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Polymarket suffers live POL drain as team rules out feared contract exploit
Polymarket faced what many users interpreted as a possible hack on May 22 after public alerts described a rapid POL d…
Verus bridge exploiter returns 4,052 ETH, retains $2.8 million bounty: onchain analyst
An attacker transferred 4,052.4 ETH worth $8.5 million back to Verus on Friday after the team proposed a bounty frame…
Satoshi’s 1.1M bitcoin and millions more can be saved from quantum attack, says expert
Researchers at the privacy-centric blockchain startup say their multi-layer quantum defense will feature a soft fork …
Ethereum’s identity crisis is deepening after high-profile 'brain drain' frustrates the community
What began earlier this week as shock over more exits of core figures has now evolved into something more existential…
Bitcoin quantum computing risk centers on major exchange wallets, Glassnode data shows
Cryptocurrency exchanges are emerging as the clearest pressure point in Bitcoin’s long-running debate over quantum …
Cosmos co-founder’s new multilateral clearing startup Cycles raises $6.4 million
The round, led by Blockchange Ventures, with support from Coinbase Ventures, among others, brings Cycle's total fundi…
The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation's high-profile departures spark fresh debate
Also: Citi on quantum computing and bitcoin, Jump Crypto’s Firedancer, and Vitalik Buterin on AI verification
Vitalik Buterin outlines Ethereum's privacy measures. Here is what it means for the network and ETH
Privacy is widely seen as a necessary feature for the widespread adoption of blockchain technology. Ethereum is takin…
Tether, Gnosis co-lead $4.4 million seed round for lightweight mobile-friendly Sorted Wallet
With the additional funding, Sorted intends to expand geographically, particularly targeting Sub-Saharan Africa and S…
Tokenized equities daily volume hits all-time high of $3.57 billion
The Block's data shows onchain equities trading volume growing since the start of the year, and hitting an all-time h…
‘What's happening at the EF?’ Ethereum community looking for answers after high-profile departures
A wave of recent high-profile departures at the Ethereum Foundation has reignited longstanding questions from communi…
Wintermute enters DeFi vault space with Armitage, supporting ‘collateral types that other curators cannot’
Vault curators allow institutions to take a hands-off approach to crypto by allocating capital along pre-set risk par…
Live markets: Bitcoin gives up $77,000 as interest rates continue surge, stocks continue slump
Crypto markets have turned lower in morning U.S. trade on Tuesday as the idea of coming rate hikes takes a toll on ri…
BSC’s quantum defense works. The trade-off is 40% slower transaction throughput.
BSC’s quantum-security test worked, but bigger transaction data slowed network throughput by about 40%.
The Ethereum Foundation is facing a wave of high-profile departures as its internal shakeup deepens
The turnover comes as the foundation undergoes an internal transition tied to a new organizational mandate aimed at r…
Vitalik Buterin says AI 'formal verification' could actually make crypto much more secure
The Ethereum co-founder argued that AI-assisted "formal verification" could become one of the most important tools f…
Bitcoin faces outsized quantum threat as computing breakthroughs accelerate, Citi says
The bank said accelerating advances in quantum computing are compressing the timeline for risks to crypto and broader…
Crypto security is turning into an AI arms race as agents may overwhelm compliance teams
AI agents and automated payments could reach a scale that crypto monitoring systems built for human-paced markets can…
The Funding: As SpaceX’s listing nears, are pre-IPO perps crypto’s next big market?
Pre-IPO perpetual futures just had their proof of concept moment with the Cerebras market on TradeXYZ. Here's where t…
DeFi's new front: VerifiedX bets bitcoin's next chapter is programmable, private
VerifiedX says its Bitcoin sidechain enables programmable, privacy-preserving transactions without synthetic wrappers…
THORChain exploit turns emergency chain halt into a DeFi trust test
THORChain’s suspected multichain exploit and emergency halt on May 15 has turned into another DeFi security inciden…
Jump Crypto’s ‘Firedancer’ is taking a slow and steady approach to its long-awaited Solana infrastructure rollout
In an interview with CoinDesk, the lead engineer at Firedancer gives an update on how the new client, also known as a…
The $293 million KelpDAO hack shows why DeFi is finally being forced to grow up
For protocol founders and security researchers, the incident reinforced a broader shift underway across crypto: DeFi …
Wall Street is starting to notice one of crypto’s smartest AI bets
A growing spotlight on Nof1’s Alpha Arena suggests SUI Group and Karatage may have gotten early to one of the most …
Thorchain halts trading after $10 million cross-chain exploit, RUNE token drops 12%
The cross-chain liquidity protocol paused all trading and signing on Friday after an attacker drained roughly $10.8 m…
Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF to start trading on NYSE this Friday
The Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF will offer staking through the company’s in-house staking division Bitwise Onchain Solu…
‘It’s an unfair game’: CertiK CEO says DeFi attackers using AI to outspend defenders
CertiK says DeFi attackers are increasingly targeting operational security and supply-chain weaknesses instead of sma…
Ripple insider warns XRP holders as fake airdrop scams surge across XRPL
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is seeing a drastic rise in fraud attempts targeting its users as the network draws more instit…
Upshift rolls out new vault platform providing bridging capital for instant RWA redemptions
Dedicated USDC vaults will provide instant liquidity to RWA holders when they want to redeem, with LPs earning redemp…
Folkman says World Liberty took ‘very small loan’ to jumpstart Dolomite, calls Justin Sun defamation case ‘cut and dry’
World Liberty Financial co-founder Zak Folkman defended a $75 million Dolomite loan and called the Justin Sun defamat…