Late Friday, attorneys with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance filed a joint status report asking a federal judge to continue a 60-day pause in the case for another 60 days.
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John-Paul Thorbjornsen, a former Australian Air Force pilot turned crypto entrepreneur, has spent recent weeks promoting his new crypto wallet, "Vultisig." Built on THORChain a blockchain he founded … [+11399 chars]

Researchers say North Korea used THORChain to launder $1.2 billion following the biggest-ever crypto heist.

Inside North Korea's Favorite Crypto Laundering Tool: THORChain

Bitcoin could be headed for its most sweeping cryptographic overhaul yet if a new proposal gains traction.
A draft Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) titled Quantum-Resistant Address Migration Proto… [+3363 chars]

The proposal outlines a plan to enforce a network-wide migration of BTC from legacy wallets to ones secured by post-quantum cryptography.

Bitcoin Developer Proposes Hard Fork to Protect BTC From Quantum Computing Threats

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Ben Schiller.
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<ul><li>Vana launches token standard</li><li>Ha… [+7456 chars]

Also: Manufacturers are building ASICs that look like servers.

The Protocol: Vana Introduces Token Standard for Data-Backed Assets

Web3 has a memory problem. Not in the we forgot something sense, but in the core architectural sense. It doesnt have a real memory layer.
Blockchains today dont look completely alien compared to tra… [+7864 chars]

A world computer needs a memory that’s not just decentralized but also efficient, scalable, and reliable. We can build it using Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC), says Muriel Médard, co-founder of Optimum, which offers memory infrastructure for any blockch…

Web3 Has a Memory Problem — And We Finally Have a Fix

Darknet markets are increasingly returning to bitcoin (BTC) as their primary cryptocurrency because of rising liquidity and accessibility challenges associated with privacy-focused coins like monero … [+2888 chars]

Privacy tokens have been suffocated as governments around the world fight darknet markets – so it's back to bitcoin for purchasers of illicit goods.

It's Back to Bitcoin for Darknet Markets After Monero's Binance Delisting: Chainalysis

Bitcoin miners are facing renewed financial pressure as declining transaction fees and a hashprice drop push operational costs higher, according to TheMinerMags February 2025 report.
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Transaction fees made up just 1.3% of total block rewards in February, marking their lowest share since the last bear market bottom in 2022.