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Solana infrastructure firm Helius acquires Light Protocol to expand onchain privacy
The acquisition comes amid a moment of consolidation in the crypto industry and during a resurgent interest in onchai…
Privacy returns to focus as Ethereum developers explore new token standards
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem.
MetaMask just gave AI agents a DeFi wallet with a leash
Agent Wallet lets software trade across DeFi, but every permission rule becomes part of the security boundary. The po…
Raydium DEX says $1.34 million exploit hit retired AMM program, treasury to cover losses
The exploit drained roughly $1.34 million from five inactive Raydium liquidity pools, and impacted users will be comp…
The quantum clock is ticking: it's Bitcoin's problem, not Ethereum's
A recent research note published by Citi analysts reached a conclusion about quantum risk that should give every inst…
Humanity Protocol’s H crash exposes the private keys behind its ZK identity pitch
The incident points to bridge-admin custody while leaving H down 76% and key-control questions unresolved. The post H…
Ripple launches toolkit for agentic payments on XRPL
A growing number of companies, including Ripple, want to create payment rails which would AI agents to execute transa…
World Series of Poker adds Solana payments for tournament buy-ins
The move marks an integration of blockchain-based payments into a major live sporting and gaming event.
A 'Bitcoin DeFi' project just shut down with a brutal post-mortem: Users just didn't care
"It did not work," Botanix said. "At lest not in this market and not in this timeline."
Washington man gets 5 years for helping $100 million crypto money laundering scheme
Geoffrey K. Auyeung helped overseas fraudsters launder $100 million in scam proceeds through crypto and bank accounts…
Lamborghini Bitcoin carjacking puts crypto’s wrench-attack crisis in a US courtroom
A Missouri man's guilty plea links a Danbury kidnapping to the same human-targeting pattern already visible in France…
Live updates: bitcoin drifts back to $62,500, putting damper on hope for two straight up days
Crypto prices rose on Monday following last week's crash, but the bears still appear to be in control.
Humanity's $36 million exploit tied to compromised laptop hosting a 'multisig' wallet
The compromised laptop held enough multisig keys to take over the project's bridges on two chains, a basic security f…
Zcash finalizes Ironwood upgrade plan, targets July activation
The Ironwood upgrade would introduce a new shielded pool and ensure the circulating ZEC supply remains bounded.
Humanity Protocol token crashes more than 80% after a $32 million private-key hack
The decentralized identity project said attackers compromised the keys of a foundation member and are dumping the sto…
Wallets linked to Humanity Protocol drained for over $32 million, token plunges 89%: onchain analyst
Out of the stolen amount, $23.7 million has been swapped for Ethereum, while around $7.9 million remains in H tokens.
Brazen bitcoin kidnapping and carjacking co-conspirator pleads guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison: DOJ
Six men from Florida carjacked Sushil and Radhika Chetal's Lamborghini Urus, beat the couple and briefly detained them.
Crypto has ‘limited utility’ in solving AI’s trust and payment issues, IC3 researchers say
The academic researchers attempt to debunk idea that giving AI agents access to crypto wallets has the ability to mak…
A $239B claim on dormant Bitcoin wallets faces a new obstacle after old address moves
A June 5 court stay and a June 2 spend turned the Noah Doe case into a test of legal title versus private-key control…
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried officially files for a presidential pardon from Trump
Sam Bankman-Fried is pressing ahead with his bid for a presidential pardon, even after President Trump said he has no…
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…
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.
ZEC rebounds 42% as ZODL founder details two-step emergency upgrade
Josh Swihart, founder of ZODL, provided details on how the Zcash team resolved a critical vulnerability in the Orchar…
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 …
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…
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…
CLARITY Act Momentum Slows As Approval Odds Fall To 60%
A July 4 target date for advancing crypto market-structure legislation through the Senate is now looking less certain…
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 …