Crypto: A Record Quarter Of Hacks, Never Seen Before
The crypto market ends the second quarter of 2026 under extreme pressure. About 775 million dollars were stolen over 85 incidents, a record in terms of frequency. Two major attacks accounted
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Hyper Foundation Sets $10M for USDH Migration Effort
Hyper Foundation allocated about $10 million to support projects migrating from USDH to USDC or winding down. Eligible builders must complete migrations by the end of July 2026 to qualify for
Loopring DEX Shutdown Shows zkEVM Supremacy
The immediate shutdown of the Loopring DEX lands as more than a project retirement. It marks the moment a pioneering zkRollup concedes that its own architecture no longer fits the market it h
Pi Network Unveils Major Pi2Day Upgrades
The Pi Core Team used Pi2Day 2026 to roll out three new features: SoloHost, Pi Sign In, and PiVerify. The updates touch three distinct pillars of the network, covering blockchain infrastructu
Stellar just landed institutional tokenized gold and is putting its own treasury behind it
@matrixdock, Asia's leading real-world asset tokenization platform, has expanded its tokenized gold product XAUm to the @StellarOrg network. As part of the deal, the Stellar Development Found
Hyper Foundation Unveils $10M Builder Fund
Hyper Foundation has announced a grant program worth approximately $10 million to support builders caught up in the wind-down of its USDH stablecoin. The grant program targets builders who bu
Binance Co-Founder Blasts Crypto Smear Campaigns
Binance (@binance) co-founder and co-CEO @heyibinance has publicly accused the exchange's competitors of running coordinated negative narratives against the platform over a number of years, p
Vitalik Buterin Maps iO Cryptography Path For Private Blockchain Apps
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a technical essay on indistinguishability obfuscation, placing one of cryptography’s hardest ideas back into the blockchain privacy debate. T
Loopring (LRC) Shuts Down DEX Platform as Adoption Fails to Materialize
Key Highlights Loopring, a pioneering zk-rollup solution on Ethereum, has permanently discontinued its decentralized exchange platform The protocol’s developers acknowledged insufficient user
Stellar just landed institutional tokenized gold and is putting its own treasury behind it
@matrixdock, Asia's leading real-world asset tokenization platform, has expanded its tokenized gold product XAUm to the @StellarOrg network. As part of the deal, the Stellar Development Found
Pi Network Unveils Major Pi2Day Upgrades
The Pi Core Team used Pi2Day 2026 to roll out three new features: SoloHost, Pi Sign In, and PiVerify. The updates touch three distinct pillars of the network, covering blockchain infrastructu
Uniswap and Spark are building an FX market for stablecoins
@sparkdotfi and @Uniswap have joined forces to build what they call a "Stablecoin FX Layer," a shared liquidity network designed to let banks, fintechs, and payment companies move between dol