Latest

Markets
Bitcoin Tops $73,000 Despite Iran Blockade
Crypto markets shrugged off collapsing peace talks and surging oil prices, with BTC, ETH, and major altcoins posting gains.

Blockchains
StarkWare Cuts Staff and Restructures Into Two Units
The company behind Starknet is pivoting from pure infrastructure toward revenue-generating products built on its proprietary tech stack.

DeFi
Aave DAO Votes to Consolidate All Revenue Under AAVE Token
'Aave Will Win' passed with 75% support, awarding Aave Labs a $25 million stablecoin grant and 75,000 AAVE in exchange for directing 100% of product revenue to the DAO treasury.

Blockchains
Scroll Moves to Cut Security Council and Trim DAO as Struggles Mount
The governance overhaul comes on the heels of a fee controversy and the departure of the Layer 2 network's top revenue generator.

CeFi
Kraken Refuses to Pay Extortionists After Insider Breaches Expose Client Data
The crypto exchange said roughly 2,000 accounts were potentially viewed across two separate incidents involving support team members.

Regulation & Politics
ECB Maps the Promise and Peril of Tokenized Capital Markets in New Bulletin
The central bank's latest macroprudential report examines tokenized bonds, money market funds, and euro stablecoins.

TradFi & Fintech
HSBC Completes Tokenized Deposit Pilot on Canton Network
The pilot builds on HSBC's broader rollout of its Tokenized Deposit Service, which lets corporate clients convert fiat deposits into digital assets

Regulation & Politics
SEC Gives DeFi Front-Ends a Narrow Path Around Broker-Dealer Rules
New staff guidance from the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets details conditions under which certain self-custody crypto UI can avoid broker-dealer registration.

Markets
Bitmine Crosses 4% of ETH Supply as Saylor Reveals Another $1B BTC Buy
The largest Ethereum treasury company now holds 4.875 million ETH, while Strategy acquired nearly 14,000 BTC last week.

Hacks
Polkadot Confirms Exploit on Hyperbridge's Ethereum Gateway Contract
The attacker exploited a vulnerability in Polkadot interoperability protocol Hyperbridge, minting over ~$2 billion in DOT and other tokens, but was only successfully able to cash out about $237K.





