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Kraken's AI-Powered Trading Assistant Marks Shift Toward Intelligent Portfolio Management
Kraken is rebuilding its mobile app from the ground up, integrating artificial intelligence to recommend trades and create personalized investing expe...
Metaplanet Pursues Bitcoin-Collateralized Credit Strategy in Japanese Market
Metaplanet is actively exploring the development of Bitcoin-backed digital credit products within Japan's regulatory framework, partnering with stable...
Interpol Busts 20-Year-Old Operating $123M Romance-Scam Pipeline Through Crypto Wallets
A 20-year-old's crypto wallet just became the centerpiece of a massive international law enforcement operation. We're talking about $123 million in s...
How a Single Token Approval Cost This Trader $1M—And Why It's Still Crypto's Deadliest Trap
Approval phishing isn't slowing down. Last year alone, onchain scammers extracted over $14 billion from crypto users, with token approval exploits co...
AI Tools Are Making Crypto Security Audits Obsolete Faster Than Expected, New Research Reveals
Security audits—long considered the gold standard for protecting decentralized finance protocols—are rapidly losing their effectiveness as AI accelera...
Mark Cuban-Backed DeFi Platform Zapper Closes Shop After Seven Years of Operations
Zapper, the Mark Cuban-backed decentralized finance dashboard, is shutting down operations after serving the crypto community for seven years. The pl...
Federal Safety Net Could Unlock New Crypto Rally, Analysts Suggest
Here's the paradox traders face: when traditional markets tank, crypto often follows. But what if the Fed steps in?
Stablecoin-Settled TradFi Derivatives Explode Past $1.1T as Traditional Finance Goes Crypto
Stablecoins have hit a critical inflection point—they're no longer just a trading convenience. According to fresh Binance Research analysis, stableco...
Five Real-World Assets Exploding Into Tokenization: What's Moving Fastest Onchain
The tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is reshaping how traditional finance meets blockchain. We're watching five distinct asset classes accele...
Base Rolls Out B20 Standard: What This Means for On-Chain Tokenization
Base is gearing up to launch its B20 token standard this Wednesday at 6 pm UTC, opening the floodgates for developers to mint native tokens directly o...
Stablecoin Turf War: USDT Dominates Payments While USDC Rules DeFi Ecosystem
Blockchain data aggregator Dune Analytics has uncovered a clear market bifurcation in crypto's stablecoin landscape—and it's entirely shaped by which ...
Europe's Regulatory Framework Enters New Phase as Parliament Signals Deeper Crypto Scrutiny
The European Parliament has now formalized its digital assets policy stance, adopting a comprehensive report that demands extended examination of dece...
MEV Exploit Drains $2M From Trader in Sophisticated Same-Block Attack
A trader just got hit with a $2 million loss in what the community is calling a "same-block backrun extraction" exploit—and the brutal part? It was e...
Crypto Exploits Surged 59% in Q2 Despite Overall Hack Decline, CertiK Report Shows
Crypto security remains a paradox. While the overall number of hacks dropped 47% in the first half of 2024, the dollar damage from exploits actually ...
Prediction Markets Explode: Kalshi Shatters Monthly Volume Record on World Cup Demand
Kalshi just wrapped its biggest month on record, riding a wave of trading activity fueled by expanded FIFA World Cup betting. According to DefiLlama ...
Aave Expands to Monad: V3 Protocol Goes Live With $15M Incentive Push
Aave is making a significant move into the Monad ecosystem, deploying its battle-tested V3 lending protocol alongside support for GHO stablecoin. The...
Robinhood Taps dYdX Labs to Power Arcus DEX on New Blockchain
dYdX Labs has rebranded its crypto protocol as Arcus and is partnering with Robinhood to launch a decentralized exchange on Robinhood's newly develope...
Tokenization Could Democratize Stock Lending, Says Securitize Chief Ahead of NYSE Debut
Securitize President Brett Redfearn is positioning tokenization as the answer to Wall Street's stranglehold on stock lending markets—and he's making t...
Open USD's Bold Entry Disrupts the Stablecoin Oligopoly
Open USD just landed with institutional muscle behind it—and the crypto market is paying attention. The new stablecoin launch brings serious firepow...
Crypto Investor Loses $400M to Luxury Lifestyle Scheme as Goliath Ventures Mastermind Pleads Guilty
Christopher Delgado, CEO of Goliath Ventures, just pleaded guilty to orchestrating one of crypto's most brazen Ponzi schemes—and the numbers are stagg...