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MetaMask code was open to a North Korea-linked contractor for a month before Consensys halted releases
Consensys found no compromised assets or data, no malicious code deployment and no user impact, but contractor access…
Bitcoin's biggest advocate, Michael Saylor, says new plan to clean up the blockchain is 'a bad idea'
Michael Saylor argues that a new proposal, BIP-110, to temporarily block "spam" data from the Bitcoin blockchain woul…
Bitcoin’s quantum problem gets a recovery tool, but not for Satoshi’s 1.1 million coins
Project Eleven says it has funded a proof that lets a wallet's own key-derivation path stand in as ownership after qu…
Inside Zcash's new node that targets Visa-scale privacy at 50,000 transactions per second
The new Zakura client is the first live piece of a plan to take Zcash from roughly one private transaction per second…
DOG Mode explains Bitcoin's next governance fight
Leonidas' DOG Mode client challenges Bitcoin's default relay policies, reopening a philosophical debate over censorsh…
Trusted Volumes Hacker Returns 1,122 ETH, Keeps $2M Bounty
A hacker tied to the Trusted Volumes exploit has returned 1,122 ETH to the protocol, closing part of a security incid…
Trezor exec pushes back on ZachXBT claim that hardware wallets are ‘complete garbage’
"I do not advise using them for important tasks like signing transactions or storing funds," ZachXBT wrote this week.
Cardano hands core development to outside teams in decentralization push
Input Output will transfer control of the Haskell node, Plutus, Hydra and other components as founder Charles Hoskins…
Bitcoin’s anti-spam fight gets a 'DOG Mode' reply
While BIP 110 wants to restrict data through a consensus change and has almost no miner support, a new DOG Mode clien…
Ledger wants AI agents to manage crypto without holding your keys
AI agents can read wallet balances and analyze portfolios but requires every sensitive action to be approved on a Led…
Ledger unveils hardware-backed Agent Stack to prevent rogue AI transactions
With Ledger Agent Stack, users can deploy bots to read balances, suggest transactions, prepare swaps and draft operat…
Galaxy targets institutional stablecoin yield with new DeFi vaults
The crypto financial services firm launched Galaxy Curator, a Morpho-based platform that gives Fireblocks' 2,400 inst…
Is using an old iPhone safer than a crypto hardware wallet? ZachXBT thinks so
ZachXBT recently argued that a dedicated iPhone offers better security than a hardware wallet, a line of reasoning th…
US government sends $288M to Coinbase putting Bitcoin reserve rules into question
The transfer highlights unresolved custody rules, while the public evidence identifies a deposit rather than a govern…
BitMine made $46 million staking Ethereum then lost twice that betting on it
BitMine's push to turn one of the world's largest corporate Ethereum holdings into a source of recurring income gener…
Ostium pauses trading after apparent $18 million vault exploit
Onchain data shows the Ostium attacker dispersing the stolen funds across multiple wallets after converting USDC into…
A timeline of the Ethereum Foundation's ongoing shakeup
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re unpacking the timeline of all the changes at the Ethereum …
Bitmine says ETH staking generated $45.7 million, accounting for 98% of quarterly revenue
Bitmine generated $45.7 million from Ethereum staking, which accounted for 98% of quarterly revenue as the company ex…
US turns stablecoin issuer Tether into a financial weapon against Iran, freezing nearly $500 million
US authorities have used Tether's control over its dollar-linked stablecoin to freeze about $475 million connected to…
Live markets: Bitcoin, ether ETFs draw inflows as majors rise as much as 5%
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in about $181 million on Tuesday, a day after shedding roughly $425 million, per SoSoValu…
Visa, Mastercard and Ripple back x402 as agent payments average 32 cents
Forty companies now govern x402, the protocol Coinbase built and handed away. It settled about $24 million last month…
Ethereum Research Thread Puts Sybil Resistance Back In Focus For Decentralized Networks
Ethereum Research Thread Puts Sybil Resistance Back In Focus For Decentralized Networks is a useful reminder that cry…
Timelock Account Recovery Gives Ethereum Smart Accounts A Safer Backup Route
Timelock Account Recovery Gives Ethereum Smart Accounts A Safer Backup Route is a useful reminder that crypto coverag…
Ethereum Foundation spinout EthSystems targets banks with blockchain privacy technology
The spinout comes amid one of the biggest organizational shakeups at the Ethereum Foundation in years.
Is a Bitcoin whale from 2018 about to cash in after awakening to transfer $188 million?
The 2,931 BTC balance moved twice and still sits in an unlabeled second-hop address with no outbound transaction. The…
Bitcoin's BIP-110 sparked a fight over who gets to decide the future of Bitcoin
BIP-110 sought to limit non-financial data on Bitcoin's blockchain but instead reignited debates over censorship and …
Bitcoin and Ethereum tweet volume falls to 12-month lows despite institutional crypto boom
Retail attention via social chatter is back to 2020 levels even as institutional involvement has moved in the opposit…
Robinhood Chain tokens are reportedly vanishing from wallets causing buyers to lose funds
Relay says the money spent is gone, while private keys and unrelated balances remain untouched. The post Robinhood Ch…
Robinhood built a blockchain for tokenized stocks. Memecoins took over
Robinhood Chain has pulled in $135 million of value and 800,000 addresses since July 1. Almost none of it is doing wh…
Chinese prosecutors call for more proactive approach to investigating crypto money laundering
For the most part, China prohibits crypto trading and services while authorities actively investigate and prosecute c…