Crypto hacks rise 67% as August losses hit $136M
Crypto hacks increased sharply in August, although the estimated value stolen fell by nearly half compared with July, according to blockchain security company PeckShield. Summary 50 major cry
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Bitcoin Jumps 25% as Spot ETFs Hit Highest Inflow of 2026 — But Chart Signals Warning for Bulls
Key Highlights U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $3.52 billion in net inflows in August 2026 — the largest monthly total of 2026 — reversing $4.51 billion in June outflows as institutional dema
UP Price Prediction: Can It Reclaim the $1.25 Resistance Zone Now?
Every trader watching Robinhood Chain right now is asking the same thing this morning. A token barely two months old just did something most new listings never manage, and now the whole conve
Curve DAO Token Price Prediction: $CRV Eyes $1 After Major Breakout?
$CRV just jumped over 17% in a day, and short sellers are getting hit hard. This Curve DAO Token price prediction comes as buyers rush back in and trading volume spikes fast. Traders on socia
Monad is edging closer to the $1 billion milestone
@Monad has set a new all-time high in total value locked (TVL), reaching $963 million as liquidity continues to flow into fast-throughput DeFi infrastructure. The network now sits just $37 mi
Core DAO reports validator reward issue and says user funds are unaffected
Validators Accruing Excess Block Rewards @Coredao_Org disclosed on August 31 that a small number of validators on its network had been accruing block rewards beyond the amount the protocol is
Crypto Payment Cards Had Their Best Month in August Across Volume, Transactions and Users
Stablecoin payment cards closed their best month in August, with volume, transactions and users all reaching new monthly highs. Crypto card spending hit $1.076 billion in August, making it th
CLARITY Act Faces Three Big Fights Before Senate Vote
Three Disputes Standing in the Way The Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act is heading toward a pivotal Senate procedural vote on September 15, but three unresolved disputes are making the 60 vot
Zakura releases Zcash cryptography libraries built to slash shielded transaction wait times
@ZakuraZcash, the team behind the @Zcash full node client that launched in July, has published an open-source cryptographic toolkit called Zakura Common that it says can dramatically reduce t
Every Morpho vault has a curator deciding what the money can touch
The curator is the key decision-maker Depositing into a vault on @Morpho is not just a choice of protocol. It is a choice of curator. A curator configures vault risk parameters and liquidity
CME launches a crypto index that leaves out Bitcoin and Ethereum
CME Group and CF Benchmarks went live on August 31 with two new multi-asset cryptocurrency benchmarks, with the headline product being one that deliberately sidesteps the two biggest names in
MoneyGram to bridge fiat and onchain money flows on Circle's Arc network
@MoneyGram is set to bridge fiat and onchain money flows on @arc, the layer-1 blockchain built by $USDC issuer @circle, the network confirmed on Monday. The remittance giant joins an institut