What Was Mt. Gox? History, Hack & Repayment Status
Introduction If you’ve searched for “mt gox” recently, it’s probably because the name showed up in a headline again — more than a decade after the exchange collapsed, a dormant wallet linked
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Pi Network Prepares for Final Upgrade with Protocol 26 Launch
August 11 Deadline Set for All Node Operators @PiCoreTeam has announced the transition to Protocol 26 on its mainnet, requiring all node operators to complete the technical upgrade before Aug
MoonPay's PayBox lets you pay using Grok, Claude, and more!
@MoonPay has launched PayBox, a payment vault designed to let AI agents handle real financial transactions directly inside popular chat applications, without ever touching a user's private ke
Yet Another ETH Whale Dumps
Another large Ethereum holder has thrown in the towel. On-chain data tracked by @Lookonchain shows a whale deposited 3,128 $ETH to Coinbase in a single transaction, liquidating the entire pos
Arbitrum Foundation expands Variational partnership
What the expanded deal covers The Arbitrum Foundation (@arbitrum) and on-chain derivatives protocol Variational (@variational_io) have announced an expanded partnership, adding at least two f
Kaito Integrates X for Katalyst Reward Layer
@KaitoAI has launched Kaito Katalyst, a performance-based reward layer designed to replace speculative marketing budgets with verified, outcome-driven creator payments. The product arrives as
Aviva Investors launches tokenized fund share class on XRP Ledger
First Tokenized Fund Live on XRPL Aviva Investors, the asset management arm of UK insurer Aviva plc, has launched a tokenized share class of its US Dollar Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger. Th
India Targets BitChat Code While Binance Tests Its Own Staff With Fake Hacks
India ordered GitHub to pull Jack Dorsey's BitChat repositories within three hours. Binance revealed it phishes its own employees every month. South Korean crypto trading volume dropped 89% i
Tether USAT launches on Celo as second mainnet
Tether’s US-focused USAT stablecoin has launched on Celo, marking its second mainnet deployment after Ethereum and extending the token to a network widely used for digital-dollar payments. Su
Pi Network Prepares for Final Upgrade with Protocol 26 Launch
August 11 Deadline Set for All Node Operators @PiCoreTeam has announced the transition to Protocol 26 on its mainnet, requiring all node operators to complete the technical upgrade before Aug
Ripple president highlights record institutional demand for XRP and RLUSD
Ripple president Monica Long announced that institutional demand for both XRP and the company’s upcoming US dollar stablecoin, RLUSD, has reached unprecedented levels. The comments from Long,
Aviva Investors launches tokenized fund share class on XRP Ledger
First Tokenized Fund Live on XRPL Aviva Investors, the asset management arm of UK insurer Aviva plc, has launched a tokenized share class of its US Dollar Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger. Th