Circle made $1.4 BILLION in the first half of the year...
Circle, the issuer of the $USDC stablecoin, generated about $1.4 billion in revenue in the first half of 2026. Most of that went to partners and costs, leaving a thin but positive profit marg
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Circle made $1.4 BILLION in the first half of the year...
Circle, the issuer of the $USDC stablecoin, generated about $1.4 billion in revenue in the first half of 2026. Most of that went to partners and costs, leaving a thin but positive profit marg
Crypto audits after $1.18 billion in losses: “The problem is always scope”
An audit badge on the website of an exchange or a protocol reads like a guarantee. The security firm Hacken has now set out how little it covers when it matters: in the third quarter of 2026,
Qubic halts its mainnet after 1,404 wallets are drained: the seed was the weak point
On the night of October 18, 2026, the Qubic network shut down its own operations. An attacker had drained 1,404 wallets before that, roughly 2.94 trillion QU worth about $1.3 million. Accordi
DeFi Is Evolving: What Comes After Betting and Prediction Markets?
TLDR: Prediction markets traded $102.4 billion in contracts over 30 days, with about $25.7 billion paid. Stablecoins hold a $302.34 billion market cap, while DeFi total value locked sits at $
White House Crypto Leadership Gap Grows as Patrick Witt Exits
TLDR: White House crypto leadership has no publicly named successor after Patrick Witt announced his departure and return to the private sector. The departures of Witt, Bo Hines and Harry Jun
Could Crypto Exchanges Get One National Regulatory Framework?
A senior advisor has raised the prospect of crypto exchanges operating under a single national regulatory framework, a question with significant implications for exchange operators, users, an
New Chainlink partnership!
Infrastructure provider @chainlink has announced a strategic partnership with @PacificMeta, aimed at supporting institutional tokenisation in Japan. The deal gives $LINK's cross-chain and com
Democrats voted for market manipulation says Lummis.
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) has renewed her criticism of Senate Democrats over the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, arguing they voted against a bill that contained measures they had req
Richard Heart caught with pants down, QDay gets even closer: Hodler’s Digest
HEX erases $246 million in market cap after founder detained in Turkey The HEX market cap fell from $561 million to $315 million this week after founder Richard Schueler — better known to the
Patrick Witt Leaves White House Digital Asset Advisory Council Role
Patrick Witt has departed from his position as Executive Director of the White House Digital Asset Advisory Council, a leadership change at one of the federal government's most prominent bodi
Banks Can Compete With Stablecoins by Paying Savers More
Key Takeaways Higher deposit rates predicted slower stablecoin growth. Banks reprice faster above 3% policy rates. DeFi yields didn’t shield stablecoins. Who may pay stablecoin holders is uns