with Standard Chartered to improve cross-border settlement and correspondent banking services across the Middle East and Asia. SGB said the collaboration will help clients access faster multi-currency payment flows through Standard Chartered’s clearing network. According to a release shared with crypto.news on Tuesday, the agreement expands the bank’s correspondent banking network and improves payment routing in regions where digital asset activity has been growing quickly, particularly across the Middle East…

SharpLink reported $12.1 million in first-quarter 2026 revenue, up from $742,000 in the same period last year.  Summary SharpLink’s Q1 revenue rose to $12.1 million as ETH staking drove higher treasury income growth. Its 872,984 ETH treasury keeps SharpLink behind BitMine among public Ethereum treasury companies today. The Galaxy fund will test whether SharpLink can earn DeFi yield while managing risk. The company said the increase came mainly from its actively managed Ethereum treasury strategy, which began in June 2025. The Nasdaq-listed firm now presents itself as an institutional Ethereum treasury platform. Its website says SharpLink is listed under the…

Morgan Stanley launched a crypto price war on E*Trade at 50 basis points, undercutting Coinbase and Schwab. Summary Morgan Stanley launched a pilot on May 6 allowing E*Trade users to trade Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana at 50 basis points per trade via Zerohash. The fee undercuts Schwab’s 75bps, Fidelity’s 1%, and Coinbase’s retail rates, prompting Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas to warn crypto exchanges to be scared. Morgan Stanley plans to expand crypto access to all 8.6 million E*Trade clients later in 2026 alongside a proprietary digital wallet. Morgan Stanley has launched a crypto trading pilot on its ETrade platform at…

Ronin Ethereum is migrating to a Layer 2 on May 12 with roughly 10 hours of scheduled downtime. Summary Ronin will hard fork at block 55,577,490 on May 12, transitioning from an independent sidechain to an Ethereum Layer 2 on the OP Stack. All transfers, swaps, and smart contract interactions will pause for roughly 10 hours during the migration window. RON token inflation will drop from over 20% to below 1%, with 90 million RON redirected to the treasury as marketplace fees rise to 1.25%. Ronin, the gaming-focused blockchain behind Axie Infinity, is executing a hard fork on May 12…

Tom Lee has slowed Bitmine ETH purchases after the firm amassed over 5.2 million tokens and 4.3% of Ethereum’s supply. Summary Bitmine bought 26,659 ETH last week, worth roughly $63 million, down from over 100,000 ETH in each of the prior three weekly periods. Tom Lee said the previous pace would have taken Bitmine to its 5% Ethereum supply target by mid-July, prompting the slowdown. Bitmine holds over 4.7 million ETH staked, generating an estimated $319 million in annualised staking rewards at current yields. Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) bought 26,659 ETH last week worth roughly $63 million, sharply down from…