Reported by The Block, decentralized computing platform Chainlink has launched a bridging app for moving crypto tokens and messages between blockchains, powered by its cross-chain interoperability protocol. Built in collaboration with the Chainlink Foundation and developer Chainlink Labs, the “Tra...

Reported by Cointelegraph, nearly $200 million of user funds have exited Solana-based lending protocol MarginFi over the last two days amid an abrupt resignation of the platform’s CEO and followed by accusations of wrongdoing from its competitors. On April 10, the now-former CEO of MarginFi, Edgar...

Reported by Coindesk, Ethereum developers, fresh off the successful Dencun upgrade, which enabled a major change to make it cheaper to transact on layer-2 blockchains, are moving ahead in planning the blockchain’s next improvements. The contents of the next upgrade, “Pectra,” are n...

Reported by The Block, Framework Ventures and the Abu Dhabi branch of Brevan Howard Digital (BH Digital) co-led a $100 million Series B round for Layer 1 blockchain developer Berachain. Additional financial support came from Polychain Capital, Hack VC, Samsung Next, Laser Digital from Nomura Group, ...

Reported by Bloomberg, Hong Kong gave initial approvals for asset managers to start spot-Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds, the firms said, a development that boosted both digital assets as well as the wider crypto market. Harvest Global Investments and a partnership between HashKey Capital Lt...

Reported by The Block, Offchain Labs, the firm building out the Arbitrum ecosystem, launched Arbitrum BOLD on testnet. The Bounded Liquidity Delay, or BOLD, is a dispute protocol with interactive fraud proofs for optimistic rollups, which can be used across Arbitrum chains. BOLD lets users operate a...

Reported by The Defiant, Ethereum re-staking rollup Omni Network announced its Genesis airdrop details, with 3% of its 100 million total supply geared for early adopters. Eligibility for the airdrop was determined according to a snapshot taken on April 3. Users will have 45 days to claim their OMNI ...