Advertisement

Latest

Crypto Liquidations Near $1 Billion in 24 Hours as Leverage Unwinds
Markets

Crypto Liquidations Near $1 Billion in 24 Hours as Leverage Unwinds

Nearly $934 million in crypto positions liquidated across 167,400 trader accounts, with Bitcoin and Ethereum taking the heaviest losses amid market volatility.
Vitalik Buterin Endorses Interfold, Privacy Protocol for On-Chain Voting and Secret Auctions
People

Vitalik Buterin Endorses Interfold, Privacy Protocol for On-Chain Voting and Secret Auctions

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin highlighted Interfold, a privacy protocol combining zero-knowledge proofs, fully homomorphic encryption, and threshold encryption for secure on-chain voting and auctions.
Cash App Goes Live With Fee-Free USDC Transfers, Framing Stablecoins as a Path to Bitcoin
TradFi & Fintech

Cash App Goes Live With Fee-Free USDC Transfers, Framing Stablecoins as a Path to Bitcoin

Block's payments app, home to 59 million monthly active users, now supports sending and receiving USDC across four blockchain networks with no wallet setup required, even as Jack Dorsey admits he doesn't like it.
OpenZeppelin Pushes Back After Ex-CTO Declares All of DeFi Unsafe
Hacks

OpenZeppelin Pushes Back After Ex-CTO Declares All of DeFi Unsafe

The smart contract security firm distanced itself from Manuel Aráoz's warning that AI coding agents have made DeFi impossible to defend, calling the threat real but manageable.
Aztec Labs Acquires ZKPassport to Integrate Privacy-Preserving Identity Verification
Blockchains

Aztec Labs Acquires ZKPassport to Integrate Privacy-Preserving Identity Verification

Aztec Labs has acquired Obsidion, the team behind ZKPassport, a zero-knowledge identity verification protocol that proves age and nationality without storing personal data on centralized servers.
SoFi Brings Its Bank-Issued Stablecoin to 14.7 Million Members
TradFi & Fintech

SoFi Brings Its Bank-Issued Stablecoin to 14.7 Million Members

SoFiUSD, first launched in December for enterprise clients, is now live inside the SoFi app — making it the first stablecoin issued by a US national bank available directly on a consumer banking platform.
Mastercard Wins NY BitLicense, Deepening Push Into Stablecoin Settlement
TradFi & Fintech

Mastercard Wins NY BitLicense, Deepening Push Into Stablecoin Settlement

The payments giant, which processed nearly $11 trillion in volume last year, secured one of the US's most demanding state crypto licenses as it moves to settle transactions in digital assets.
DTCC Picks Stellar for Tokenized Securities Rollout as Multi-Chain Push Expands
TradFi & Fintech

DTCC Picks Stellar for Tokenized Securities Rollout as Multi-Chain Push Expands

The post-trade giant plans to make DTC-custodied assets available on the Stellar public blockchain in the first half of 2027, adding a second network to its growing tokenization strategy
Hacker Mints 5.4 Trillion Tokens in StakeDAO Exploit, Nets $91K
Hacks

Hacker Mints 5.4 Trillion Tokens in StakeDAO Exploit, Nets $91K

A compromised private key let an attacker forge a cross-chain message on Arbitrum, triggering cascading warnings across Curve Finance and Beefy Finance.
Kraken Launches Bitcoin Vault Earning Product Offering up to 2.5% BTC Rewards
CeFi

Kraken Launches Bitcoin Vault Earning Product Offering up to 2.5% BTC Rewards

Kraken has announced Bitcoin Vault, a new product within Kraken Earn that allows customers to earn up to 2.5% in BTC-denominated rewards on their Bitcoin holdings.