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Vishal Chawla

Vishal Chawla is The Block’s Crypto Ecosystems Editor who has spent over eight years covering technology. Vishal can be reached on X at @vishal4c and via email at [email protected]

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Ethereum Foundation creates Privacy Cluster team to strengthen onchain privacy

October 9, 2025, 2:19AM EDT

Layer 1s

Stablecoin market cap surpasses $300 billion for first time amid crypto rebound

October 3, 2025, 3:35AM EDT

Stablecoins

Ethereum and Bitcoin spot ETFs' combined daily inflows top $1 billion

September 30, 2025, 2:43AM EDT

Funds

Cloudflare and Coinbase launch x402 Foundation to drive agent payments

September 24, 2025, 2:14AM EDT

Tech

Coinbase launches 'Embedded Wallets' for developers with built-in swaps and onramp

August 5, 2025, 12:00PM EDT

Exchanges

PancakeSwap maintains lead as largest DEX by spot volume in July

August 1, 2025, 3:06AM EDT

DeFi

Linea confirms snapshot was taken for upcoming token airdrop

July 30, 2025, 2:02AM EDT

Layer 2s and Scaling

Arbitrum Foundation plans to allocate $14 million in ARB to subsidize security audits for network projects

July 28, 2025, 9:00AM EDT

Layer 2s and Scaling

EigenLayer introduces multi-chain verification on Base, enabling AVSs to expand beyond Ethereum L1

July 25, 2025, 2:17AM EDT

Infrastructure

DCG-backed Horizen transitions ZEN to ERC-20 token on Base for compliant privacy L3 appchain

July 24, 2025, 2:48AM EDT

Layer 1s