Monero Prepares For a Major Privacy Test
Monero has released beta stressnet v3, the latest testing milestone for two long-awaited privacy upgrades: Full-Chain Membership Proofs (FCMP++) and CARROT. The stressnet will hard fork from
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UsePaid Opens Claims After X Money Pause
Fee Surge Overwhelms X Money Integration UsePaid, a Solana-based protocol that automatically routes memecoin creator fees to X accounts, has temporarily suspended payouts through X Money afte
Bitcoin Outflows From Binance Hit a Three-Year High
Record Single-Day Withdrawal Since 2023 Binance saw more than 13,800 BTC leave on Sept. 22, its biggest daily net outflow since 2023.The outflow represented approximately $1.15 billion at cur
Polygon Staking Rewards Are About to Jump
Polygon (@0xPolygon) is set to more than double its $POL staking rewards starting October 1, giving validators and delegators a meaningful, if temporary, boost in yield. What PIP-92 Does Star
Strategy’s 3,568 BTC Transfers Explained: Fidelity Custody Move, Not a Sale
The wallets linked to Strategy transferred 3,568 BTC, which is approximately $297 million in value. It was thought that there might be another sale of Bitcoin. According to Arkham, the moveme
Kanye West just deposited ETH into Binance after a long time...
Kanye West Wallet Moves 1,445 ETH to Binance A wallet attributed to rapper Kanye West has transferred 1,445 $ETH to @Binance, according to on-chain data flagged by Arkham. The move marks the
Near Intents Stops Stolen Bitget Funds in Cross Chain Flows
SHIELD System Intercepts Laundering Attempt NEAR Intents detected and blocked more than $50 million in attempted cross-chain transfers linked to last week's Bitget hack, according to Alex She
SEC Updates Crypto Guidance on Token Buybacks and Investment Contracts
SEC staff added a no-central-party condition to guidance on buybacks involving functional non-security crypto assets. Buybacks for nonfunctional systems may raise investment contract issues w
HANetf Launches a Euro-Hedged Bitcoin ETP
HANetf has launched a euro-hedged Bitcoin exchange-traded product, giving European investors a route to Bitcoin exposure that incorporates a currency hedge against EUR/USD fluctuations. The p
Hamster Kombat Daily Cipher 30 September 2026: Play And Win
Hamster Kombat Daily Cipher 30 September 2026: Secret Code The Hamster Kombat Daily Cipher for 30 September 2026 is now available. Solve today's Morse code challenge before the daily timer ru
Ethereum After Hegotá: Buterin Sees the Last Normal Fork Coming Next Year
Ethereum is getting a fork called Hegotá next year, and after that an era ends. That is the core claim of a post co-founder Vitalik Buterin published on September 27, 2026, under the title “T
Ex-LA County deputy sentenced to 21 months for helping crypto figure Adam Iza
A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, Eric Chase Saavedra, has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for abusing his position to benefit cryptocurrency businessman Adam Iza. S