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@Backpack has activated 24/7/365 trading for select U.S. equities through its new Backpack Securities platform, giving international investors access to real securities rather than synthetic
How the Attack Unfolded A supply chain attack has hit the Injective ($INJ) developer ecosystem after hackers planted wallet-stealing malware inside a widely used npm package. Security firm So
The Ethereum Foundation has announced the dissolution of its Protocol Support Team, a unit that served as a coordination layer between core protocol developers and the broader Ethereum ecosys
Bitwise registered a third quarter in a row of crypto market declines as the Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index fell by 15.4% in Q2 2026. Volumes in prediction markets, tokenized real-world as
Liquid staking is one of the crypto sectors to survive almost unchanged in Q2. Protocols only lost 1.3% of their ETH, as long-term holders still showed confidence in Ethereum. Liquid staking
Japanese investment and Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet's securities arm, Metaplanet Securities, stablecoin issuer JPYC and tokenization infrastructure provider Progmatare are tying up on
@aave Labs has opened up the yield engine powering its own savings app to any business that wants to use it. The product is called Stable Vaults, and it is designed to let neobanks, wallets,
WLFI Is a Governance Token Owning WLFI tokens gives you one thing: the right to participate in governance of the WLF Protocol. The official risk disclosures are direct about this. Holding the
A Stellar anchor is a regulated business, such as a bank, money transfer operator, or licensed fintech, that accepts fiat currency through normal banking rails and issues the equivalent digit
Aerodrome (@AerodromeFi) is the main decentralized exchange and liquidity hub on Base, Coinbase's layer-2 network, and it settles most of the chain's trading volume even though it is not the
Aave's (@aave) Global Dollar Hub is a dedicated liquidity hub on Aave V4, built specifically for assets tied to USDG, the regulated stablecoin issued by Paxos. Live on Ethereum since July 1,
Lean Ethereum is Vitalik Buterin's multi-year plan to rebuild nearly every major part of the Ethereum protocol over the next three to four years, with quantum-safe cryptography and built-in p
