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"The worst kind of bug possible on a chain." Fixed Aptos bug could have let hackers move funds without permission
Researchers found a critical Aptos bug that could have let attackers drain funds, seize contract powers and even affect assets beyond Aptos itself.
Open USD said 140 companies signed up for a new stablecoin. Some say they had no official talks at all
Open USD's pitch was built around a huge partner list, but that list is now looking a lot fuzzier after some said they had no official talks with Open Standard at all.
Solana adds on-chain governance. Starting a vote needs $7.7M, but triggering one takes nearly $5B
Solana validators can now open stake-weighted governance votes, but only if they have at least 100,000 SOL staked behind them.
Circle CEO welcomed OUSD after explaining why it may not work
Jeremy Allaire published a 1,538-word post on X about OUSD, implying that the rival's logo-heavy consortium model won't simply work.
Kalshi CEO takes shot at Instagram, says crypto betting is better than brain-rotting
The head of Kalshi says Americans should spend more time crypto betting on prediction markets and less time scrolling Instagram.
Paradigm-backed NFT marketplace Magic Eden sued over failed ME token promises
Magic Eden, once one of Solana's biggest NFT hubs, is being sued after its ME token collapsed nearly 100% from its launch-day high.
Robinhood Chain mainnet rumors heat up as data miners point to launch setup
Robinhood Chain mainnet rumors are heating up after data miners found more public clues, though Robinhood hasn't confirmed a launch date yet.
USDC gets new Wall Street rail as BNY adds mint-and-burn services
One of the world's largest custody banks added USDC to its custody platform, giving clients a way to hold, mint and burn the stablecoin.
Zuckerberg pushes Meta prediction market aimed at younger users
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged executives to explore partnerships with Polymarket and Kalshi as the company builds its own prediction market.
DefiLlama launches new service for data blockchains can't show
DefiLlama is launching a new service to verify off-chain data just a few days after a proof-of-reserves failure triggered chaos.
Base chain stalls after invalid block before Beryl upgrade
Base chain stopped producing new blocks before its scheduled Beryl upgrade after the team said a problematic block prevented new blocks from being created.
Animoca-backed Immutable pivots from crypto gaming to AI marketing
Web3 gaming giant Immutable has cut game development roles, shifting toward AI marketing.
ICE, OKX form crypto venture co-chaired by ex-New York governor
ICE, OKX formed a new 50-50 venture that plans to become a U.S. broker dealer and futures commission merchant for tokenized equities.
Analysts flag contagion risk as MainStreet's MSUSD crypto crashes 87%
MSUSD crypto, a dollar-pegged token meant to stay near $1, plunged after verification provider Accountable said MainStreet failed to meet its standards.
Axelar incident drains $4.6M from Secret Network bridged assets
Axelar hack hit assets bridged to Secret Network, with about $4.67 million worth of tokens taken, the project said.
Chainalysis Brazil report reveals five crypto addresses got up to 90% of illicit volume
Chainalysis Brazil report says the country's fast-growing crypto market is becoming a route for global laundering networks.
Aave eyes Circle's Arc blockchain with guaranteed $2M revenue
Aave is considering becoming one of the first DeFi protocols on Arc, under a proposal that guarantees at least $2 million in annual revenue.
Base Beryl upgrade launches on testnet ahead of mainnet release
Base Beryl goes live on testnet ahead of a June 25 mainnet launch, bringing native token issuance and shorter withdrawal delays.
Hyperliquid lobby blasts CME lawsuit against CFTC over crypto perps
Hyperliquid's lobbying group said CME's lawsuit against the CFTC is an attempt by the largest U.S. derivatives exchange to shut down regulated access to perps.
Top Ronin blockchain game Fishing Frenzy shuts down a year after launch
Fishing Frenzy, one of Ronin's higher-profile blockchain games, is shutting down after its developer said it failed to find product-market-business fit.
SpaceX stock token sale blows up after xStocks failed to deliver shares
Users who subscribed for SpaceX stock exposure via Bybit, Binance and Bitget will get refunds as xStocks couldn't deliver the underlying assets.
AI and crypto are still mostly early-stage hype, study says
The AI and crypto narrative is moving faster than the evidence, according to researchers who say the sector still needs harder data, not just demos.
Polish president vetoes crypto bill again before MiCA deadline
Polish president vetoed a crypto bill for the third time, keeping the country's MiCA rollout stuck as a scandal around zondacrypto keeps pressure on Warsaw.
Mastercard taps Coinbase, OKX and Aave for AI payments
Mastercard is bringing stablecoins into its new machine payments service, giving crypto rails a role in the AI payments space.
Bitcoin DeFi layer Botanix shuts down one year after mainnet launch
Botanix shuts down its network after a four-year bet on tokenless Bitcoin DeFi failed to generate enough real usage.
Claude Fable launch frustrates crypto researchers with excessive safeguards
Claude Fable is already drawing pushback from crypto security researchers who say Anthropic's new model falls back too quickly.
Trump crypto ventures brought family $2.3B, Reuters finds
Trump crypto ventures added at least $2.3 billion to the president's family fortune, Reuters has found.
Big tech IPOs could drain liquidity from crypto, NYDIG says
Bitcoin price weakness may get worse if large AI and tech IPOs pull money from the same investors who buy BTC.
Greece drafts crypto tax plan to charge 15% on gains above €500
Greece is moving toward a clearer crypto tax regime, with officials reportedly preparing a 15% levy on crypto gains.
Ethereum price selloff puts ETH near Tether flip again
Ethereum price is back near its late-April 2025 level, while prediction markets show traders betting the selloff still has room to run.
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.
'Not sure what my role is' Cardano founder takes a break after warning of ecosystem failure wave
Charles Hoskinson says he can't solve the ecosystem's funding problems for the community anymore, one day after warning that more projects may fail.
Kaiko acquires blockchain data analytics provider Amberdata
French blockchain firm Kaiko has acquired Amberdata, a crypto data provider, as institutional demand for data expands beyond crypto trading.
Balaji-backed 0xPPL shuts down after failing to build crypto super app
On-chain crypto super app 0xPPL shuts down after four years of trying to build a social and trading app.
DPRK-hacked Radiant Capital winds down after failing to recover from $50M exploit
Radiant Capital is winding down active development after failing to recover funds from a $50 million-plus exploit tied to North Korean hackers.
Whitehats accuse THORChain of silent bug fix, threaten more disclosures
THORChain is facing a new security dispute after whitehat researchers said the protocol silently fixed a critical bug they discovered without paying a bounty.
Strategy sold Bitcoin less than four months after Saylor said it wouldn't
Strategy sold Bitcoin for the first time since 2022, turning part of its BTC stack into cash to help fund preferred-stock payouts.
X402 founder leaves Coinbase to start new company
Erik Reppel is leaving Coinbase to build a new company, though he says he will remain on x402's technical steering committee.
Religion, AI or something darker. The mystery behind $8M sent to a Bitcoin burn address
Someone sent 107 BTC to a Bitcoin burn address, leaving analysts guessing why.
Grayscale IPO plans paused as crypto firms wait out market: report
Grayscale's IPO plans have been pushed back as the crypto listing window gets harder for companies that expected 2026 to be a stronger year.
Zcash bug bounty program ends after surge in AI slop reports
Zcash bug bounty rewards are being shut down after AI made bad reports easier to mass-produce.
Polymarket KYC won't apply to main site, executive says
Polymarket KYC won't change how users access the main site, the company said, after a report linked possible identity checks to legal pressure.
OpenZeppelin founder says AI makes DeFi unsafe, urges exits from Aave, Compound
OpenZeppelin co-founder says even big protocols like Aave, MakerDAO or Compound are unsafe.
Ex-CEO of failed crypto lender Hodlnaut charged over Terra claims
The former CEO of failed crypto lender Hodlnaut has been charged in Singapore over alleged false statements about the company's TerraUSD exposure.
Zcash creator slams Telegram founder over privacy claims
Zcash creator Zooko Wilcox pushed back on Pavel Durov's claim that Telegram has never handed over private messages.
Kalshi weighs spoiler fix after reality TV odds exposed winner before finale aired
Kalshi may add spoiler controls after Survivor host Jeff Probst accused prediction markets of rewarding leaks around the show's winner.
FTX law firm Fenwick to pay $54M to settle customer fraud claims
FTX law firm Fenwick & West denied wrongdoing but agreed to pay $54 million to resolve claims tied to its work for the collapsed crypto exchange.
Blockchain.com IPO starts with confidential SEC filing
Blockchain.com IPO plans are moving forward through a confidential SEC filing, but the company still hasn't disclosed its valuation, share count or price range.
Cardano founder warns research team may leave if $8M funding plan fails
Charles Hoskinson turned a Cardano funding vote into a public fight after some voters opposed an $8 million plan to support the network's research lab.
THORChain report says hacker bonded $370K in RUNE before $10.7M vault drain
The post-mortem report suggests the hacker risked about $370,000 in bonded RUNE to enter the validator set two days before the attack.