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Restaking goes 'universal'

1 day ago | blockworks.co | Macauley Peterson

This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, . Restaking is evolving. What started as an Ethereum-native capital efficiency play is now transforming into a cross-chain economic coordination layer that spans protocols, assets and use cases. Symbiotic announced today a $29 million Series A, led by Pantera Capital, to launch its Universal Staking Framework. The move goes toward supporting any asset securing any network - L1 or L2, modular or integrated.
What Bitcoin's Satoshi and Patrick Bateman have in common

1 day ago | blockworks.co | Pete Rizzo

This is a segment from the Supply Shock newsletter. To read full editions, . The final known Satoshi email was sent to Mike Hearn, one of the earliest Bitcoin contributors and former Google engineer, in April 2011. By that point, Bitcoin had been running for 840 days, or less than two and a half years. Satoshi previously said they had been working on Bitcoin's design since 2007 - so at most they were active in Bitcoin development for about four years.
Memecoins are 'objectively' the most successful crypto product: Analyst - Blockworks

2 days ago | blockworks.co

Dek: Zora's announcement that its token is for "fun only" sparked a debate about the need for such tokens.
A year after the Bitcoin halving, how much does 1 BTC cost to mine?

2 days ago | blockworks.co | Pete Rizzo

We all know halvings double the cost of production, a fact the media tends to dress up as an existential threat to Bitcoin every four years. Miners seeking profit must also contend with fluctuating difficulty and energy costs. But if the price goes up, at least they'd get more money for every coin they mine. At $88,500, bitcoin is ahead by 36% since the halving.
How Strike is rewiring global money

6 days ago | blockworks.co | Pete Rizzo

Rizzo, the Bitcoin Historian here, back this week with the story of one of the younger Bitcoin legends - I'm talking about the one, the only Jack Mallers. If you've seen Jack in any of the dozens of interviews he's given from his large, empty closet, you know he's an eloquent defender of Bitcoin. You may not know his long road to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Before his work on Strike, he had a few Bitcoin startup ideas that didn't quite work.
DeFi Education Fund advocates for safe harbor

6 days ago | blockworks.co | Casey Wagner

As new leadership prepares to take over the US Securities and Exchange Commission, a crypto advocacy group believes now is the time to revive a 2020 proposal, Blockworks has exclusively learned. The DeFi Education Fund is asking the SEC to establish a "safe harbor" for token issuers, allowing them a limited registration exemption while they develop decentralized networks. It's an idea Commissioner Hester Peirce first floated five years ago.
Initial jobless claims fall, but continuing claims hit post-pandemic high

6 days ago | blockworks.co | Casey Wagner

Fewer people than expected filed for unemployment benefits last week, data released this morning shows. Initial jobless claims fell by 9,000, coming in at 215,000 for the week ended April 12 - a sign that neither federal layoffs nor tariffs are weighing on the labor market. At least for now. Continuing claims, however, are on the rise, signaling that while companies may not be engaging in significant layoffs, they also aren't ramping up hiring.
Chances of a Fed put are low, given the uncertain economic picture

6 days ago | blockworks.co | Felix Jauvin

In the world of macro, the FOMC roadshow has been sidelined as global markets and pundits are squarely focused on Trump's trade policies and their impacts on the global economy. That creates a state of fragility with a bunch of crosscurrents. Economic activity is grinding to a halt as businesses have trouble making hiring and capital investment decisions without knowing what the outlook will be on tariffs.
Demand for Canada solana ETFs has room to grow as US versions wait their turn

1 week ago | blockworks.co | Ben Strack

We've highlighted the milestone that is spot solana ETFs launching on the Toronto Stock Exchange, but industry watchers aren't expecting big demand initially. ETF.com analyst Sumit Roy noted that spot ether ETFs in Canada hold about $500 million in assets - roughly one-tenth of the money in Canadian spot crypto ETFs overall. The rest resides in bitcoin products.
US equities, dollar continue to slip weeks after initial Liberation Day announcement

1 week ago | blockworks.co | Casey Wagner

It's been two weeks since Liberation Day sent global markets into a tailspin. We've seen a lot these past 14 days, but I wouldn't dare say we've seen it all. To oversimplify it: We've seen stocks fall, then rise, then fall again. Gold did the opposite, posting a surprising drop in the days after Liberation Day. But the precious metal has since hit a new record high.