Trader loses $2M in ‘same-block backrun extraction’ exploit
One crypto trader noted the $2 million loss could have been prevented had the victim read the transaction route before signing the transaction.…
Yield Guild Games cuts 35 staff, shuts game publisher to focus on AI
Yield Guild Games said tough crypto and video game market conditions mean its YGG Play business is no longer commercially sustainable. Source:Cointelegraph
Trump says he became ‘a big crypto guy’ partly for politics
US President Donald Trump once called Bitcoin “a scam,” but admitted on Monday that he got involved in crypto “a little bit for politics.” Source:Cointelegraph
L1s face decentralization 'tug-of-war' as adoption grows: Injective CEO
Blockchains will face increasing pressure to compromise on decentralization to meet user demand for speed and scalability, Injective CEO Eric Chen said.…
US Bitcoin reserve hits snag as federal agencies debate for control: Bloomberg
The report follows comments from White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt in May, who said the administration was examining the legal implications of creating a…
BonkDAO reports $20M theft from ‘malicious governance proposal’
The developers behind the memecoin project said they had informed law enforcement after the attack and were working to “recover funds and identify those…
Ripple secures full MiCA license for crypto services across Europe
The Luxembourg approval completes the company's MiCA licensing process, enabling it to provide regulated cryptoasset services across the European Economic…
SEC Names Paul Knight as Chief Operating Officer
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Paul Knight has been named as the agency’s Chief Operating Officer (COO).As COO, Mr. Knight will…
UN agency moves Stellar blockchain payment initiative beyond pilot stage
The UN Development Programme said blockchain payment pilots in five countries cut costs, improved resilience and will now inform wider use across its…
TeraWulf shares rise after $19B Anthropic AI lease, JV sale
The Bitcoin miner signed a 20year AI infrastructure lease with Anthropic and sold its majority stake in a separate AI data center joint venture.…
FCA warns of major shakeup as AI agents meet tokenized money
The FCA’s vision for agentic AI points toward a financial system where programmable money and tokenized assets could play a much larger role.…
Crypto hacks fell 47% in H1 but ecosystem is no safer: CertiK
Crypto exploits rose 59% quarteronquarter to $807.5 million in Q2, due partly to the KelpDAO and Drift Protocol exploits, which came at the hands of North…