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Base suffers second mainnet stall in two days
Base block production resumed as of 16:11 UTC, following an alert to another mainnet chain stall at 15:33 UTC.
Base delays Beryl hard fork over B20 registry timing issue
Base delayed its Beryl mainnet upgrade to June 26 to give the B20 Activation Registry time to become fully operational.
Coinbase's Base resumes block production after 2-hour outage
Coinbase's blockchain Base says a consensus problem knocked its network offline for around two hours on Thursday befo…
Does Botanix’s failure prove Bitcoiners don’t care about DeFi?
The failure of Botanix suggests that Bitcoiners still prefer Ethereum DeFi to Bitcoin L2s. How can Bitcoin L2s change…
Coinbase-incubated Base blockchain suffers ‘Unsafe Head Stall’ interrupting block production
Deposits and withdrawals have also been affected, while transactions are delayed or stalled, according to Base's stat…
SecondFi loses $2.4 million in Cardano wallet exploit
SecondFi was hit by three separate attacks exploiting a flaw in its wallet generation software. A further 129 million…
Aave could soar to $3,500 by 2030 on DeFi revival, says StanChart
Geoff Kendrick said Aave has moved past April's cyberattack-related market disruption and is well positioned to benef…
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…
Starmer steps down: What Andy Burnham means for crypto in the UK
Burnham brings a dose of optimism to the UK crypto industry, having previously supported the blockchain industry as m…
Trump signs orders for quantum computer, cryptography upgrades
“We’re going to be investing in American quantum leadership like never before to stay ahead of the pack,” says …
Bitget Launches Stock+ For Buying Real US Stocks With Crypto
Bitget has launched Stock+, a crypto-funded product for eligible users to buy real US stocks and ETFs through its Sto…
Taiko halts its Ethereum layer-2 network after a bridge exploit, token dives
An attacker forged withdrawal proofs to drain about $1.7 million, the same type of flaw behind this year's biggest br…
Bitget enables direct US stock purchases using crypto
Bitget launched Stock+, enabling crypto-funded purchases of full and fractional US stocks through regulated brokers.
AI is making crypto security cheaper, faster and harder to ignore
As AI-powered security tools become cheaper, faster and more widely available, researchers said they could reshape wh…
Crypto industry looks to stablecoins and DeFi revisions in MiCA 2.0
The European Commission is seeking comment on how it can tweak MiCA, its regulatory framework for the crypto and bloc…
Coinbase’s Base Targets June 25 For Beryl Upgrade And New B20 Token Standard
Coinbase's Base network is targeting June 25 for its Beryl mainnet upgrade, introducing a B20 token standard aimed at…
Base targets June 25 mainnet launch for Beryl upgrade and new B20 token standard
Base's Beryl upgrade introduces the B20 native token standard, cuts withdrawal delays to 5 days, and activates on mai…
Microsoft found malware that hijacks crypto wallets and spreads through USB sticks
The software intercepts shortcut files and directs them to install a worm that harvests private keys from the Windows…
France to stop certifying products lacking quantum-resistant encryption
France’s cybersecurity agency plans to block certification of products without quantum-resistant encryption startin…
Crypto’s security nightmare won’t be solved by ordinary audits
Without an update to the current auditing infrastructure, the crypto space will likely continue to suffer significant…
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…
SpaceX’s debut: A win for crypto price discovery, a fail for tokenized access
SpaceX’s blockbuster debut didn’t just mint a trillionaire; it became a real-world stress test for crypto’s pro…
Coinbase, AWS enable publishers on CloudFront and WAF to charge AI agents via x402 protocol
Coinbase and AWS are allowing publishers on CloudFront and WAF to charge AI agents for content via the x402 protocol.
Ethereum Research Proposal Targets Post-Quantum Wallet Security At Low Gas Cost
An Ethereum Research proposal explores a practical post-quantum signature verification path for EVM wallets using an …
Deprecated Aztec Connect Contract Exploited For $2.19M, SlowMist Says
SlowMist says a deprecated Aztec Connect smart contract was exploited for $2.19 million, highlighting the risks left …
Banks are buying Bitcoin vaults, but a quantum problem may be waiting inside
The banks are finally buying the vaults. In May, BNY, the world's largest custodian with $59.4 trillion in assets und…
Coinbase Quantum Report Warns Millions Of Bitcoin Could Face Future Security Risks
Coinbase’s Quantum Advisory Council published a report on post-quantum migration and abandoned coins.
Crypto’s next billion-dollar hacker may move at superhuman speed
Anthropic’s new Claude Fable 5 puts powerful cyber tools behind safety filters. DeFi, already hit by more than $840…
Coinbase Council Warns 7 Million Bitcoin May Face Future Quantum Risk
Coinbase’s Quantum Advisory Council says crypto networks should begin planning for post-quantum migration before th…