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The decentralized finance sector has endured a tumultuous year, with 121 separate security breaches in 2026 alone leading to losses of nearly $942 million. Industry data points to a notable s
Binance (@binance) co-founder and co-CEO @heyibinance has publicly accused the exchange's competitors of running coordinated negative narratives against the platform over a number of years, p
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz (@JoelKatz) has put forward a new proposal to eliminate front-running and sandwich attacks on the XRP Ledger ($XRP), introducing what he calls a "transactio
Remittix Website Migration: Allocations, Scam Warning, Launch Details The Remittix website migration is happening this week, and it lands right as the presale sits in its last stage. The offi
The Pi Core Team used Pi2Day 2026 to roll out three new features: SoloHost, Pi Sign In, and PiVerify. The updates touch three distinct pillars of the network, covering blockchain infrastructu
Hyper Foundation has announced a grant program worth approximately $10 million to support builders caught up in the wind-down of its USDH stablecoin. The grant program targets builders who bu
Binance (@binance) co-founder and co-CEO @heyibinance has publicly accused the exchange's competitors of running coordinated negative narratives against the platform over a number of years, p
Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz (@JoelKatz) has put forward a new proposal to eliminate front-running and sandwich attacks on the XRP Ledger ($XRP), introducing what he calls a "transactio
Over the last few years, crypto has managed to run from one narrative to another: NFTs, AI, RWAs, meme coins, new L1s, old L1s, the same cycle over and over again. Against that backdrop, eCas
Binance (@binance) bStocks are tokenized securities that track select US stocks on the blockchain. Each one is a BEP-20 token issued by BTech Holdings Limited, a Binance group affiliate, and
Musashi Dojo is the public testnet for Ouroboros Leios, Cardano's (@Cardano) next major scaling upgrade. It went live on June 23, 2026, kicking off a multi-phase program to test the Leios pro
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
