Over $6M Reportedly Stolen From Base Multisig Vault
More than $6 million was reportedly stolen from an anonymous multisignature vault operating on Base, Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 network, according to unconfirmed reports circulating as of Oc
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Silver Price Prediction: Analyst Maps a Wild Path From $50 to $1,100
Silver price is already trading near $60, but one analyst (called “THE FUDA” on X) thinks the current move could eventually lead to something far bigger. His long-term chart maps out a scenar
Weekly Project Updates: Ethereum zkAPI, Base Cobalt & USDT on Bitcoin
Three significant infrastructure moves defined this week's crypto project landscape: Ethereum launched zkAPI, a privacy-preserving API payment layer built with the Open Anonymity Project; Bas
Analyst Charts the Road to $7 Trillion XRP Market Cap
XRP’s market cap is currently approximately $94 billion. That number alone tells only part of the story. Crypto analyst EGRAG CRYPTO published a long-term monthly chart analysis of XRP’s mark
America’s Middle Class Is Getting Crushed: Where Does Bitcoin Fit?
Own assets or be left behind — this is what the analysts at the Kobeissi Letter argued, highlighting the major discrepancy between those who do and those who stay on the sidelines. Bitcoin fi
DopaMint Builds an Intent-Based Agent Layer on Base for the Emerging Agentic Economy
As AI agents evolve from assistants into economic actors, DopaMint is building a House of Intent-Based Agents on Base to help turn user intent into coordinated action across applications, ser
Anchorage Digital Cuts 17% of Staff Months After $4.2B…
Anchorage Digital has reportedly cut 17% of its workforce, putting cost pressure at the federally chartered crypto bank in contrast with a year of expansion across stablecoin issuance, instit
Base DeFi Vault Exploit Drains $6M After Attacker Gains Whitelist Access
TLDR: A Base DeFi vault lost over $6M after an attacker added a new contract to its whitelist and drained assets. Blockaid first estimated $2.02M in losses before raising the total above $6M
Shiba Inu sees 277 billion SHIB inflow, key price levels hold
Shiba Inu has experienced a notable increase in exchange inflows, as roughly 277 billion SHIB tokens were moved onto trading platforms recently. Large deposits to exchanges often fuel concern
Vanta Genesis Contributors Program: 1 Million Points Available in Epoch 12
The Vanta Genesis Contributors Program has entered its 12th epoch, bringing another opportunity for crypto users to contribute to the platform and earn rewards. With a total of 1 million Vant
NEAR Tests $4.60 Support as September Rally Gives Way to Consolidation
Summary NEAR trades around $4.79 within a consolidation range following September’s rally from approximately $1.80 toward the major $5.40–$5.60 resistance zone. Daily RSI has retreated toward
Coinbase's $6M Loss: What Every DeFi User Should Learn
Reports of a $6 million loss linked to Coinbase's ecosystem surfaced via blockchain security monitor PeckShieldAlert, flagging an incident that, while unconfirmed in full detail, underscores