Crypto trading firm Keyrock says onchain asset management is having a breakout year. In a new report, the firm estimated that assets under management (AUM) have surged 118% in 2025 to $35 billion, driven by growth across automated yield vaults, discretionary strategies, structured products and credit. Keyrock predicts that the sector could nearly double again … Read more
The global population of crypto millionaires has reached 241,700, up 40% in the past year, according to the Crypto Wealth Report 2025 by Henley & Partners. The surge coincides with a broader rally that lifted total digital asset market capitalization to $3.3 trillion in June, a 45% increase year-on-year, the report, featuring data from global … Read more
It’s hard to ignore the impact Gary Vaynerchuk (aka Gary Vee) had on the NFT space in 2021-22. The founder and CEO of VaynerMedia and prolific content creator onboarded thousands of new people onchain with the launch of his project, VeeFriends. For those outside of the Vaynerchuk ecosystem, VeeFriends was misunderstood when it launched and … Read more
For many of the Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro pre-orders that arrived over the past week, new owners of those devices likely told Google that they had a device to trade-in to get a discount off new hardware. Some of those folks sent off that older hardware as quickly as they could and are … Read more
A surprise manila folder with millions of Bitcoin, a memecoin that went to the moon and a series of high-stakes poker games — these are some true-life tales of people who struck it rich with crypto. While there are many stories of skilled traders, miners and gamers who became self-made crypto millionaires, the more interesting … Read more
On August 7, the White House released an executive order directing the Labor Department, which regulates retirement investing, to accelerate access to alternative investments in employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) retirement plans, such as 401k’s. Alternative investments were defined to include private market investments, real estate, commodities, infrastructure projects, lifetime income strategies — and notably, “holdings … Read more
I’ve been known to edit a photo from time to time, but apparently not nearly as much as some other people. Over on reddit, many people are asking Google to revert its latest Google Photos editor change. Could it really be that bad? User Smoke-away makes a compelling case, with bulleted highlights of the issues … Read more
Vietnam is ramping up efforts to join other Asian nations like India, Japan, China, and South Korea in exploring the distributed ledger technology, also called the blockchain tech. The country recently launched its Academy of Blockchain and AI Innovation (ABAII) with the aim to train a million people in using these advanced technologies. The aim … Read more
Apple has been granted a patent for security camera technology that is designed to help identify people based on their face and physical characteristics. Published by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the patent document describes a security camera system that can rely on facial recognition as well as a “bodyprint” to correctly identify … Read more
Three cryptocurrency companies and 15 people have been charged with engaging in widespread fraud and market manipulation following an investigation in which the FBI for the first time directed the creation of a new digital token to help authorities ferret out crime. Federal prosecutors in Boston charged the firms Gotbit, ZM Quant, CLS Global and … Read more