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Aave chief defends protocol's 'resilience' after $8.45 billion bank run
The founder of the largest DeFi platform blamed "third-party” entities for decentralized finance’s vulnerabilitie…
MetaMask debuts Agent Wallet giving AI bots self-custody access to Ethereum
Consensys-backed MetaMask is rolling out a non-custodial wallet for AI agents for general availability this summer.
MetaMask launches AI agent wallet with built-in security for crypto trades
The launch comes as AI agents increasingly emerge as participants in crypto markets, executing trades and managing ca…
Major cryptocurrencies under pressure as oil jumps 3%
BTC, ETH, XRP and others pulled back from their overnight highs as Iran-Israel tensions and oil rally triggered risk …
Syscoin Pauses Bridge After Exploit Creates 5B Unauthorized SYS
Syscoin has paused its Bridge after a security incident that resulted in the creation of approximately 5 billion una…
Ethereum Foundation cuts and departures aren't a crisis, Joe Lubin says
The Consensys leader told CoinDesk the Ethereum Foundation's role should be narrower and more focused on stewarding t…
Researcher who found Zcash's bug with AI adds Monero to his audit queue
Taylor Hornby, who uncovered the Orchard flaw that sent Zcash down 38%, says other privacy coins are on his list too.
AI exposed a massive flaw in top crypto network and experts warn banks could be next
After an AI model helped uncover a four-year-old flaw in Zcash, security researchers warn that similar bugs may be hi…
‘Please stop the FUD’: Zcash treasury company Cypherpunk remains committed to accumulating 5% of ZEC supply
Shares of Cypherpunk Technologies plunged more than 40% following the disclosure of a critical bug that was recently …
Live updates: bitcoin falls below $62,000 ahead of jobs data as Zcash bug rocks crypto
Zcash plummeted 40% after Shielded Labs revealed a major bug that went undetected for 4 years.
Zcash selloff extends past 50% amid bug disclosure as liquidations top $100 million
ZEC crashed over 50% to around $310 amid Zcash's Orchard bug disclosure and more than $116 million in 24-hour liquida…
Supra Labs CEO’s X Account Hacked in Fake Token Promotion Scheme
The X account of Supra Labs CEO Josh Tobkin was compromised on June 5, with attackers using the profile to promote f…
Bitcoin in danger of dropping to $60,000, with Zcash bulls turning their backs on ZEC
AI bets are recording rapid profit-taking as Broadcom as outlook for AI-chip sales fell short of high expectations, d…
Arthur Hayes Exits Zcash After Orchard Exploit
Crypto investor Arthur Hayes said he sold his entire Zcash position following disclosure of the Orchard Pool vulnera…
Ether.fi allocates $100 million to a Plume RWA vault, giving users access to yield
The allocation comes from a mix of ether.fi's liquidity provider base and managed capital from its existing liquid va…
Chainalysis says ‘top-tier’ gray market peptide vendors turn to bitcoin and stablecoins
“To scale, the gray-market peptide trade adopted cryptocurrency as its backbone,” Chainalysis said in a report.
Travala debuts agentic AI travel protocol with gasless USDC payments on Base
Travala launched an agentic AI travel protocol on Base supporting gasless USDC hotel bookings and AI-assisted payment…
Not all Ethereum layer 2s are dying, but many general-purpose chains no longer have a reason to exist
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.
Cosmos Labs acquires block explorer Mintscan, forms Korea subsidiary to expand ecosystem
Cosmos Labs has acquired Cosmos block explorer Mintscan and formed a new Korea-based subsidiary, Cosmos Labs Korea.
Solayer rolls out Solana-native onchain perps trading platform Margin Trade mainnet
Margin Trade enables trading of crypto, commodities, and equities via a single margin account on Solana, tapping the …
Apparent Zcash outage was a block explorer problem, infrastructure providers say
One expert said the issue was mainly with block explorers tracking the onchain activity.
Trezor says your crypto is safe after Ledger audit exposes a hardware flaw
The flaw affects only one of the wallet's multiple security layers and would require physical access, specialized equ…
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson warns of ‘wave of failures’ after TapTools wind-down
TapTools is set to wind down after leadership exits as Charles Hoskinson warns of a wave of Cardano ecosystem failure…
Bitcoin’s compute power dwarfs top 100 supercomputers by 600k times, says Bittensor co-founder
Ala Shaabana explains how using Bitcoin network’s coordinate-and-reward playbook can bust open corporate monopolies…
Here's how one decentralized cloud provider says private citizens can make money from AI
Titan Network says its crowdsourced computing network has signed tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba as clients, sav…
Following token-dumping scandal, Movement seeks new life as a Layer 1
Move Industries has partnered with several firms, including Circle, as it relaunches Movement as a Layer 1 and refocu…
Movement pivots to stablecoin payments as the layer-2 boom loses momentum
The team behind Movement said it plans to leverage licensed payment partners alongside blockchain settlement rails to…
Veda brings the vault stack behind Kraken DeFi Earn to Privy’s 2,000-plus developer teams
The same vault stack powering Kraken DeFi Earn and EtherFi's Liquid will be available via a self-serve API for develo…
MoneyGram debuts MGUSD stablecoin on Stellar for its global payments network
MoneyGram launched MGUSD, a USD stablecoin on Stellar backed by Bridge and Fireblocks, targeting 60M+ customers for c…
Kelp DAO Hackers Launder Nearly All Recoverable Funds
Hackers linked to North Korean cyber group TraderTraitor have laundered nearly all of the roughly $220 million in un…