Crypto News
Filter by User Type
Frontier AI Models Can Find Crypto's Biggest Bugs. Experts Warn the Industry Isn't Ready
The Zcash vulnerability uncovered with help from Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 signals a shift in who may discover crit…
DeFi’s old hack vectors are fading – But the new risk can hit six chains at once
Decentralized finance has gotten a lot safer over the past six years, and a new review of protocol losses from 2020 t…
Abra’s Bill Barhydt says Wall Street’s next crypto bet is tokenization
As Abra prepares for a Nasdaq debut, CEO Bill Barhydt is betting tokenized yield products and onchain lending will dr…
AI Is Helping Discover Tech Vulnerabilities—And Zcash Is Just the Latest Example
Frontier AI models have evolved into bug-finding tools, uncovering vulnerabilities across the tech world—and now in…
America’s largest banks are building a new digital currency network to stop a massive deposit drain
America’s biggest banks are launching tokenized deposits to compete with stablecoins, opening a new front in the ra…
Crypto exchanges are losing retail traders but are filling the gap with Wall Street-style bets
Crypto exchanges are seeing the weakest retail-driven activity in years, but some of the biggest platforms are findin…
Zcash Bug Crisis Shows Privacy Cuts Both Ways, Experts Say
Fallout from a bug that enabled undetectable Zcash counterfeiting shows that privacy can sometimes present tradeoffs,…
Zcash Crash Just Wiped Billions From the Privacy Coin's Market Cap—Can ZEC Recover?
The price of Zcash cratered following the disclosure of a serious vulnerability for the privacy coin. Can ZEC make a …
BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize clears key hurdle to go public on NYSE
The tokenization specialist behind BlackRock's BUIDL fund could begin trading on the NYSE as SEC approves merger regi…
Securitize clears SEC registration statement hurdle, sets path to NYSE listing as SECZ
Securitize's SPAC merger is expected to close shortly after a CEPT shareholder vote, if approved, later this month.
Winklevoss-Backed Zcash Treasury Plunges Nearly 40% on ZEC Privacy Bug Concerns
Cypherpunk Technologies shares tumbled to their lowest point since March as jitters tied to a Zcash bug knocked the W…
AI-assisted Zcash flaw exposes the supply integrity gap an emergency fork could not fully close
The exploit that nearly broke Zcash originated inside the zero-knowledge proof circuit that powers Orchard, Zcash's n…
Arthur Hayes Dumps Entire Zcash Bag, Keeps WLD Bet Alive
Arthur Hayes says Maelstrom has sold its entire Zcash position after new disclosures around the Orchard Pool vulnerab…
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…
Zcash tumbles 50% as Hayes exits bag over unverifiable counterfeiting risk
The Zcash vulnerability highlights the critical need for robust security measures in cryptocurrency systems to mainta…
Zcash loses over $5 billion after AI finds 4-year bug that could have created fake hidden coins
Zcash lost more than $5 billion in market value after its developers, using Anthropic's Claude AI, discovered a lon…
ZEC Crashes 38% as Zcash Discloses ‘Critical Counterfeiting Vulnerability’
An Orchard vulnerability that allowed undetectable counterfeiting of ZEC in its shielded pool has reignited debate ov…
JPMorgan, Citi-backed consortium plans to launch tokenized deposit network in early 2027: WSJ
The initiative would enable tokenized deposits to move instantly and support around-the-clock settlement, the Wall St…
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…
Bankless Co-Founder Reveals New Crypto Portfolio After Ethereum Sale
Bankless co-founder David Hoffman has disclosed how he redeployed capital after selling ETH, revealing a new portfoli…
Why tokenization is an ETF-style market structure revolution
The current tokenization dialogue and pattern resemble ETFs’ early days, which ultimately transformed into a $10+ t…
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…
Immunefi says DeFi is ‘getting safer’ as exploit losses fall 74% from 2022 peak amid AI-driven security arms race
DeFi exploit losses fell 74% from the 2022 peak to $680 million in 2025, according to Immunefi, amid structural secur…
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.
Zcash was rumored to have stopped working – then it became crypto’s only winner
Zcash became the subject of a brief market scare after block explorers appeared to show that the privacy-focused bloc…
Goldman Sachs teams with Apex, Archax for tokenized real estate fund
The fund combines blockchain native issuance with established fund structures.
Zcash Fixes Critical Orchard Vulnerability As ZEC Holds $600 Support
Zcash has patched a dangerous vulnerability in its privacy-focused infrastructure that could have enabled double-spen…
Crypto Is A ‘Failed’ Asset Class, Says Renowned Economist
Economist and macro trader Alex Krüger has argued that “crypto” has largely failed as an asset class, even as bl…
Walrus Memory Enables AI Agents to ‘Actually Learn About Us’: Mysten Labs Co-Founder
With its new portable memory layer, Walrus Memory lets AI agents carry context across apps, sessions and providers—…
Mt. Gox-linked wallets moved 10,422 BTC, worth roughly $739 million as BTC price slides
Mt. Gox moved more than $700 million worth of Bitcoin while the market was already under stress, giving traders a fam…