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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.

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.

DeFi
Base Launches MCP Agent Gateway for Onchain Portfolio Management
Base introduces Model Context Protocol integration enabling AI agents to execute swaps, trades, and portfolio management across leading DeFi protocols.
Podcast
Top Talent Is Leaving the EF. What Happens to ETH Now?
Top Ethereum talent is leaving. The Ethereum Foundation is shrinking. And one question now hangs over the entire ecosystem: what happens to ETH if the EF steps back?

Blockchains
Cardano Treasury Vote Ratifies Developer Experience Initiative With 67.9% Support
Cardano's IO-backed Developer Experience Initiative has been approved through treasury vote, securing 67.90% support with ₳3.72 billion in Yes stake.

Markets
MicroStrategy Pivots From Bitcoin, Buys Bonds in Unexpected Move
MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor announced the company purchased bonds this week despite holding 843,738 BTC worth $65 billion, signaling a tactical shift in the corporate treasury strategy.

Blockchains
Ethereum Staking Queue Reaches 3.4M ETH as Exit Backlog Drops to 64 ETH
Ethereum staking demand vastly outpaces validator exits, with over 3.39 million ETH queued to enter the network against just 64 ETH waiting to unstake.

Regulation & Politics
NYT Investigation Exposes CFTC Officials Suspended Over Prediction Markets Scrutiny
A New York Times investigation reveals that CFTC officials who raised concerns about prediction markets were suspended and removed from the agency.

Blockchains
Polkadot Approves Validator Self-Stake Minimum of 10,000 DOT in Major Staking Upgrade
Polkadot governance has approved a proposal to implement a 10,000 DOT validator self-stake minimum, making nominators unslashable and reducing unbonding periods from 28 days to as little as 24 hours.

Blockchains
Ethereum Foundation's Kohaku Initiative Launches SDK for Wallet-Level Privacy Integration
The Ethereum Foundation's Kohaku Initiative released an SDK enabling seamless integration of shielded pool protocols like Railgun, Tornado Cash, and Privacy Pools directly into wallet interfaces, with 4337 relaying now operational.



