Deribit already holds 96.6% of Coinbase’s derivatives open interest ahead of Sept. 9 migration
Nearly all the open interest displayed on Coinbase’s derivatives dashboard already sits at Deribit, its global…
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A major layer-1 chain will pause new transactions for 24 minutes to unlock a 10x speed boost
MultiversX has given node operators nine days to prepare for an upgrade designed to make its blockchain 10 tim…
Bitcoin’s 316-day hashrate drought shows why AI could make this mining downturn harder to reverse
Bitcoin’s hashrate has spent 316 days below its record as miners redirect power toward AI.
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$2.7 million poured into Robinhood Chain apps in one day, but it barely touches corporate revenue
Robinhood Chain revenue from applications totaled between $2.66 million and $2.82 million over a rolling 24-ho…
Leaked compliance records shatter anonymity of 291 crypto users by matching names directly to wallet activity
The Pocket Bitcoin breach exposed more than email addresses and support conversations for 291 customers, the c…
Circle processed $32 trillion in USDC transfers, yet 95% of its revenue relies entirely on interest rates
Adjusted USDC transfer volume reached $32 trillion in 2026 through Coin Metrics' August measurement, with each…
Stopping a blockchain doesn’t always recover stolen funds – What actually happened when 3 networks pulled the plug
Three blockchain networks stopped producing blocks within four days. Each blockchain halt used different emerg…
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A validator reward failure on Core DAO triggers exchange transfer blocks and leaves token issuance in question
Core DAO validator rewards exceeded the protocol's intended levels for a small group of validators, the projec…
How recovery of 61 BTC unlocked a potential $432M treasure hunt for early Bitcoin users
CEL Solicitors says it has traced more than 5,500 BTC that it believes belong to former users of Intersango, a…
OpenAI update shows new safeguards would have cut off 700 rogue AI agent swam 24 hours faster
OpenAI's postmortem on the Hugging Face incident says chain-of-thought monitoring it now deploys would have pa…
Optimism pushes network speeds to 200 ms, but standard data feeds are dropping key information
Optimism is targeting 200 ms subblocks on OP Mainnet, cutting the preconfirmation interval from 250 millisecon…
Solana Treasury DeFi Development Corp Eyes $20 Million Raise to Buy More SOL
Solana treasury firm DeFi Development Corp. has launched a preferred stock offering that could raise $19.8 mil…
How a hacker reused the same authorization message 1,490 times to trigger massive crypto payout loops
According to the ICON Foundation, the Aug. 27 ICON replay exploit released 119,866,000 ICX and 531,600 bnUSD f…
Russia opens central bank digital currency to millions as 12 major banks and top retailers face rollout rules
Russia opens digital ruble access to customers of connected banks today, Sept. 1, moving the central bank digi…
Strategy turns MSCI’s own SEC words against its $24 billion MSTR threat
Strategy has challenged MSCI's proposed “non-operating company” screen by tying it to a regulatory argument MS…
2 Trillion Tokens in 7 Days: B.AI Sparks Developer Frenzy With Accessible Compute
On August 24, next-gen AI infrastructure platform B.AI hit a major milestone: cumulative token throughput acro…
Cross-chain oracle compromise triggers liquidations and frozen vaults across multiple DeFi networks
Switchboard, an oracle provider that supplies price data to DeFi applications, said contributors halted its de…
UK is hunting the $86 billion Russia-linked crypto pipeline as it moves to double sanctions fines
Britain is widening its Russia sanctions crackdown from named entities to the payment routes that keep sanctio…
Pi Network Activates DeFi Infrastructure on Testnet
Pi Network has activated DeFi infrastructure on its testnet, introducing a native swap interface and real-time…
Russia just switched on a crypto market that doesn’t fully exist yet
Russia’s new crypto law took effect Sept. 1, but investors cannot yet access the full market it promises.
How short liquidations cleared $500B in crypto positions before institutional buyers took over
Crypto added roughly $500 billion in market value in a matter of days as Bitcoin ran from about $63,500 toward…
XRP investors poured $320M into ETFs while the funds sat on a $746M paper loss
Five major US spot XRP products held XRP with a combined fair value $746.1 million below accounting cost at th…
Cronos validators erase transaction history to contain massive $75 million lending protocol exploit
Cronos has restarted and restored block production after validators restored the chain to its state before the…
How Saylor’s $2 billion capital loop is quietly rewriting the rules of Bitcoin ownership
Michael Saylor recently published an essay arguing that institutional custody and securities can expand Bitcoi…