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Lido’s September 30, 2026, disclosure about MetaMask Staking says affected ETH may need up to 45 days to complete an exit, withdrawal, and re-entry cycle. That estimate concerns the full vali
Cardano Ecosystem: Which Tools and Applications Drive the Network? Cardano covers a lot of ground. Wallets, exchanges, lending apps, NFT markets, voting tools and enterprise pilots all run on
Sui Network has removed 3,023 fake accounts, scam websites and phishing threats across multiple online platforms, the latest result of its ongoing security partnership with ChainPatrol. A Bro
September 2026 has gone down as the most damaging month of the year for crypto security, with hackers stealing approximately $766.5 million across 55 major attacks — a roughly 462% increase f
The crypto industry absorbed a reported $1.26 billion in hack-related losses over the most recent quarter, even as Bitcoin posted gains that sent bulls into celebration mode. The split betwee
SWIFT’s move into blockchain-based payments could change how the market views its relationship with XRP. Crypto commentator X Finance Bull says SWIFT’s latest development reflects several fea
TLDR XRP Ledger has processed more than 10 million x402 payments. The network now averages about 500,000 x402 payments daily. AI agents remain a major driver of automated payment activity. x4
Stage 6 Goes Live at a Higher Entry Cost The Apeing crypto presale has moved into Stage 6, according to the project. It is named Fearless FOMO and carries a stated price of $0.0006 per token.
MetaMask is investigating an undisclosed security incident affecting part of its infrastructure, but it says it has found no immediate threat to user wallets. The crypto wallet provider said
Monad's biggest test since its November 2025 mainnet launch arrives on November 24, 2026, when 16.8 billion MON tokens unlock in a single event. That is about 32.8% of the tokens currently in
LayerZero Labs is building Zero, a new Layer-1 blockchain, because its existing interoperability protocol cannot offer the throughput, privacy, and control that large financial institutions n
Dominic Williams is a British computer scientist and entrepreneur who founded the DFINITY Foundation and serves as its President and Chief Scientist, building the Internet Computer Protocol (
