Ethereum eyes $2,163 after breaking $1,842, but analyst urges caution until $2,000 is surpassed. – Pluang

ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on DeFi rails.

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Ethereum’s clear signing push is trying to solve one of crypto’s most stubborn user-safety problems: people approving transactions they cannot actually understand. TL;DR The Ethereum Foundation has highlighted clear signing as part of a broader wallet-safety effort. The goal is to turn confusing transaction data into human-readable approval prompts. This is not a brand-new release…

Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak said he is stepping back from leading the Base app after acknowledging that his bet on an onchain social economy failed to drive crypto adoption as he had expected. The Base creator said he had spent the last two years betting that builders and onchain-native social experiences, including Farcaster, Zora, mini apps…

Interpol operation exposes $122M crypto wallet tied to romance scam laundering A crypto wallet linked to a suspected romance-scam money launderer processed more than $122.5 million in 10 months, according to Interpol. Interpol said that Thai authorities arrested two suspects and uncovered a money-laundering network that funneled proceeds from romance scams into cryptocurrencies, using cross-chain token…