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The Venom Foundation, the platform behind the Venom blockchain network, is planning to unveil DeFi insurance. In this respect, Venom Foundation has begun looking for a DeFi insurance collabor
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a long-term development plan he calls "Lean Ethereum," outlining a sweeping set of protocol upgrades expected to roll out over the next three
There’s a quiet rotation happening. Stablecoins used to be just trading grease. Now they’re becoming the starting point for yield that looks a lot like money markets. And that idle “cash” in
Chainlink has reported 14 new integrations of its standard across 7 services and 6 different chains, adding to the steady drumbeat of adoption updates from the decentralized oracle network th
Litecoin's first smart contract layer takes shape Litecoin ($LTC) has spent 14 years doing one thing well: fast, cheap payments. That scope is now expanding. @LitecoinVM, an EVM-compatible ze
DeFi yield aggregator Summer.fi lost approximately $6.017 million in DAI after an attacker exploited a vulnerability in one of its vaults on Ethereum. The incident occurred on July 6, 2026, i
Summer.fi lost $6 million after a flash loan exploit manipulated automated vault pricing, draining DAI before investigators launched ongoing reviews. Security researchers linked the attack to
A DeFi exploit on Ethereum drained an estimated $6 million from users lured by a fraudulent 2,000,000% APY offering, according to security alerts flagged by blockchain security firm Blockaid.
Why Is the Kamirai Coin Presale Gaining Attention in 2026? If you follow crypto presales, you've probably seen the buzz. The Kamirai coin presale just entered its fourth and final batch, and
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has signaled that the network is preparing what he considers its biggest upgrade since the Merge, the 2022 transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake
Blockaid said its exploit detection system identified an active attack on Summer.fi, a DeFi yield aggregation and automated vault management platform. The security firm said the attack had dr
Ethereum and Polkadot are not really competing for the same thing. Ethereum operates as a single, unified smart contract platform that scales through Layer 2 rollups. Polkadot operates as a L
