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XRP Ledger’s new upgrade is here. But not everyone’s on board yet
The new software leads among the network's validators, yet by node count it sits behind the older v3.1.3, and the sec…
Live markets: Japan's collapsing yen is pushing companies into bitcoin and XRP
Hedge funds have turned the most bearish on the yen since 2007, boosting bets on further losses to nearly 138,000 con…
BonkDAO’s estimated $20M drain exposes how memecoin treasuries can be raided by a simple vote
The malicious proposal shows how token-weighted votes can become a treasury access path when DAO review controls are …
Cardano’s 9.0.1 Hotfix Shows Why Last-Mile Upgrades Matter Before A Hard Fork
Hard forks are usually discussed in big-picture terms, but the final approach is often decided by smaller technical c…
Dogecoin Core 1.14.8 Lands With Security Fixes The Network Cannot Ignore
Dogecoin does not always get taken seriously when the market is in meme mode, but infrastructure updates are where th…
New SummerFi DeFi exploit shows AI automation now sits above smart contract risk
Blockaid estimated about $6 million drained as Summer.fi paused Lazy Summer vaults and investigated the cause. The po…
Live markets: Bitcoin and ether ETFs drew inflows on Monday
Spot bitcoin ETFs still lost a net $526.6 million over the shortened holiday week, an eighth straight week of negativ…
BonkDAO loses $20 million following ‘malicious governance proposal’ attack
The funds have been tracked to crypto exchanges, and South Korea-based Upbit said it has suspended BONK deposits and …
Ethereum developers embrace Vitalik Buterin's long-term vision but urge quicker execution
The "Lean Ethereum" strawmap, updated earlier this week, has gained support from many of the network's researchers, t…
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is preparing its 'biggest rebuild' since the Merge
A revised roadmap details how the multi-year overhaul would replace nearly every major part of Ethereum's protocol, w…
Live markets: Bitcoin pops to $63,900, then reverses, as week begins
Bitcoin touched $63,882 overnight before retreating to around $62,900, per CoinDesk data. Sunday's high held briefly …
Americans traded $571 million on Polymarket politic bets despite U.S. ban
U.S.-linked wallets traded $571 million in political contracts over the past year, more than any other country, even …
How ethical hackers with just a $3,000 server found a flaw that could've put $70 billion in crypto at risk
A critical flaw in the Aptos blockchain, which was patched, gave researchers a near-90% success rate at breaking a co…
Bitcoin experts split over plan to freeze Satoshi's 1.1 million bitcoin as quantum threat grows
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said Satoshi Nakamoto's bitcoin should be frozen before quantum computers can steal it…
Cardano Development Activity Pushes Back Against ADA Price Stagnation
Cardano node releases show continued development work even as ADA remains stuck in a tight market range.
How tokenized stocks fail as collateral even when the stock price does not move
DeFi lending protocol Edel disclosed a $403,000 exploit that hit the layer where tokenized stocks are trying to becom…
Humanity Protocol repositions toward enterprise AI after $36 million hack, founder says
Humanity Protocol founder Terence Kwok says the project is pivoting to enterprise AI after a $36 million exploit, wit…
Ethereum Institutional launch draws support from across the Ethereum ecosystem
Its launch comes as Ethereum's support ecosystem undergoes a broader evolution, following the debut of EthLabs and am…
EthLabs launches as Ethereum undergoes its biggest leadership transition in years
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re diving into the creation of EthLabs, and why it was launch…
Cardano Activity Recovers After Yoroi Wallet Sync Fix
Cardano network activity has reportedly improved after EMURGO patched Yoroi wallet sync and connection issues.
Ethereum gets a new nonprofit focused on institutional adoption
The launch comes as the Ethereum Foundation narrows its focus to stewarding the core protocol, with independent organ…
Tokenized Google stock inflated 7,700% in rare DeFi lending exploit
An attacker inflated the value of a tokenized Google share used as collateral to about 78 times its real price, then …
Crypto hack theft falls 7% in June to $76 million as Humanity Protocol tops list: PeckShield
Crypto hacks hit $75.9M across 40 incidents in June, down 7.1% from May, led by the $31M Humanity Protocol exploit, P…
Live markets: U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs had their worst month ever in June, shedding $4.5 billion
The record outflow beat the previous worst month by 29% and came on nine consecutive days of redemptions to close the…
Anthropic restores AI models Fable, Mythos after the U.S. lifts export controls
The government cleared Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 30, weeks after a cybersecurity finding triggered an export order…
DeFi hacks are turning high yields into a hidden liquidity tax
DeFiLlama data shows $780.3 million in Q2 known losses as bridges, keys and protocol logic turn security into a live …
MetaMask launches Money Account with stablecoin yield and spending in one wallet
The launch reflects a broader push to make stablecoins more useful beyond trading and transfers.
Live updates: BlackRock's IBIT sheds $300 million as bitcoin demand dwindles
IBIT alone shed $300 million while smaller funds absorbed some of the outflow. The selloff lands as the same AI trade…