The Block

B&T Television

The Block

The first and final word in digital assets

US Justice Dept. files civil forfeiture complaint for $5 million in bitcoin stolen via SIM swap attacks
The Justice Department is looking to recover over $5 million worth of stolen bitcoin following a series of SIM swap attacks across the U.S....

Sam Altman-backed digital ID project World’s WLD token jumps over 80% with Eightco treasury launch
Nasdaq-listed Eightco Holdings Inc. launched a WLD digital asset treasury with a $250 million private placement....

Binance integrates Ethena’s USDe across platform, including as yield-bearing collateral and on Binance Earn
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is integrating Ethena Labs’ USDe synthetic dollar across its platform....

Coinbase acqui-hires Sensible founders to advance ‘everything exchange’ vision
The deal is Coinbase's seventh acquisition or acquihire of 2025, underscoring its aggressive push to build the "everything exchange."...

Cboe to list continuous bitcoin and ether futures
Continuous futures differ from traditional futures, and are instead set up as single contracts that last up to 10 years....

Ethereum treasury SharpLink initiates $1.5 billion share repurchase program, says below-NAV buying is ‘immediately accretive’
SharpLink began deploying its program, buying an estimated $15 million worth of SBET as shares trade below NAV and staking income flows in....

Senate Democrats unveil own crypto market structure framework, setting stage for bipartisan talks
The framework sets up negotiations with Republicans over ethics restrictions, enforcement, and the pace of legislation in the coming weeks....

Bitcoin stays rangebound with bulls looking to rate cuts and Q4 seasonality: analyst
Bitcoin is range-bound ahead of U.S. inflation data as options markets hedge downside, but year-end upside is building with Q4 historically bullish....

Bernstein sees upside for Robinhood after S&P 500 inclusion and tokenization push
Robinhood is rapidly expanding beyond retail trading into wealth management, credit, crypto, and tokenized markets....

Nasdaq to invest $50 million in Winklevoss-founded crypto exchange Gemini
Nasdaq will buy $50 million worth of Gemini shares in a private placement at the time of its IPO, two people familiar with the matter reportedly said....