March 2025

Sensitive user information from top crypto exchanges Binance and Gemini may be compromised, following two separate dark web listings. More than 100,000 Gemini user records and 132,000 Binance user records are allegedly up for sale, heightening concerns about phishing and fraudulent schemes in the crypto sector. Dark Web Databases: Gemini and Binance On March 27,

Toulouse has become the first city in Europe to let people buy metro, tram, cable car, and bus tickets with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The pilot began on March 17, signifying the French city’s drive to make digital assets part of daily transactions. Tisséo, Toulouse’s public transport operator, spearheaded this initiative by launching an Android-based

Global commerce moves quickly—yet traditional payment rails often lag behind. High fees, long settlement windows, and limited banking access keep millions of businesses and individuals underserved. As commerce grows, these shortfalls become more apparent. Rather than innovating, conventional systems have remained locked into multi-layered processes that add friction. Stablecoins and on-chain liquidity providers, however, are

Aave, a leading DeFi platform, has adopted Chainlink’s Smart Value Recapture (SVR) to reclaim millions of dollars in lost maximum extractable value (MEV) stemming from on-chain oracle usage. Through an on-chain vote, the Aave community approved this feature for the Ethereum mainnet, marking a new milestone in mitigating revenue leaks tied to oracles. Oracle-Related MEV

A growing segment of Ethereum’s community appears to be pressuring the Ethereum Foundation to rein in Layer-2 (L2) networks, an approach that could “break the entire social fabric” of the platform, according to Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. During a March 28 episode of Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction show, Nailwal argued that the current market downtrend has

AgriDex has executed the first-ever on-chain farmland transaction on the Solana network, marking a milestone in how real-world property can be traded and settled via blockchain. The deal totaled $165,000 for farmland located in Zambia. It was closed at no cost to the buyer, thanks to AgriDex’s digital settlement infrastructure built on top of Solana.

BERA—the native token of the fast-expanding Berachain network—has caught the attention of traders, rising steadily in recent days. While other chains such as Solana, Ethereum, and Tron have cooled off, Berachain is blazing forward. According to DeFi Llama data, the chain’s weekly decentralized exchange (DEX) volume skyrocketed by 105%, surpassing $519 million. This expansion has