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Russia creates crypto sanctions loophole, but cash-out routes remain ringfenced
The ELR gives selected firms a legal route, but wallets, exchanges, counterparties, and issuers still face pressure. …
Bitcoin miners face deepening margin squeeze as revenue falls below production costs
An estimated 20% of miners are now unprofitable at current prices, and the stress shows up at the network level, too.
Latest bear market victim shows how quickly DeFi users are left behind when crypto projects move on
Swell warned users to bridge out by June 23, turning a planned L2 shutdown into a test of user exit procedures. The p…
Ethereum’s much-hated staking 'tax' may already be obsolete
Ethereum’s latest “funding crisis” has triggered a fierce debate over whether to tax staking rewards or to purs…
New York man sentenced for $1.4 million crypto fraud scheme using bogus influencer accounts
A New York man who posed as crypto influencers on Telegram and used false promises of staking rewards was sentenced t…
THORChain resumes trading five weeks after $10.7 million exploit
THORChain resumed trading after a 5-week halt following a $10.7 million multichain exploit in May affecting an Asgard…
Hut 8 agrees to $2.35 million settlement in investor suit tied to US Bitcoin merger
Hut 8 agreed to pay $2.35M to settle a securities class action over disclosure claims from its 2023 merger with U.S. …
Crypto lobby urges Congress pass staking and mining tax bill as is
A trio of crypto lobby groups says a bill allowing staking and mining rewards to be taxed when they’re sold should …
Crypto's second U.S. lobbying front — tax policy — sees industry push on mining, staking
The crypto sector's leading U.S. advocacy groups asked the U.S. House's tax committee to advance a bill to clarify tr…
Q2 2026 emerges as most-hacked quarter on record with 83 incidents
Crypto hackers stole $755 million across 83 cybersecurity incidents, as cross–chain bridges remained the most costl…
ETH stakers could see rewards cut as Ethereum fights to fund its future
Ethereum core contributors are debating a structural overhaul that could redirect Ethereum staking rewards toward eco…
Ethereum Layer 2 Taiko halts block production following exploit; urges users to withdraw funds
Onchain security firm Blockaid said the root cause of the exploit could be a flaw in Taiko bridge's source-signal pro…
Notorious ‘jaredfromsubway’ MEV bot drained for roughly $7.5 million in counter-MEV honeypot
An X account using the bot's name claimed a $15 million loss and offered a $1 million bounty, but evidence shows it i…
Bitcoin miner Bitdeer mined 921 BTC, but its smaller stash raises a bigger question
The miner's AI cloud growth may reduce sell pressure, but May data shows Bitcoin retention still lagging. The post Bi…
Secret Network’s Axelar bridge drained for $4.67 million in infinite-mint exploit that went unnoticed for seven days
Secret Network says about $770,000 of the stolen funds still sits in the attacker's Axelar wallet, and that Axelar de…
Bitcoin Cost-Of-Production Signal Raises Miner Stress Question As BTC Holds Support
An X post claimed Bitcoin is again trading below average cost of production, while TradingView charts show BTC holdin…
New Texas power grid allocation framework could lift bitcoin miners turned data center operators
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says data centers account for nearly 90% of the 438 GW of large-load demand…
Bitcoin miners Bitdeer, CleanSpark and more report mixed May output as AI buildouts impact hashrate growth, treasury models
Bitdeer, BitFuFu, Canaan and CleanSpark posted May bitcoin production updates, with combined output of 1,859 BTC and …
The DAO hack at 10: From $50 million exploit to a $130 million Ethereum security fund
Ten years ago, an attacker drained roughly 3.6 million ETH from The DAO, helping to spur the creation of the modern c…
Aztec investigates $2 million exploit of deprecated payments product
The immutable stage 2 rollup was sunset in 2022, and Aztec Labs holds no admin keys or control over the system, the t…
Wall Street is paying up for Bitcoin miners’ AI infrastructure before most of it is built
A megawatt leased to an AI tenant now commands a different price on Wall Street than a megawatt sitting in a Bitcoin …
Legacy Aztec Connect Contract Drained Of $2.1 Million Three Years After Shutdown
A legacy Aztec Connect contract was exploited years after shutdown, while current Aztec infrastructure remains unaffe…
Humanity Protocol Plans New H Token After $36 Million Key Compromise
Humanity Protocol is restructuring its H token after a $36 million exploit, but the incident appears tied to compromi…
Coinbase unveils ‘System Update’ unlocking an AI advisor, global unified liquidity, options trading and more
Coinbase's latest System Update includes a new AI-powered advisor and global unified liquidity between its U.S. and i…
Squid adds Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin for cross-chain swaps
Cross-chain platform Squid has integrated Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin, allowing users to swap into and out of RLUSD acr…
Bitcoin doesn't need Ethereum-style yield, says Strategy's Michael Saylor
Michael Saylor says Bitcoin does not need staking or inflation, outlining a five-layer “Digital Asset Stack” that…
Bitcoin miner IREN enters Europe with Nostrum acquisition as AI pivot accelerates
The acquisition adds about 490 megawatts of secured power in Spain as IREN expands beyond Bitcoin mining and builds i…
IREN enters Europe with acquisition of Spanish AI data center developer Nostrum
IREN now has AI infrastructure projects in the works across multiple continents as it expands beyond bitcoin mining.
‘Let’s just put it in an ETF’ is the worst outcome for bitcoin, says Trezor exec
Trezor Chief Commercial Officer Danny Sanders said simplifying self-custody remains one of bitcoin's biggest onboardi…