Two days after draining $320M from Blockstream's Liquid Network, the "white-hat" attacker returned 3,400 BTC, then kept 598.5 BTC (~$47M) for themselves. Was it a bug bounty or a ransom? Crypto still can't decide.
A Solana launchpad that pairs memecoins with tokenized stocks sent its STONK token up 250% to a $140M market cap, dragging Jupiter (+21%) and Raydium (+46%) along. The Robinhood Chain casino now has a Solana rival.
Attackers pulled ~4,000 BTC (95% of reserves) from Blockstream's Liquid Network via a software bug, no keys stolen. Now they claim to be white-hats and are negotiating the return on-chain. Here's what happened.
Frank DeGods turned $1,491 into $1.2M on an "AMC" memecoin via the FOMO app in under 12 hours. Then AMC's CEO called in securities lawyers. Inside crypto's latest tokenized-memecoin frenzy.
A single compromise at oracle provider Switchboard cascaded across four blockchains, draining Full Sail (which is now shutting down) and Virtue, and exposing DeFi's most underrated risk: the infrastructure protocols quietly depend on.
Robinhood's blockchain topped $1B in value and out-earned Ethereum some days, but 88% of the activity is memecoins launched via PONS, not the tokenized stocks it was built for. Here's what's actually happening.
A $797M HYPE unlock, a make-or-break Fed decision, CPI inflation data, and an Ethereum testnet fork all land within weeks, while institutions quietly stack ETH. Here's your month-ahead guide.
US airstrikes on Iran sent oil above $90 and dragged crypto lower, Bitcoin fell to ~$76,800, ETH broke $2,400, and ~$115M in longs were liquidated. But the damage was uneven, and one major buyer stepped in.
Traders brace for an "October crash" every year. But analysts warn this year's real danger is mid-September, when a Senate crypto vote, a Fed decision, and quadruple witching all collide within days.
Injective suffered a ~$4.9M exploit via a flaw in its binary-options settlement logic, halting for nearly four hours. Separately, Ontology paused its mainnet as a precaution. Here's what happened, and what didn't.
Two days after draining $320M from Blockstream's Liquid Network, the "white-hat" attacker returned 3,400 BTC, then kept 598.5 BTC (~$47M) for themselves. Was it a bug bounty or a ransom? Crypto still can't decide.
