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Security researchers used Claude AI to breach OpenAI employee accounts in under 72 hours for under $3,000, showing frontier AI can shrink exploit.
The SEC's 5-year tokenized stock sandbox lets real equities trade on blockchain AMMs, with four strict guardrails protecting shareholder rights.
Bitcoin miners sold a record 32,000 BTC in one quarter as production costs near $78,000 exceed market prices, pushing 15-20% of the global fleet into.
S&P Global is quietly building crypto market infrastructure, from indices to DeFi credit ratings, that could unlock institutional capital at scale.
Major banks are ditching private blockchains for public networks like Ethereum, with a 37-bank European consortium and U.S. Bank leading the shift.
Traditional banks are building crypto custody and stablecoin rails on public blockchains, removing key barriers as on-chain real-world assets hit $39.
Hedera's HBAR is one of only 16 crypto assets formally classified as a digital commodity by the SEC and CFTC, separating it from most unclassified tokens.
South Korea processed $620 million in stablecoin payments with zero dedicated crypto regulation, exposing a compliance gap businesses must navigate alone.
Blockchain projects fail not from bad ideas but poor engineering; verify team credentials, audited smart contracts, and on-chain security data before.
JPMorgan sees Bitcoin poised to outperform gold as heavy institutional hedges unwind, potentially unlocking a $266,000 valuation target.
JPMorgan says Bitcoin ETF hedging could unwind sharply, with IBIT short interest up 24% in two weeks, potentially unleashing more price support than gold.
SBI Group's $25M stablecoin payments bet targets Asia as settlement volumes rival Visa, with stablecoins now tracking $12 trillion annually.
The $1.5B Bybit hack wasn't a crypto flaw; it was a compromised interface. Here's the 12-step multisig security framework teams are using to close that.
The $1.5B Bybit hack exploited a compromised frontend, not Safe's code; here's how to secure an Ethereum multisig wallet against the real threat.
Crypto regulators are writing digital asset rules without Congress, but JPMorgan warns those rules could vanish with the next political shift.
Bitcoin climbed 1% to $76,400 after the Fed rate hike, even as $345 million in crypto liquidations hit short sellers hardest.
The Fed's hawkish rate hike is pressuring crypto markets, with the 10-year Treasury yield at 5.04% emerging as Bitcoin's true risk barometer.
Stock-linked memecoins on Robinhood Chain hit $1.7B daily volume, but HTX Research warns those 100,000% APY figures are mathematically misleading.
Solana's spot trading topped $1 billion on September 16, surpassing Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken combined as Column bank embedded stablecoins into its.
Ethena Pay shares up to 6% yield and 10% cashback with users, directly challenging how Circle and Tether pocket stablecoin returns entirely.
Circle's new Arc blockchain is built solely for stablecoin payments, with BitGo and KuCoin already on board to push USDC into real-world finance.
Bitcoin's transparent ledger is fueling a privacy-first blockchain movement, with encrypted messaging, decentralized VPNs, and an $8M funding round.
XRP ETF inflows hit zero before the Fed's rate decision, signaling institutions are pausing on assets lacking regulatory clarity.
Over 23,000 locations now accept Bitcoin payments, with 88% of merchants fielding crypto checkout requests as younger consumers drive real-world adoption.
Bitget Wallet's Arc integration puts on-chain security for 100 million users under the microscope, backed by a $300 million protection fund.
Circle's Arc mainnet launched with 100+ institutions, including Coinbase, Kraken, and Binance, as crypto exchanges bet on a blockchain built for.
Deutsche Bank will launch crypto custody for institutions in Europe, with 73% of institutional investors planning to raise digital-asset allocations in.
Bitcoin ETFs shed $463 million in outflows as a failed Senate crypto bill and a looming Fed rate hike rattled institutional confidence.
Crypto ETF launch assets can mislead investors; a $100 million opening balance may reflect sponsor seed capital, not real outside demand.
Mirex Network cleared BscScan's "Suspicious" label for its MRX token, a key on-chain trust signal required before CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko listing.
After the CLARITY Act failed in the Senate, crypto exchanges are now betting the SEC and CFTC will deliver regulatory clarity faster than Congress ever.
A Bitcoin bridge bug minted 40 fake nBTC undetected for 74 days, leaving Osmosis's allBTC basket only 64% collateralized when the fraud surfaced.
Bitcoin ETFs shed $450 million in a single day after the Senate blocked a key crypto bill, with BlackRock and Fidelity absorbing 83% of the losses.
Bitcoin's correlation with gold just hit a six-year high of +0.50, but a 54% drawdown versus gold's 22% keeps the "digital gold" label premature.
Ethereum staking now splits users between custodial platforms like Coinbase and non-custodial protocols like Ether.fi, where you keep your keys and cut.
Three Bitcoin hacks in seven days each broke at a different layer, exposing why no single custody method protects you from every attack.
Three Bitcoin hacks drained hundreds of millions in one week, but spot Bitcoin ETF shareholders lost nothing, revealing a clear custody safety hierarchy.
Stablecoin yield restrictions cost Coinbase $1.35B annually and helped sink the CLARITY Act, leaving US crypto rules to regulators until 2027.
UK blockchain firms are making smart contract audits a hiring priority, as independent security reviews have become essential for winning enterprise.
Symbiosis recovered $1.15M in Bitcoin after a bridge exploit, but the attacker minted 46 billion fake tokens and extracted only $336,000.
Non-custodial wallets let institutions offer crypto services without holding user keys, eliminating custody liability through device-backed security and.
Kaia's Ethereum-compatible blockchain cuts Asia's cross-border payment delays by settling instantly in local stablecoins, reaching millions via KakaoTalk.
Crypto treasury has split into two separate games: stablecoin payment rails for efficiency and Bitcoin reserves, which now track equities, for risk.
39% of US merchants now accept crypto payments, and the gateway market hit $2.39 billion in 2026, with growth to $4.74 billion projected by 2030.
Institutional money and Bitcoin ETFs could make the next crypto market crash look nothing like the retail panic selloffs of the past.
Bitcoin near $77,000 is drowning out crypto company announcements, forcing blockchain businesses to rethink communications as a core strategy, not an.
Professional trading firms now handle over 90% of certain DeFi swaps via private systems, delivering better prices but quietly replacing crypto's.
Coinbase Wallet is back after just 14 months as the Base App, dropped when its social and creator features failed to win over crypto users.
Ethereum ETFs pulled in $216 million as Bitcoin ETFs logged a fourth straight outflow day, hinting at a capital rotation between the two largest crypto.
MoneyGram chose USDC over Ripple's RLUSD for its new Visa card, and Circle's dual federal-state stablecoin charter explains why.
