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Blockstream’s Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain used for faster and more private transactions, halted operations on Sunday after roughly 4,000 BTC, valued at about $320 million, were withdr
Harmony has proposed shutting down the Layer 1 network it launched in 2019 and migrating ONE to Ethereum, ending validator-based operation of the blockchain after a series of security failure
Router Protocol, a cross-chain infrastructure provider backed by prominent investors including Coinbase Ventures, has announced plans to cease all operations by September 30, 2026. The Mumbai
Attackers claiming white-hat status drained close to 95% of the Liquid Network’s Bitcoin reserves The exploit abused a validation bug in Elements to mint unbacked L-BTC and peg out real Bitco
Sheriffs Step Back, But Prosecutors Hold Firm The National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) has moved to a neutral position on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, becoming the last major police
Amendment Clears Threshold With Days to Go The XRP Ledger is approaching a significant protocol upgrade. The fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment holds 82.86% validator support, with 29 of 35 validators
Ethena's $USDe is not a stablecoin in the conventional sense. According to Ethena's own documentation, it is a synthetic dollar that maintains its peg through a delta-neutral position rather
@chainlink is set to take a prominent role at one of global banking's most established gatherings. Co-founder @SergeyNazarov will deliver a keynote address on building global digital asset ma
On most blockchains, validators carry a heavy load. To check that a block is valid, they must maintain a full, up-to-date copy of the chain's state, meaning every account, balance, and contra
Flap Removes Gatekeeping From Token Market Creation Flap (flap.sh) has rolled out a Permissionless Launch feature on BNB Chain, giving project creators the freedom to design and deploy their
Ondo Finance is pulling back USDY issuance from two of its supported networks. Ondo will discontinue minting USDY on Aptos and Noble effective September 8, 2026. The update does not affect US
A Fee Model That Divides the Industry Robinhood Chain's gas fee structure has become the flashpoint for a broader argument about blockchain economics, drawing in the founding teams of Solana,
