Drift Protocol Exploit Took ‘Months Of Deliberate Preparation’
Drift Protocol, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX), says the recent exploit against the platform was a six-month-long, highly coordinated attack.“The...
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Bitcoin May Be Mispricing Prolonged Iran War Risk, Hedge Fund Veteran Says
In the latest interview with Cointelegraph, macro investor and former hedge fund manager James Lavish issued a stark warning to...
Crypto Hackers Steal $168 Million from DeFi Protocols in Q1 2026
Crypto hackers stole over $168.6 million in cryptocurrency from 34 decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in the first quarter of 2026,...
Predict.fun lands YZi Labs and Susquehanna Crypto investment to scale BNB Chain prediction markets
Predict.fun said Tuesday it has secured a strategic follow-on investment from YZi Labs and Susquehanna Crypto, giving the BNB Chain-based...
Riot Platforms Wallet Moves $34M in Bitcoin as Listed Miners Continue Sales
Arkham flagged a 500 Bitcoin outflow from a wallet it attributes to Riot Platforms on Wednesday, in a possible sale...
Australia to Mandate Crypto Licensing Under New Law
Australia has passed legislation that will bring many digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms under the country’s financial services...
Nakamoto Sells $20M Bitcoin, Exits Metaplanet at Loss in Q1
Nakamoto, the Bitcoin treasury company formerly known as KindlyMD, sold $20 million worth of Bitcoin in March and cut a...
Midas secures $50M Series A as mTokens surpass $1.7B in assets minted
Midas, which empowers asset managers to bring institutional-grade strategies onchain, has closed a $50 million Series A led by RRE...
Citigroup said to weigh acquisition of US regional bank to strengthen deposits and lending
Citigroup, a key player in global finance, is weighing a potential acquisition of a US regional bank or brokerage to...
US Lawmaker Wants Answers About Kraken’s Fed Master Account Approval
US Representative Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, is demanding answers from the Federal Reserve...
Elon Musk’s X Hires Ex-Aave and Base Design Lead Benji Taylor
Elon Musk’s X has hired crypto-native product designer Benji Taylor as its new head of design, ahead of a wider...
Governments Need CBDCs To Improve Financial Inclusion Among Citizens
Opinion by: Xin Yan, co-founder and CEO of Sign.Financial exclusion remains one of the most persistent challenges for national governments....
As Mass Adoption Approaches, Crypto Has Forgotten Its Roots
Opinion by: Dr Corey Petty, chief evangelist at LogosWhen early cryptocurrencies were conceptualized, the vision was not one of complex...
Stablecoins Key Role in Agentic AI, Despite Limited Adoption: Bernstein
Stablecoins could benefit from the rise of AI-driven payments over time, even as early adoption remains limited and contested, according...
Bluesky discloses $100 million Series B as user growth tops 43 million
Bluesky has disclosed a previously unannounced $100 million Series B round led by Bain Capital Crypto, a raise that was...
BitFuFu Cuts Self-Mined Bitcoin by 60% in 2025
BitFuFu’s 2025 results showed a sharp shift in its business mix, with cloud mining overtaking self-mining as the company’s main...
Crypto, Fintechs Race to Own Stablecoin Settlement Rails
Stablecoin issuers and fintech-linked firms are launching payment-focused blockchains as they try to control more of the settlement infrastructure behind...
Crypto.com to Cut 12% of Workforce due to Enterprise AI Integration
Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com is set to cut up to 12% of its workforce due to company-wide artificial intelligence (AI)...
FTX to distribute $2.2 billion to creditors starting March 31
FTX, the now-defunct crypto exchange, will begin its fourth round of creditor repayments on March 31, with approximately $2.2 billion...
Bitcoin Depot Struggles With Regulatory Pressure and Weak 2026 Outlook
Bitcoin Depot, a publicly traded cryptocurrency ATM provider, is facing mounting regulatory pressure in the US amid a steep stock...
DAOs may need to ditch decentralization to court institutions
Crypto’s push into institutional adoption is forcing DAOs to choose between maintaining decentralization and business deals. Source link
Metaplanet Raises $255M, Seeks $234M via New Strike Warrant Issuance
Metaplanet said Monday it raised $255 million in a private placement and launched a new warrant structure to fund additional...
