Happy Friday! As we approach a potential storm of volatility surrounding President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, take a moment to relax and catch up on the latest crypto developments.In today's newsletter, Trump reportedly intends to i

Real-world asset (RWA) platform Tradable has tokenized $1.7 billion in private credit on ZKsync, signaling growing demand for institutional-grade assets. According to a Jan. 16 announcement, Tradable has tokenized nearly 30 “institutional grade credi

Cryptocurrency venture capital firm Sigma Capital has launched a $100 million investment fund, tipping plans to invest in Web3 startups across the United Arab Emirates and globally. According to the announcement, the capital will be used to invest in

Sigma Capital, a new crypto venture capital firm founded by former Cypher Capital executive Vineet Budki, has announced its first fund.The fund aims to raise $100 million and has around $40 million in pre-commitments, Budki told The Block. He added t

Razzlekhan spits bars before going behind barsConvicted money launderer Heather Morgan has released a bizarre rap video as her alter ego “Razzlekhan” just days before starting her 18-month prison stint for her role in the infamous Bitfinex hack.In a

Solana-based decentralized exchange Mango Markets will wind down its operations on Monday in the wake of an SEC settlement that required Mango's governance DAO and development organization to destroy their MNGO tokens and delist them from all exchang

Solana-based decentralized exchange Mango Markets is winding down its operations. On Jan. 11, Mango Markets announced through its X account that it is “shutting down” and it is time for users to “close their positions.”This follows governance proposa

Wall Street Pepe sedang mengguncang komunitas meme coin, dengan berhasil mengumpulkan dana sebesar $46 juta hanya dalam beberapa bulan sejak peluncuran presale-nya.Dengan visi yang segar dan komunitas pengikut yang terus bertumbuh, Wall Street Pepe (

Compound Finance is adding Ethena’s stablecoin and Mantle’s liquid staking token (LST) to its decentralized lending and borrowing platform, Mantle told Cointelegraph. On Jan. 8, Compound’s tokenholders voted to add stablecoin USDe and mETH, Mantle’s

Mantra, a blockchain built for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), signed a $1 billion agreement with Damac Group, an investment conglomerate, to enable token-based finance in the Middle East. Damac, whose portfolio spans sectors such as real estate

MANTRA, a blockchain platform focused on real-world assets (RWAs), has signed a deal with Dubai developer DAMAC Group to tokenise assets in the Middle East worth at least $1 billion, the two firms said on Thursday.Asset tokenisation allows rights

Avraham “Avi” Eisenberg, the individual convicted of fraud and market manipulation related to an exploit of the Mango Markets decentralized exchange, will be sentenced on April 10.In a Jan. 8 filing in the US District Court for the Southern District

MANTRA will host a live stream on YouTube with the CEO and co-founder, JP Mullin on January 14th at 12 pm UTC. The agenda for this session includes highlights from 2024, details about partnerships and integrations, and plans for global expansion.OM I

On January 9, 2025, at 1 PM UTC, the Ecosystem Deep Dive event will introduce a new airdrop season and reward campaign for Mantle, including a significant $UXLINK rewards pool of 1,000,000. Such events can boost engagement and usage of the Mantle net

A Canadian volunteer moderator of a crypto forum has reportedly gone into hiding with his family after kidnappers allegedly attempted to abduct him and force him to give up his Bitcoin. The victim, who wasn’t named in Canadian French language news ou

A crypto forum moderator and father of four claims to have been forced into hiding after falling victim to an alleged kidnapping and torture attempt to steal his bitcoin. The Canadian man, who was not named to protect the identity of his children, sa

On the whole, 2024 saw crypto projects across many sectors gain value, acquire users, and develop new technology. But not all sectors were equally successful—and two in particular posted losses, according to price data. A survey of The Block's GMCI I

A new proposal on Aave suggests hardcoding the price of Ethena’s USDe to match Tether’s USDt in Aave’s pricing feeds.The proposal, co-authored by Chaos Labs and LlamaRisk, was submitted on Jan. 3 and seeks to protect Aave users from exposure to secon

MANTRA Swap's new feature, multi-hop routing, allows users to swap tokens in one transaction. This can improve user experience and encourage more trades in the MANTRA ecosystem, possibly enhancing $OM token activity. Efficiencies created could attrac

The beginning of 2025 brought renewed excitement to crypto investors, boosting Solana’s price back above the $200 psychological mark despite $55 million worth of potential selling pressure from Pump.fun.In the wider crypto space, investor enthusiasm