Three DEFI exploits drain $35.55M in a single day
Three protocols, one brutal day Three decentralized finance protocols were exploited within hours of each other on July 23, with on-chain tracker Lookonchain reporting combined losses of $35.
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Ripple launches Ripple Mint for institutional RLUSD minting, expands to five blockchains
Ripple has introduced Ripple Mint, a new enterprise platform designed to streamline the minting, management, and redemption of its US dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, for institutional client
BMEX Token Crashes 90% as BitMEX Shuts Down After Exploring…
Why Did The BMEX Token Collapse? BitMEX’s utility token lost almost all of its value on Thursday after the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange announced that it would wind down operations, en
Bitcoin Rises on CLARITY Act Progress as Coinbase, Circle Jump
Bitcoin reportedly rose about 2% while shares of Coinbase and Circle jumped more than 8% on July 23, with coverage tying the move to fresh progress on the CLARITY Act. The reporting behind th
Can RIF Price Rally Continue After 70% Surge? Rootstock’s Bitcoin DeFi Growth Fuels Optimism
RIF price grabbed traders’ attention after surging more than 70% in a single day, following Rootstock Infrastructure’s latest ecosystem update highlighting years of uninterrupted network oper
Spur Protocol Daily Quiz Answer 24 july 2026: Earn Rewards
Spur Protocol Daily Quiz Answers – 24 July 2026: Earn SPUR Tokens This guide includes the verified Spur Protocol Daily Quiz answer, an easy-to-understand explanation of today's blockchain con
Hold CL8Y. Pay Less Every Time You Trade.
For active traders, CL8Y is not simply a token to hold in the hope that its price increases. On CL8Y DEX, holding CL8Y can directly reduce the cost of trading. Holding 200 CL8Y cuts the stand
Shibarium daily transactions jump 74% as SHIB price slides
Shiba Inu’s layer 2 blockchain, Shibarium, recorded a sharp rise in daily transactions despite subdued activity across the rest of the Shiba Inu ecosystem. Shibarium Scan reported that daily
BlackRock says Bitcoin can outpace quantum computing risks with prompt upgrades
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with over $15 trillion in assets under management, has shared an optimistic perspective on the debate surrounding quantum computing and cryptocurr
CryptoQuant says ETH trades 17% below realized price, only 2 of 5 bottoming signals in
Ether has drawn renewed interest among market observers as valuation metrics suggest it appears increasingly attractive compared with Bitcoin, according to the blockchain analytics firm Crypt
NVIDIA (NVDA) Stock: Backed Nebius Launches Vera Rubin Rack at Finland Site
TLDR Nebius Activates Nvidia Vera Rubin Rack at Its Finland AI Data Center Site Nvidia-Backed Nebius Starts Vera Rubin Rack Validation at Its Finland Site Nebius Launches Its First Full Vera
Coinbase Enterprise Customers Can Now Accept AI Agent Payments
Coinbase is positioning its payments stack so that enterprise customers can accept payments initiated by AI agents, with Coinbase AI agent payments framed around its merchant acceptance tools