Liquid Says No Keys Were Stolen – How Did 4,000 BTC Leave?
Key Takeaways SideSwap processed an apparently authorized peg-out. The disputed L-BTC may have been bug-created. Valid authorization did not prove legitimate issuance. Bitcoin’s base network
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Hanwha Builds Tokenized Securities Platform on Avalanche
Hanwha Investment & Securities, one of South Korea's major brokerages, is tied to plans for a tokenized securities platform built on Avalanche, though the central claim linking the firm to th
n.exchange Launches Private Swaps With an Added Layer of Transaction Privacy
August 28, 2026 — n.exchange, the non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange built for individuals and businesses, today announced the release of Private Swaps, an optional privacy-focused route a
Ondo is Making a Major Change to USDY
Ondo Finance is pulling back USDY issuance from two of its supported networks. Ondo will discontinue minting USDY on Aptos and Noble effective September 8, 2026. The update does not affect US
Render prices GPU work in dollars and burns its token to settle the bill
Dollar pricing, token burning Render Network (@rendernetwork) connects artists and AI developers with idle GPU capacity, but it prices that capacity in dollars rather than in its native token
NEAR validators verify blocks without keeping a copy of the chain's state
On most blockchains, validators carry a heavy load. To check that a block is valid, they must maintain a full, up-to-date copy of the chain's state, meaning every account, balance, and contra
This Coinbase-Backed Altcoin Announces It Will Cease Operations by September 30th! Here Are the Details
Router Protocol, a cross-chain infrastructure project backed by Coinbase, announced it will completely cease operations by September 30. The project team stated that attempts to commercialize
XRP Ledger Set For Major Fix Upgrade With Five Days Left
Amendment Clears Threshold With Days to Go The XRP Ledger is approaching a significant protocol upgrade. The fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment holds 82.86% validator support, with 29 of 35 validators
Prosecutors are still opposed to the CLARITY Act after police groups dropped their objections
Sheriffs Step Back, But Prosecutors Hold Firm The National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) has moved to a neutral position on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, becoming the last major police
CZ expects his investment firm's recent bets to be among its strongest
Changpeng Zhao, the Binance founder known as @cz_binance, says the capital his investment firm @yzilabs deployed over recent months will turn out to be "some of the best performing" in its hi
Ethena's dollar earns yield by taking the other side of leveraged longs
Ethena's $USDe is not a stablecoin in the conventional sense. According to Ethena's own documentation, it is a synthetic dollar that maintains its peg through a delta-neutral position rather
Chainlink is taking a keynote slot at Swift's annual banking conference
@chainlink is set to take a prominent role at one of global banking's most established gatherings. Co-founder @SergeyNazarov will deliver a keynote address on building global digital asset ma