Polymarket Bitcoin Markets Show Signs Of Manipulation
A working paper from researchers at Stanford University and Singapore Management University has found evidence of coordinated manipulation inside Polymarket's five-minute $BTC prediction mark
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DTCC Processes First Live Tokenized Treasury Trades on Canton Network
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has processed its first live production trades using tokenized U.S. Treasury and equity securities on @CantonNetwork, marking what the fir
ZachXBT Slams Hardware Wallets, Calls Ledger 'The Worst'
Onchain investigator ZachXBT has taken direct aim at the hardware wallet industry, arguing that current devices are not suitable for signing critical transactions or storing significant crypt
Ripple Warns Rejecting CLARITY Act Would Prolong Crypto Uncertainty
Ripple is stepping up its lobbying push ahead of an expected Senate floor vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, with two senior executives warning lawmakers that rejecting the bill wo
Arbitrum Perpetuals Platform Ostium Suffers $18 Million Oracle Exploit — One of 2026’s Largest DeFi Breaches
Ostium, a decentralized derivatives exchange built on the Arbitrum Layer 2 network, became the target of a sophisticated oracle manipulation attack on July 15, 2026. The assault drained appro
How Google’s AI Overviews are breaking the traditional startup growth formula
For years, the formula was simple. A startup built a website, ranked on Google, and converted that ranking into customers walking through a digital front door. That formula is breaking, and t
Users were warned before Polychain-backed Cascade suffers $1.3M exploit
Cascade, a Polychain-backed perpetuals platform, has informed users in its Discord that its main vault has been drained of over $1.3 million in USDC. It wrote, “Cascade detected a security ex
FATF urges faster crypto AML enforcement as stablecoin crime increases
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) warned that criminals are increasingly exploiting stablecoins for illicit finance, with most identified onchain criminal activity now involving the doll
ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim
ARK Invest’s director of research pushed back against investor a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt blockchain through permissioned infrastructure rather than decentralize
Circle's Open USD Threat: Why Yield Pass-Through Could Pressure CRCL Margins
End of June. New York desks woke up to a new stablecoin logo pack splashed across headlines: Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, BlackRock. Open Standard wasn’t just launching a dollar token.
Top Ethereum Meme Coins to Watch for Massive Gains in July 2026
Why Investors Are Watching Ethereum Meme Coins This July? Ethereum meme coins are back in the spotlight this July 2026. Trading volume is climbing. Whales are buying. Old fan favorites are wa
SCAT Presale: Is StonkCat the Next Viral Meme Coin Presale?
StonkCat (SCAT) Presale: Everything You Need To Know Why Is StonkCat SCAT Presale Getting Attention Most meme coins create hype for a few days and then disappear. So why is everyone suddenly