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Humanity Protocol, a decentralized digital identity project utilizing privacy-preserving biometric verification, has experienced a severe security breach. The protocol's native asset, the H t
The upgrade follows the discovery of a critical vulnerability in the Orchard shielded pool that could have enabled the minting of counterfeit ZEC. Ironwood will introduce a new shielded pool,
DUBAI, UAE, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has released its 36th Proof-of-Reserves (PoR) report, reflecting asset ba
On June 9, 2026, investigator ZachXBT claimed that Humanity crypto Protocol’s $32M exploit, which drained multiple wallets and triggered the unauthorized minting of 100 million H tokens on BN
BitcoinWorld Humanity Protocol Exploit Drains $34M in 13 Hours as H Token Crashes 99.9% A catastrophic security breach at Humanity Protocol has led to the unauthorized minting and dumping of
How Does Toncoin's Staking System Actually Work? Toncoin (TON) runs on a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus model where validators lock up TON to secure the network and earn block rewards in retu
Polkadot and Cosmos both connect separate blockchains, but through fundamentally different engineering. Polkadot ties every connected chain to a central Relay Chain for shared security and co
FXRP is a one-to-one wrapped version of XRP that lives as an ERC-20 token on Flare Network. It lets XRP holders use their XRP inside smart contracts, lending markets, DEXs, and yield vaults w
Stellar's (@StellarOrg) DeFi total value locked (TVL) crossed $200 million for the first time in late April 2026, with the on-chain figure printing $197.41 million on April 24 per DefiLlama,
Aster runs a two-layer staking system that pays users through two separate reward pools each week: a 150,000 ASTER Base APY pool for anyone delegating tokens to a validator, and a 300,000 AST
Coinbase Wallet and the Coinbase exchange are two separate products that do fundamentally different things. Coinbase Wallet is a self-custody wallet, meaning you hold your own private keys an
HBAR, the native token of the Hedera network, has a fixed total supply of 50 billion tokens, all minted at genesis in August 2018 and placed under the control of the Hedera Council's treasury
