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TLDR: NEAR Intents has surpassed $20B in cumulative volume, driven by solver-based cross-chain routing. SwapKit generated $26.6M of $34.4M in total fees recorded across the NEAR Intents proto
Sergey Nazarov’s boldest Chainlink line is circulating again as traders debate whether the oracle network is still being undervalued during one of crypto’s sharpest market drawdowns. The Chai
TLDR: Security researcher Taylor Hornby discovered the Orchard circuit flaw on May 29, 2026, using Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 model. The bug allowed false elliptic curve multiplication inputs to pa
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox has disclosed a critical security flaw in the network's Orchard shielded pool that could have allowed an attacker to mint an unlimited number of counterfeit ZEC wit
Large Transfer Breaks Month of Silence Forward Industries, the NASDAQ-listed firm that bills itself as the world's largest corporate holder of Solana, has moved 455,784 $SOL, worth approximat
Exchange Listing Fuels BERT Price Gains Bertram the Pomeranian memecoin ($BERT) has posted gains of 9.5% over the past week and 4.5% in the last 24 hours, outperforming much of the broader cr
Rollblock 2026 Roadmap: RBLK CEX Launch, Burn Mechanism, and Price The Rollblock 2026 roadmap has officially entered Phase 2, preparing the major rollouts in upcoming months including the mos
Hayes Exits ZEC Over Unresolvable Supply Uncertainty BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) has sold his entire $ZEC position after a critical vulnerability in Zcash's Orchard shielded
What the Vault Holds @ether_fi, the largest non-custodial crypto neobank, and @plumenetwork have launched a collaborative RWA Vault, giving ether.fi users open access to institutional-grade r
Exchange Listing Fuels BERT Price Gains Bertram the Pomeranian memecoin ($BERT) has posted gains of 9.5% over the past week and 4.5% in the last 24 hours, outperforming much of the broader cr
One Maintainer for Core Cosmos Infrastructure @cosmoslabs_io is acquiring the Mintscan (@mintscanio) product suite and bringing its team on board as a new South Korean subsidiary called Cosmo
Large Transfer Breaks Month of Silence Forward Industries, the NASDAQ-listed firm that bills itself as the world's largest corporate holder of Solana, has moved 455,784 $SOL, worth approximat
