ENS DAO Adds New Safeguard Against Malicious Proposals
Why the Council Exists The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) DAO has approved a proposal activating a new Security Council, giving the eight-member body a two-year mandate to act as a last line of
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XRP Ledger Validator Defends XRP Reserve Rules
Validator Draws the Line on Reserve Reductions XRP Ledger validator Hussein Zangana, widely known in the community as Vet, has publicly pushed back against calls to reduce the network's accou
Trump Clears Path For CLARITY Act Vote With Ethics Deal
Ethics Deal Breaks Months of Deadlock President Donald Trump has agreed to an ethics provision that could clear the final hurdle blocking a Senate vote on the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act
AI vs AI, the first shots
An Autonomous Agent Walks Through the Door @huggingface has disclosed what is being described as the first confirmed breach of a major AI platform carried out entirely by an autonomous AI age
Bitcoin OG Closes $435M BTC Exit
A early Bitcoin investor has completed the sale of an entire 5,000 $BTC position held for more than 12 years, walking away with roughly $435.75 million in total proceeds, according to onchain
Circle CEO Hails GENIUS Act
Allaire: Law Opens Door for Institutional Blockchain Build-Out Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (@jerallaire) has welcomed the passage of the GENIUS Act, telling CNBC that the legislation will unloc
Dogecoin Founder Tells Critics To Read Satoshi Nakamoto White Paper
Dogecoin co-founder Billy Markus has dismissed concerns over the network's security model, telling critics to revisit Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin white paper. The remarks came in response to a
ICP Cloud Engines Will Be Immune to Infrastructure Hacks and Conflict
A Resilient Alternative to Centralized Cloud @Dfinity's Internet Computer ($ICP) is preparing to roll out a new class of infrastructure called cloud engines, designed to address growing physi
NEAR Brings Quantum Security To Mainnet
NEAR Protocol Deploys NIST-Approved Post-Quantum Signing NEAR Protocol has activated quantum-safe signing on mainnet as part of network upgrade 2.13, making it one of the first Layer-1 blockc
Clarity Act Will Protect Users From Catastrophic Losses
Lummis Points to Voyager as the Case for Strict Custody Rules @SenLummis is pressing Congress to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, formally H.R. 3633, with a pointed message for reta
Wanchain Cardano Bridge Hit In $13M Exploit
515 Million NIGHT Tokens Drained in Bridge Attack Wanchain's bridge connecting Cardano to BNB Chain was exploited on July 21, 2026, with approximately 515.2 million $NIGHT tokens drained from
Wanchain Cardano Bridge Exploit Drains 515M NIGHT, Token Plunges 30% to Record Low
The bridge connecting Cardano’s ecosystem to the privacy blockchain Midnight has been hit by an exploit that drained roughly 515 million NIGHT tokens from its treasury. Within hours of the de