Ethereum Whale Sells Holdings after 3-year Dormancy
An early Ethereum adopter has sold 2,250 $ETH for approximately $4.15 million after the address sat idle for three years, according to on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain. An Eight-Year Hold
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What is restaking and how EigenLayer turns staked ETH into shared security
Introduction Ethereum’s shift to proof of stake in September 2022 created a pool of economic security: over 30 million ETH staked by validators who risk losing their deposit (slashing) if the
1,605 arrests across Africa: How the continent fought back against infrastructure cyberattacks
In August 2025, operators at Uganda’s Electricity Transmission Company Limited watched their network monitoring screens freeze. A ransomware variant had compromised the systems governing the
What are intents and solvers? The invisible layer executing your DeFi trades
Introduction Most DeFi users believe they interact directly with an automated market maker when they swap tokens on Uniswap or SushiSwap. In 2022, this was broadly true. A user signed a trans
How cross-chain bridges work and why $4 billion has been stolen from them
Introduction Blockchains do not talk to each other. Ethereum cannot read Solana’s state. Arbitrum cannot verify a transaction on Avalanche. Each chain maintains its own ledger, its own consen
Ripple Backs ZILO And Licuido To Scale XRPL Tokenization
Ripple has made strategic investments in two UK-based fintech firms, ZILO and Licuido, as it pushes deeper into institutional capital markets on the $XRP Ledger. The investments were announce
Solo Bitcoin Miner Snags $200K as Coldcard Hardware Wallet Drain Shakes User Trust
A single Bitcoin miner has pulled off what the network’s enormous hashrate now makes statistically implausible—solving a block alone and pocketing roughly $200,000. The windfall, noted in the
Cardano and Injective Activate First On-Chain IBC Rail For Cross-Chain Liquidity
@Cardano and @Injective have activated a live Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) connection on testnet, marking the first direct on-chain rail between the two ecosystems. The link enables b
Bitget Is Ending Its Services In Japan
Phased Shutdown With Year-End Deadline @Bitget, the Seychelles-registered crypto exchange currently ranked fifth-largest on CoinGecko, is withdrawing from the Japanese market. The exchange pu
Ethereum Whale Sells Holdings after 3-year Dormancy
An early Ethereum adopter has sold 2,250 $ETH for approximately $4.15 million after the address sat idle for three years, according to on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain. An Eight-Year Hold
After $89M Coldcard hack, Bitcoin breaks from the FTX pattern
The lesson from the FTX fiasco in November 2022 was simple and brutal. Keep your Bitcoin on an exchange and you can lose everything when the exchange fails. Move it to a hardware wallet and o
Binance Red Packet Code 4 August 2026: Claim Free BNB Now
Binance Red Packet Code 4 August 2026: Today’s Answer Looking to earn free cryptocurrency on Binance every day? By redeeming the daily Red Packet Code, eligible users can receive crypto rewar