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Pump.fun Bets on Dubious Celebrity Trader to Reach the Mainstream
Plus, the NSA urges PHP users to patch or go offline
Stablecoin Blacklists Recovered Nothing in 60 Exploits
Plus: Ethereum staking hits a record, Extended leaves Starknet for Arc, and Utah sues Kalshi and Susquehanna.
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Pump.fun Bets on Dubious Celebrity Trader to Reach the Mainstream
Plus, the NSA urges PHP users to patch or go offline
Stablecoin Blacklists Recovered Nothing in 60 Exploits
Plus: Ethereum staking hits a record, Extended leaves Starknet for Arc, and Utah sues Kalshi and Susquehanna.
Jupiter's YOLO Hits $1 Billion in Its First Day
Plus: MSCI may drop Strategy and Metaplanet, NEAR Intents explains its $3.8M exploit, and AMC refuses Robinhood stock tokens.
Starknet Puts Its Ethereum Exit to a Vote
Plus: Tether paid Bo Hines's firm during the GENIUS Act push, Ledger blames an organized group, and U.S. producer prices rise 6.3%.
Uniswap and PancakeSwap Pay LPs More
Plus: Richard Heart detained in Istanbul, Ledger halts sales in seven Asian markets, and USDC becomes the EU's first significant e-money token.
Ledger Hack Contagion Fears Spread
Plus, Ledger says the implants send recovery phrases over LTE
Not Your Hardware Wallet, Not Your Keys
Plus, Tether freezes $10M of the Ledger drain
Tether Freezes USDT Tied to $90M in Ledger Thefts
The same blacklist caught four THORChain vaults for three hours.
Coinbase's Top Cryptographer Calls 'Bunker Mode' FUD
Plus, Starknet weighs leaving Ethereum to reach quantum resistance by 2027
Bitcoin Falls Below Its $84,000 Cost Basis
Plus, BitMine says it will stop buying ETH at 5% of supply