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Crypto platforms lost $3.63 billion to hacks and exploits between January 2025 and July 2026, according to CoinGecko's 2026 State of Crypto Security Report, published August 27, 2026. The rep
Aptos and Sui both run on the Move programming language, but they process transactions in very different ways. Aptos uses an account-based model with a parallel execution engine called Block-
Trezor, the hardware wallet maker, confirmed that a breach at its shipping partner ShipMonk exposed the personal data of 13,689 customers, including names, phone numbers, email addresses, and
A Chainlink price oracle collects asset price data from many independent sources, aggregates that data off-chain, and publishes a single trusted value on the blockchain so smart contracts can
Robinhood Chain has recorded less than 1% of its analyzed transactions through a contract clearly linked to Robinhood Wallet users, according to ARK Invest research director Lorenzo Valente.
Plume Network bakes KYC and compliance into the chain by building identity checks, transfer restrictions, and sanctions screening into its core protocol modules instead of leaving each app to
Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of crypto exchange BitMEX, announced on August 18, 2026, that he is leading a new project called Flop Labs, which is building a network and native token called FL
Flare Network's FAssets system lets holders of coins that cannot run smart contracts, such as XRP, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin, mint a matching token on Flare that they can trade, lend, or use as c
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared an updated roadmap on August 10. The biggest change is that: quantum safety is now the top goal. Buterin compared his old 2023 roadmap to Ethereum's
Zcash activated its Ironwood upgrade, known formally as NU6.3, on July 28, 2026, at block height 3,428,143. The upgrade replaced Orchard, the network's main privacy pool, with a new pool call
Which early crypto opportunity could become the next chart everyone talks about? Dogecoin and Pepe turned internet culture into serious crypto stories, rewarding early participants who entere
Ripple locks XRP in time-based smart contracts on the XRP Ledger and releases a maximum of 1 billion XRP on the first day of each month, a supply schedule set up in December 2017 and enforced