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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.
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 …
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…
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…
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.
Crypto Council for Innovation launches coalition to push for regulatory clarity on vaults
A new coalition is forming, focused on crypto vaults, an increasingly popular mechanism for depositing digital assets…
Live updates: bitcoin falls below $62,000 ahead of jobs data as Zcash bug rocks crypto
Zcash plummeted 40% after Shielded Labs revealed a major bug that went undetected for 4 years.
Bitcoin in danger of dropping to $60,000, with Zcash bulls turning their backs on ZEC
AI bets are recording rapid profit-taking as Broadcom as outlook for AI-chip sales fell short of high expectations, d…
Chainalysis says ‘top-tier’ gray market peptide vendors turn to bitcoin and stablecoins
“To scale, the gray-market peptide trade adopted cryptocurrency as its backbone,” Chainalysis said in a report.
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…
Not all Ethereum layer 2s are dying, but many general-purpose chains no longer have a reason to exist
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.
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.
Grayscale gets behind the hype, launching its HYPG Hyperliquid ETF on Nasdaq
Grayscale entered the ring with its own Hyperliquid linked ETF, setting a new low for fees as competition intensifies…
Apparent Zcash outage was a block explorer problem, infrastructure providers say
One expert said the issue was mainly with block explorers tracking the onchain activity.
Trezor says your crypto is safe after Ledger audit exposes a hardware flaw
The flaw affects only one of the wallet's multiple security layers and would require physical access, specialized equ…
Bitcoin’s compute power dwarfs top 100 supercomputers by 600k times, says Bittensor co-founder
Ala Shaabana explains how using Bitcoin network’s coordinate-and-reward playbook can bust open corporate monopolies…
Here's how one decentralized cloud provider says private citizens can make money from AI
Titan Network says its crowdsourced computing network has signed tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba as clients, sav…
Movement pivots to stablecoin payments as the layer-2 boom loses momentum
The team behind Movement said it plans to leverage licensed payment partners alongside blockchain settlement rails to…
Vitalik Buterin proposes options-based synthetic assets to avoid liquidations and reduce reliance on real-time oracles
Buterin proposed options-based synthetic assets that avoid liquidation risk and rely on slow oracles instead of real-…
Grayscale sets 0.29% fee for its Hyperliquid ETF, undercutting Bitwise and 21Shares
Grayscale is set to launch its own Hyperliquid exchange-traded fund as soon as this week, setting a sponsor fee of 0.…
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin is rethinking how DeFi handles market crashes
In a research post published Monday, Buterin proposed creating index-tracking assets using options contracts rather t…
Whitehat developer unlocks $2 million stuck in a 2016 Ethereum ICO contract for nine years
0xflorent, a security researcher, found an integer-overflow flaw in the HongCoin token sale contract that lets the te…
Three Sui mainnet halts in 48 hours traced to an upgrade bug by developers
The Sui Foundation's post-mortem published Sunday traces all three outages to interactions between a new address-bala…
Revealing the moment crypto started reshaping American elections
Less than four years after the collapse of FTX triggered calls for a sweeping crackdown, the crypto industry has emer…
XRP Ledger's new proposal blocks the flash loan attacks costing DeFi hundreds of millions
A draft XRPL amendment notes that flash loan attacks are "structurally impossible" on the network because of how its …
Crypto champion Trump may be jeopardizing the industry’s landmark legislation
Digital asset legislation is years in the making, but the sector's biggest political champion, President Trump, has b…
SEC sues Texas man over $12.3 million alleged crypto scheme built on fake AI trading bots
Fuller allegedly diverted $6.2 million for personal use and $5.5M for Ponzi-like payments; only 3% of funds went to c…
Bitcoin’s biggest quantum risk may not be wallet keys. An early investor fears something bigger
Andrew Gault, the venture capitalist who funded the quantum hardware labs now threatening bitcoin, says the industry …