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… Read More
Binance has introduced a product for bitcoin BTC$63,010.92 holders looking to earn extra yield on their investment without selling any of it, joining the likes of BlackRock in helping them maximize returns. The product, BTC Yield, is available inside Binance Earn and is designed exclusively… Read More
The HCMC did not immediately respond to a CoinDesk request for comment regarding Binance’s MiCA licensing process. “As the person who led the license application, there’s nothing that I have been made aware of that there was any issue with the application,” Lynch added. “In… Read More
US-based users are the biggest political bettors on Polymarket, despite the crypto-based prediction market’s efforts to restrict US citizens from using the decentralized platform, according to new research. Blockchain research firm Allium estimated in a report published on Thursday that US-based users are the single… Read More
Robinhood says layoffs aren’t being driven by AI integration According to a Forbes report published on June 4, 2026, AI has been the top reason cited for tech layoffs during 2026. Robinhood, however, seems to be taking a different tack. Unlike BitGo, attributing its cuts… Read More
Base, the blockchain backed by crypto exchange Coinbase, has returned online after the network suffered nearly a two-hour outage due to a consensus issue that halted block production. Base posted to X on Thursday after the outage that the network’s blocks “are being produced normally,… Read More
