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Fogo Blockchain Forced Offline After $3M Token Heist Exposes Critical Vulnerability
Layer 1 blockchain Fogo has halted its mainnet following a significant security breach that allowed an attacker to siphon 400 million FOGO tokens—repr...
Water Wars: US Cities Launch Offensive Against AI Data Centers
Austin joins a growing list of American municipalities pushing back against the astronomical resource demands of artificial intelligence infrastructur...
Fed's Warsh Keeps Markets Guessing—Bitcoin Traders Left Hanging at Jackson Hole
Fed Chair Christopher Warsh delivered his inaugural Jackson Hole keynote address with a masterclass in monetary policy ambiguity, offering crypto trad...
Bybit Expands into Tokenized Stocks with Round-the-Clock Options Trading
Bybit is making a bold move into the tokenized stock derivatives space. Starting September 17, the crypto exchange will roll out 24/7 options trading...
Ethereum ETF Momentum Surges: $226M Influx Signals Institutional Demand Spike
Ethereum's spot ETF flows are firing on all cylinders. Thursday's $226 million inflow marked the strongest single day for these funds in 10 months—ne...
BitGo Absorbs NYDIG Trading Unit in Play for Institutional Crypto Dominance
BitGo has closed its acquisition of NYDIG's institutional trading arm, a strategic consolidation that bolsters the platform's footprint in the institu...
Hardware Wallet Vulnerability Exposed: OneKey Confirms Ledger Ethereum App Flaw
OneKey's security team has successfully reproduced a transaction replacement attack targeting an outdated version of Ledger's Ethereum application in ...
The Sandbox Commits to Full Restitution Following $700K Cross-Chain Bridge Hack
The Sandbox is moving fast to contain damage from a $700K bridge exploit that hit users on Base and BNB Chain. Here's what you need to know: the team...
BitGo Absorbs NYDIG's Trading Operations, Bulks Up Institutional Derivatives Desk
BitGo has acquired NYDIG's institutional trading business in a strategic move that signals consolidation in the crypto derivatives space. The deal br...
Bitcoin Tests Quantum-Resistant Payment Path Without Network Overhaul
StarkWare has demonstrated that Bitcoin can execute quantum-safe transactions using its current ruleset—no hard fork needed. This matters because it ...
Mirae Asset's $109B Digital Transformation: Crypto, Stablecoins, and Tokenization Enter Mainstream Finance
Mirae Asset, South Korea's heavyweight financial group, is making a serious bet on digital assets. The firm has unveiled an ambitious roadmap to esta...
Ledger Clarifies: Ethereum App Vulnerability Was Patched Before Public Exploit Disclosure
Security researcher OneKey just dropped a proof-of-concept showing how an outdated Ethereum app on Ledger hardware wallets could display one transacti...
Bitcoin Rallies Toward $81K on Nvidia's Blockbuster Earnings Win
Bitcoin and the broader crypto market are catching tailwinds from Wall Street's latest risk-on sentiment. Nvidia's Q2 earnings beat—delivering roughl...
Britain's Crypto Wealth Boom: 240 Ultra-High Earners Declare $1.4M+ Gains
The UK's crypto millionaire class is getting real. According to government tax records, roughly 17,600 Brits reported a combined $1.
Crypto Taxable Activity Hits $457B in 2025—But Tax Authorities Are Catching Only a Fraction
Chainalysis just dropped numbers that should make every crypto trader sit up and pay attention: global onchain taxable crypto activity reached at leas...
Bitfinex Securities Closes $50M Landmark Tokenized Capital Raise for Nickel-Backed Assets
Bitfinex Securities just wrapped up what we're calling a watershed moment for tokenized real-world assets: a $50 million capital raise for Alkemya. T...
South Korea's Mirae Asset Bets $109 Billion on Digital X Platform to Dominate Crypto Markets by 2027
South Korea's financial heavyweight Mirae Asset is making a decisive push into digital assets with an ambitious $109 billion strategic investment cent...
StarkWare Proves Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions Are Possible—But at a Price
StarkWare just pulled off something that sounded purely theoretical: executing a quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on mainnet without requiring a ...
Bitcoin Takes First Step Toward Quantum Security With Landmark Transaction
StarkWare has successfully executed what it claims is the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on mainnet—a significant milestone in crypto's r...
Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin Gets Real: SHRINCS BIP Sparks Security vs. Scalability Debate
A freshly published Bitcoin Improvement Proposal introducing the SHRINCS signature scheme is forcing the crypto community to confront an uncomfortable...