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A DeFi exploit on Ethereum drained an estimated $6 million from users lured by a fraudulent 2,000,000% APY offering, according to security alerts flagged by blockchain security firm Blockaid.
Why Is the Kamirai Coin Presale Gaining Attention in 2026? If you follow crypto presales, you've probably seen the buzz. The Kamirai coin presale just entered its fourth and final batch, and
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has signaled that the network is preparing what he considers its biggest upgrade since the Merge, the 2022 transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake
Blockaid said its exploit detection system identified an active attack on Summer.fi, a DeFi yield aggregation and automated vault management platform. The security firm said the attack had dr
Ethereum and Polkadot are not really competing for the same thing. Ethereum operates as a single, unified smart contract platform that scales through Layer 2 rollups. Polkadot operates as a L
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
Stellar is a blockchain network designed to move money across borders faster and cheaper than traditional banks. Instead of routing payments through correspondent banks and clearinghouses, St
InterLink's Seoul Private Mainnet is officially live. The project announced on July 1, 2026 that app Version 6.0.0 had been pushed to users, marking the start of its on-chain era after more t
Musashi Dojo is the public testnet for Ouroboros Leios, Cardano's (@Cardano) next major scaling upgrade. It went live on June 23, 2026, kicking off a multi-phase program to test the Leios pro
Maybe, but only if almost everything goes right over more than four years. The $3,500 figure is one bank's bull case, not a forecast you can set a watch by. Standard Chartered (@StanChart) be
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
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,
