The Daily: Ross Ulbricht's post-prison appearance, Block's $40 million AML settlement, a new liquid token fund and more ...

Zack Abrams is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. Before coming to The Block, he was the Head Writer at Coinage, a Web3 media outlet covering the biggest stories in Web3. The story he co ...

Danny Park is an East Asia reporter at The Block writing on topics including Web3 developments and crypto regulations in the region. He was formerly a reporter at Forkast.News, where he actively ...

Yogita Khatri is a senior reporter at The Block and the author of The Funding newsletter. As our longest-serving editorial member, Yogita has been instrumental in breaking numerous stories, exclusives ...

Three men were sentenced to a combined 170 years in prison for laundering money for Braiscompany, a Brazilian Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of R$1.1 billion ($190 million). Mastermind Joel ...

GBP/USD and EUR/USD perpetual futures will be available on Kraken Pro, the exchange’s product offering more technical tools for advanced traders. Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has launched two new ...

Canary Capital is looking to get the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's sign-off for an exchange-traded fund that would track the Tron token TRX and has a staking component. The institutional ...

Aptos proposal would lower staking rewards from 7% to 3.79% over three months. Authors say lower rewards encourage users to pursue higher-yield, risk-based opportunities on-chain. The plan mirrors ...

RT Watson is a senior reporter at The Block who covers a wide array of topics including U.S.-based companies, blockchain gaming and NFTs. Formerly covered entertainment at The Wall Street Journal, ...

Galaxy Research proposed providing a wider array of choices for voters in choosing deflation rates for Solana and deciding the outcome from the weighted average. The proposal seeks to address the ...

The following is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons. Happy Friday! It's been a largely quiet day thanks to Good Friday today and Easter this weekend.