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Blockchains
Aztec Launches Alpha V5 on Mainnet With Faster Private Proving
The privacy Layer 2 says its latest release halves proving time and transaction costs versus V4, with the Nyx wallet as its first live app.

People
Armstrong Says His X Posts and Avatars Are Not Token Endorsements
The Coinbase CEO told traders not to treat his personal account as alpha after his profile-picture changes fueled a memecoin trading frenzy.

Security
Consensys Halted MetaMask Releases Over North Korea-Linked Contractor
A contractor brought in through a third-party provider worked on MetaMask code from March until Consensys cut off access in April and paused product releases. The company says it found no stolen assets, exposed data or malicious code.

DeFi
Lighter Makes Stock Tokens Eligible Collateral on Robinhood Chain
The perpetuals exchange now accepts Robinhood's tokenized equities as margin, expanding beyond the USDG stablecoin and delivering on a plan to broaden collateral in the third quarter.

Blockchains
Saylor Opposes Bitcoin's BIP-110 in 110-Point Essay
The Strategy chairman says the anti-spam soft fork would set a censorship precedent worse than the data problem it targets, weeks before an August signaling window.

DeFi
Hyperliquid to Open HIP-4 Prediction Markets Behind 500,000 HYPE Stake
Deployers can set fees of up to 50% but face slashing by validator vote for poorly defined or unsettled markets, under terms Hyperliquid calls preliminary.

Hacks
Allbridge Halts Core Bridge After $1.65M Flash Loan Exploit
The attacker used a $1.12 million Kamino flash loan to skew Allbridge's Solana stablecoin pools, then bridged the proceeds to Ethereum, security firms said.

TradFi & Fintech
Bitmine Slowed ETH Buys to Smallest Weekly Pace Since June 2025
The largest corporate ether holder slowed its buying to its smallest weekly pace since June 2025, redirecting capital to a share repurchase, and now holds 5.78 million ETH — 96% of the way to its "Alchemy of 5%" target.

Markets
HYPE Spot ETFs Log First Weekly Outflow Since May
Bitcoin and Ethereum funds pulled in a combined $181 million over the same week as HYPE's nine-week inflow streak broke.
Tokens
'Coinbase Man' Token Crashes as Armstrong Swaps His Avatar for a CryptoPunk
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong set his X profile picture to the artwork behind a Base memecoin, then replaced it with a newly acquired CryptoPunk. The $BRIAN token round-tripped from obscurity to millions and back, a stark test of how far one social cue can move an onchain market.





