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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…
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 …
Vitalik Buterin proposes ‘Extremely Lean’ Ethereum, shrinking the chain to near-zero state with ZK proofs
Buterin outlined a two-step plan to shift Ethereum's state management to validators and replace per-epoch balance upd…
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…
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.
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…
Cardano Activity Recovers After Yoroi Wallet Sync Fix
Cardano network activity has reportedly improved after EMURGO patched Yoroi wallet sync and connection issues.
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…
Vitalik Buterin says crypto’s most powerful idea is still nowhere near ready
The Ethereum co-founder says indistinguishability obfuscation could one day act like a “trustless trusted third par…
Vitalik Buterin calls obfuscation cryptography’s ‘final boss,’ but says current approaches remain wildly impractical
Vitalik Buterin said obfuscation is cryptography’s “final boss,” citing impractical iO schemes with “literall…
Top Ethereum MEV Bot JaredfromSubway.eth Drained of Up to $15M in Counter-MEV Honeypot Exploit
Top Ethereum MEV Bot JaredfromSubway.eth Drained of Up to $15M in Counter-MEV Honeypot Exploit: a fresh look at Jared…
SecondFi Completes Refund Snapshot for Wallets Impacted by Recent Cardano Exploit
SecondFi Completes Refund Snapshot for Wallets Impacted by Recent Cardano Exploit: a fresh look at SecondFi Cardano r…
Polymarket hit by $2.9M theft, users to be refunded
Polymarket said it contained the compromise and removed the affected dependency after attackers injected a malicious …
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…
Abracadabra takes emergency action as MIM stablecoin depeg worsens
The protocol is raising interest rates across all Cauldrons to encourage debt repayment and reduce supply.
SecondFi traces Cardano wallet exploit to address-level issue
Cardano wallet SecondFi traced the incident to an address-level issue and secured 129 million ADA after attackers dra…
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…
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum Foundation will cut budget 40% in major reset
The reduction comes on the same day the EF confirmed a 20% reduction in headcount and follows the resignation of co-E…
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…
THORChain resumes trading more than a month after $10M exploit
THORChain resumed all network activity after implementing multiple security upgrades and a vault migration to fix the…
Ethereum Foundation sacks 20% of workforce amid strategic restructuring
The Ethereum Foundation fired 54 employees and unveiled a new organizational structure as Vitalik Buterin said the gr…
Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin back Ethereum R&D nonprofit
Sharplink says the new nonprofit, Ethlabs, “exists to ensure the network is ready to absorb” the demand that inst…
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…
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…
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…
Ethereum faces core development funding crisis, former contributor warns
The warning comes as the Ethereum Foundation reduces spending, adjusts its treasury strategy and undergoes a wave of …
Ethereum could face core development ‘funding crisis’ within nine months, says former EF contributor
Former EF contributor VanEpps warned Ethereum could face a core development funding crisis within 3-9 months after CI…
Ethereum Foundation leadership exodus continues with director’s departure
Hsiao-Wei Wang’s departure adds to a wave of Ethereum Foundation exits, fueling debate over governance, decentraliz…