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DefiLlama logs 518 crypto hacks and over $17b in losses in 10 years, with attackers shifting from smart contracts to keys, bridges and wallets, as rsETH loses ~$290m. Crypto’s security bill over the past decade has quietly climbed past $17…
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‘Are we an industry of clowns?’ Curve founder urges unified DeFi security rulebook after rsETH shock
Curve founder Michael Egorov is pushing for chain-wide DeFi security standards after the Kelp rsETH exploit exposed how “centralized” chokepoints can still wreck supposedly decentralized systems. Curve founder Michael Egorov has called for industry-wide DeFi security standards after what he…
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A new PACE Act bill would let qualified non‑bank payment firms tap Fed rails directly, cutting fees and delays while dovetailing with the GENIUS Act’s stablecoin regime. A U.S. Congressman has proposed the PACE Act, a bill that would give…
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New York has sued Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan for alleged state law violations, extending the state’s aggressive campaign against major crypto platforms. New York state has filed lawsuits against Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan, accusing the crypto…
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Bitget is expanding its AI “co-pilot” trading push into a full ecosystem spanning retail users, developers, and institutional partners. Bitget is doubling down on AI-native trading, launching an AI ecosystem co-creation plan that aims to turn its Agent Hub and…
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DoorDash is working with Stripe- and Paradigm-backed Tempo to explore paying delivery workers in stablecoins, as Visa, banks and fintechs plug into Tempo’s rails. DoorDash is teaming up with blockchain project Tempo to explore paying its delivery couriers in stablecoins,…
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A fake courier tried to steal a French crypto worker’s private keys at gunpoint, but was disarmed in a struggle, underscoring France’s surge in “wrench” attacks. In the early morning hours of April 11, a French crypto worker and his…
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0G Foundation is wiring Alibaba Cloud’s Qianwen LLM into decentralized infrastructure via token-gated access, seeding one of the first onchain commercial AI agent stacks. 0G Foundation has struck a formal partnership with Alibaba Cloud to bring the Chinese tech giant’s…
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The UK Treasury wants stablecoins and tokenized deposits regulated like payment services, backing the push with new rules, BoE coordination and £1m for fintech pilots. The UK Treasury used London Fintech Week to signal its most ambitious push yet to…
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Binance is launching Chip (CHIP) with card buy, spot pairs, principal-protected earn and 50x futures, but flags the new seed token with a high-risk warning. Binance is switching on a full product suite around new listing Chip (CHIP), with the…
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SEC Chair Paul Atkins unveils an “innovation exemption,” five‑bucket token rules and a CFTC pact, opening a regulated path for tokenized securities on‑chain. Marking the first anniversary of his chairmanship at the Washington Economic Club, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins used…
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Researcher Doyeon Park drops a high‑severity CometBFT zero‑day that can stall Cosmos chains securing $8B, spotlighting disclosure gaps in core crypto infrastructure. A critical zero‑day vulnerability in Cosmos’ CometBFT consensus layer has been publicly disclosed by security researcher Doyeon Park,…
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KAIO raises $8m from Tether to bring BlackRock‑style funds onchain with $100 tickets. Abu Dhabi-regulated tokenization infrastructure company KAIO has closed an $8 million strategic financing round led by stablecoin issuer Tether, bringing its total funding to $19 million, according…
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A suspected state‑linked $13m hack has shuttered sanctioned Russian crypto exchange Grinex, cutting a major ruble‑to‑crypto sanctions‑evasion channel. A major Russian cryptocurrency exchange used to funnel money around Western sanctions has shut down after a suspected large‑scale cyberattack that wiped…
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Trump’s threat of “lots of bombs” if the Iran ceasefire lapses feeds straight into Bitcoin’s war‑driven volatility and the debate over its safe‑haven role. U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that “lots of bombs start going off” if a fragile…
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A whale who made $44.61m on leveraged ETH in two months has topped up a long to 30,000 ETH around $2,288, turning profits into even more high‑gear risk. A leveraged Ethereum (ETH) whale that has earned $44.61 million in profit…
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