Zack Abrams
Weekend Editor at The Block
journalist, deepfake meme creator, cat dad, other stuff | Weekend Editor @TheBlock__, DMs open! | he/him 🏳️🌈| opinions mine duh | blue check for work!
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theblock.co | Zack Abrams
Quick TakeSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, alongside Elizabeth Warren and other senators, privately urged Senate Democrats to withhold their support from a stablecoin bill in order to extract more concessions from Republicans, Politico reported Sunday. The report comes shortly after nine Senate Democrats said they would not support the bill in its current state, leaving GOP aides “stunned” and throwing the future of the legislation into doubt.
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theblock.co | Zack Abrams
Policy • May 4, 2025, 4:19PM EDT A kidnapping victim has been freed by French police after a raid late Saturday night, according to local media reports. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of between €5-7 million for the man, who "appears to be the father of a man who made his fortune in cryptocurrencies," according to French prosecutors.
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theblock.co | Zack Abrams
Layer 1s • May 4, 2025, 3:50PM EDT UPDATED: May 4, 2025, 3:51PM EDT A recent "zero-day" vulnerability affecting certain tokens on the Solana blockchain was patched after the Solana Foundation, which stewards the network, privately organized validators to deploy a critical fix. According to the Foundation's post-mortem, the vulnerability was first identified on April 16, and was fully patched two days later following two fixes deployed to the network by a majority of Solana's validators.
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theblock.co | Zack Abrams
Latest Crypto News May 04, 2025, 11:20AM EDT • Policy May 03, 2025, 5:16PM EDT • The Block May 03, 2025, 3:52PM EDT • The Block May 03, 2025, 10:46AM EDT • Policy See More Latest Crypto News Policy • May 4, 2025, 11:20AM EDT Quick TakeThe future of the U.S. Senate’s stablecoin bill has been thrown into jeopardy after nine pro-crypto Democrats, including four who supported the bill, said “numerous issues” prevent them from supporting the bill in its current form.
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theblock.co | Zack Abrams
The Block • May 3, 2025, 5:16PM EDT Epic Games' latest victory in its longstanding court battles with Apple could open up a new wave of crypto-powered apps on the company's U.S. App Store. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who presides over the Northern District of California, ruled in Epic Games' favor on Wednesday, demanding that Apple stop restricting app developers from including links or buttons to external methods of making purchases.
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Hm I wonder who would have the power and motivation to make such a change. No one comes to mind!
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