NYDIG suggests $1.3B IBIT sale was whale exiting directional trade

A $1.26 billion block trade in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) made last week was likely a whale making a quick exit on a directional trade, says Greg Cipolaro, the head of research at financial services company NYDIG. On Tuesday, an unknown trader sold 29.2 million shares of BlackRock’s IBIT on a dark pool, a […]

Sui Foundation says ‘major upgrade’ fixed bugs behind three outages

The Sui Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind the Sui Network, says it has made a “major upgrade” to address issues that caused three recent outages and left the blockchain down for more than 15 hours across two days. Sui experienced an outage on Thursday that lasted nearly six hours and two more on Friday. The […]

Wintermute to bring liquidity to booming prediction markets sector

Crypto liquidity provider and trading firm Wintermute says it is providing liquidity on prediction markets as the industry continues to expand. The firm, which handles $3.5 trillion in annual trading volume, said on Friday that it is extending its institutional trading to prediction markets and would provide “two-sided markets across event contracts on leading venues,” […]

White hat hacker recovers $2M from faulty 2016 ICO smart contract

Latest NewsPublishedJun 1, 2026 A white-hat hacker has helped the creators of Hong Coin by showing them how to exploit a flawed admin function on a smart contract and ultimately refund investors after a decade. A pseudonymous white hat hacker has helped recover $2 million worth of Ether locked in a faulty initial coin offering […]

Ecopetrol Board Says Ricardo Roa’s Medical Leave Will Extend Absence From Company

Medical leave, vacation time and unpaid leave will keep Ricardo Roa away from Ecopetrol through late July The board of directors of Ecopetrol, Colombia’s largest oil and energy company, announced the postponement of unpaid leave previously granted to its president, Ricardo Roa Barragán, due to a 30-day medical leave taken by the executive. The decision […]

Ethereum bull David Hoffman explains why he sold his ETH

Latest NewsPublishedMay 27, 2026 “Ethereum got the ETH price it deserves, and I don’t see ETH being rerated as an asset, higher or lower,” says David Hoffman. David Hoffman, an Ethereum advocate and the co-founder of the media company Bankless, says he sold the remainder of his Ether (ETH) holdings last week as he believes […]

Sharplink, Forward Industries among crypto firms considered for Russell indexes

A range of crypto companies have been included in a preliminary list for potential inclusion in the Russell 3000 index, including treasury firms Sharplink and Forward Industries, along with crypto exchange Gemini and crypto services firm Galaxy Digital.  A preliminary index inclusion list for the Russell 3000 was published by the index’s provider, FTSE Russell, […]