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Crypto braces for "bunker mode" as OpenAI pushes deeper into mathematics
OpenAI dropped more than 700 math papers. Now an Ethereum researcher wants crypto holders to prepare for "bunker mode."
A year after Ye launched YZY Money its promised card still appears unavailable, YZY is down 90%
One year after Ye pitched YZY Money as a new system built on crypto, the token remains tradable but much of the broader product is difficult to find in working form.
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Global financial watchdog says stablecoin market stopped growing. BIS data suggests otherwise
Two international financial bodies have published conflicting accounts of stablecoin growth, leaving tens of billions of dollars unexplained.
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Read moreCrypto braces for "bunker mode" as OpenAI pushes deeper into mathematics
OpenAI dropped more than 700 math papers. Now an Ethereum researcher wants crypto holders to prepare for "bunker mode."
Polygon links TRON's giant USDT economy with regulated US payment rails
TRON's vast USDT market is getting a more direct route into U.S. banking through Polygon's expanding payments stack.
Founders Fund-backed Abstract shuts down four days after Blast, citing the same broken L2 economics
Abstract was supposed to prove a consumer-first blockchain could win without chasing DeFi liquidity. Less than two years after launch, that bet is ending.
Ethereum quietly fixes a decade-old blind spot that made some ETH transfers hard to detect
Ethereum has spent a decade without the standard transfer receipts used by most tokens. Glamsterdam is finally changing that.
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The Coldcard wallet exploit emptied Bitcoin wallets whose devices had never touched the internet. How did that happen? In 6 cards
A five-year-old Coldcard bug apparently exposed up to $88 million in Bitcoin without hackers ever touching the devices, forcing the hardware-wallet industry to rethink what "offline" security actually protects.
Why Zcash infinite mint bug scared traders? Explain in 5 cards
Zcash fixed a bug that could have allowed a gorillion ZEC to be minted. Cool, right? Except nobody can fully prove it didn't happen before the fix.
Why TON network is bringing back Gram? In 3 cards
TON network's coin is going back to its original name, Gram, as Telegram moves closer again to the blockchain it once had to leave behind.
What Kalshi Bitcoin perps approval means for traders? In 5 cards
Kalshi Bitcoin perps are coming to a CFTC-regulated exchange, giving U.S. traders a domestic version of a product that has mostly lived offshore.
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Scoop: Russia's banks hunt crypto talent with Hyperliquid, Aave experience as sanctions bite
Behind Russia's public crypto plans, bank recruitment notices describe a more detailed buildout from cross-border liquidity to DeFi risk, The Coinformer found.
"Staying silent since the hack was a mistake." Ostium fixed its lender problem before finalizing recovery for larger victims
Ostium has settled a roughly $15 million lender fight. Its largest hack victims still don't know how much they'll ultimately get back.
Compound Foundation denies misusing DAO reserves that later became its voting power
Nearly $8.4 million in Compound DAO reserves was converted into COMP that later became part of the Foundation's voting power on its own $52 million funding proposal.
Oracle provider Switchboard shuts down, blames AI and shrinking budgets weeks after breach
Switchboard is shutting down just weeks after an oracle compromise cost two DeFi protocols hundreds of thousands of dollars.