Author: Alice Monroe

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has indeed reasserted his place as a crypto billionaire on August 10, 2025 when his stake in crypto was valued at around $1.04 billion. As for Vitalik Buterin’s rise as an onchain billionaire, this comes as the price of Ethereum passes $4,200. This price is the highest point in 8 months’ time. It stimulates speculation that we may see the network return to its November 2021 all time high of $4,878. Blockchain info from Arkham shows that Buterin’s primary asset is 240,042 ETH. This is worth about $1.017 billion at present prices. Also, he has a…

Bo Hines who is the Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council left the post on August 9, 2025. This marked the end of his 8-month tenure, during which he was at the center of the Trump admin’s crypto policy. Via a statement on X, he described his role as that of a lifetime which he was honored to have. He put in work with AI Crypto Czar David Sacks, which, in his words, positioned the U.S. as the crypto capital of the world. Hines will transition back to the private sector but will still come forward to the administration…

BlackRock’s foray into the crypto space via a BlackRock Solana ETF is a very contentious issue. It has been brought to the fore at the same time Bloomberg Intelligence’s James Seyffart has put forth that it is unfair of the $10 trillion asset manager. Seyffart claims it is unfair to do a last minute filing which in turn will leave smaller issuers in the dust. Speaking on “ETF Prime” to Nate Geraci, Seyffart reported that companies like VanEck, 21Shares, and Bitwise have been at this for months. In some cases, they have been working over a year as they went…

Ethereum (ETH) has broken the $4,000 mark for the first time in eight months. This is a result of a perfect storm of record-setting Ethereum ETF inflows and large-scale corporate treasury accumulation. This marks a turnaround in Ethereum’s role in institutional finance from a speculative digital asset to a yield-generating long-term treasury asset. A Market Breakout With Institutional Backing On August 8, 2025 ETH rose to $4,000, which is a 50% increase in a single month. This is its best performance since December 2024. $47 billion in daily trade volume and $100 million in short liquidations are driving the run.…

Trump’s 401 K order set to shake up American retirement plans. On August 7, 2025 he signed into law a change that opened 401(k)’s to alternative assets like crypto currency, real estate, and private equity. Federal agencies such as the Department of Labor, SEC, and Treasury are now tasked to change their long-standing rules on Trump’s orders. These rules had tied 401(k) investments to traditional options. This shift which may affect over 60 million workers also opens up a $9.3 trillion market. Advocates see in this a chance for growth and diversity in investment options. Critics put forth that there…

In a breakthrough to the traditional crypto economic models, Chainlink’s (LINK) reserve is live. At the introduction of this August 7, 2025 release the platform is using it to turn both on and off chain revenue into LINK tokens. To date over $1 million in which is about 65,500 tokens added to the reserve. The platform uses Chainlink’s Payment Abstraction tech. The users pay with stablecoins, gas tokens, and other cryptos. What happens behind is our tech’s automation which turns those assets into LINK via Decentralized Exchanges like Uniswap. What is the point? To accumulate LINK constantly without planned withdrawals…

The Bot That Broke the Rules There was a time when crypto was the domain of coders, whales, and token engineers — complicated and exclusive. Then, Clanker, the innovative AI bot, entered the chat. Literally. This AI bot was nicknamed the Clanker AI bot due to its groundbreaking entry. This AI bot did not break onto the scene via a VC press release or a whitepaper. It showed up in a Farcaster thread. A few casual posts. A few simple tags. Then, out of nowhere, anyone with a social handle started creating memecoins worth millions. No code, No gas issues,…

In a blow to the status quo which surrounds institutional crypto adoption, Nomura’s digital asset division, Laser Digital, has obtained the go ahead from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) for their OTC crypto products. This license is Dubai’s first of its kind. Thus, it secures the city’s position as a growing global crypto hub. Nomura’s Laser Digital exemplifies innovative progress in this sector. In 2025 on August 7th Laser Digital is issued a license which puts them in VARA’s pilot program. This, in turn, gives them the go ahead to trade directly with institutions via OTC crypto derivatives. We’ll…

YouTube once was a primary platform for crypto education but is now a home to scammers. We have seen the introduction of a very advanced Ethereum theft scam which has silently drained 256 ETH that’s almost $939,000 from innocent users. This incident highlights a worrying trend for YouTube ETH theft. SentinelLABS has uncovered a campaign which is using stolen YouTube accounts, AI generated tutorials, and malicious smart contracts to get victims to turn over their crypto wallets. The rise of YouTube ETH theft has made users more cautious. Jazz_Braze’s video has racked up over 387,000 views and pulled in a…

Coinbase has broken the mold with their new wallet, which launched in August 2025. This new Coinbase Embedded Wallet feature for the developer community allows easy integration of crypto into apps. In just a couple of lines of code developers can provide their users with a full featured wallet experience with no browser extensions, seed words, that complex setup. Also reported. Coinbase has integrated their Wallet into the Developer Platform. Fast self-custodial wallets also report at very high security, making the embedded wallet experience reliable. 500 millisecond wallet creation time. Also users sign up via email, phone, or social media …