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Wanchain’s 515 Million NIGHT Exploit: The Signature Was Valid, The Message Was Not
The most dangerous weakness in a cross-chain bridge is not always a stolen private key, a compromised validator or a broken cryptographic algorithm. Sometimes it is something more mundane: two pieces of software disagreeing about what a signed message actually says. That appears to be the central fa
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 Rebellion Is Running Out of Road, but the Fight Over Bitcoin’s Purpose Is Far From Over
Bitcoin’s most important disputes rarely begin with price. They begin with a deceptively simple question about what the network is allowed to become. BIP-110, a proposal to temporarily restrict the amount and type of non-financial data stored in Bitcoin transactions, has turned that question into th
Allbridge Core Drained in $1.65 Million Exploit as Stolen Funds Move to Ethereum
Allbridge Core has become the latest cross-chain protocol to discover how quickly a liquidity imbalance can turn into a seven-figure loss. An attacker exploited the bridge’s Solana deployment for an estimated $1.65 million, moved the stolen assets from Solana to Ethereum and began routing the funds
The Hacker Who Came Through HR: MetaMask’s North Korean Developer Scare
The most dangerous person inside a cryptocurrency company may not arrive through a phishing email, a zero-day exploit or a compromised server. They may arrive through a calendar invitation, pass a technical interview and receive access credentials from human resources. That is the unsettling lesson
Visa’s OUSD Platform Turns Stablecoins Into Institutional Payment Infrastructure
Visa is no longer treating stablecoins as an experimental feature attached to the edges of its payment network. With the launch of the Visa Stablecoin Platform, the company is building a dedicated operating layer through which banks, fintechs and payment providers can mint, hold, transfer and redeem
Coinbase’s Existential Bet: Why Brian Armstrong Chose to Fight Washington
Brian Armstrong did not enter the cryptocurrency industry expecting to become a political operator. He was an engineer building financial infrastructure, not a lobbyist studying congressional committees or an executive preparing to challenge a federal regulator. His original assumption was straightf
Trump Steps Into the CLARITY Act Standoff as Crypto Ethics Threaten the Bill’s Future
The final obstacle confronting America’s most consequential cryptocurrency legislation is no longer a technical dispute over tokens, exchanges or regulatory jurisdiction. It is a much more politically explosive question: should the officials writing the country’s crypto rules be allowed to profit pe
Base Finally Has a Viral Memecoin: How DOJI Turned Eight Months of Silence Into a 400x Explosion
For months, the memecoin spotlight has belonged almost entirely to Solana. Explosive launches, relentless speculation and deep liquidity have made the network the undisputed home of crypto’s latest viral tokens. Meanwhile, Coinbase-backed Base has struggled to produce a breakout success capabl
Polygon Paused a Third of Its Team, and Exposed How AI Is Rewriting the Speed of Crypto Development
For three days, roughly a third of Polygon’s team stopped doing the work already on its roadmap. Instead, employees were told to build something useful with artificial intelligence, with $15,000 placed on the table as an incentive. By the end of the sprint, Polygon CEO Sandeep Nailwal said the teams
Ethereum’s Former Privacy Team Launches EthSystems to Bring Banks Onchain
Ethereum’s institutional ambitions have always collided with one uncomfortable reality: public blockchains reveal too much. Banks, asset managers and major corporations may be interested in tokenized assets and blockchain settlement, but few are willing, or legally able, to expose their positions, cou
ECB Taps Stripe, Revolut and 34 Payment Firms for Landmark Digital Euro Trial
Europe’s digital currency project is moving out of policy papers and into the payment terminal. The European Central Bank has selected 36 payment service providers, including Stripe, Revolut, Adyen, Deutsche Bank and UniCredit, to participate in a year-long digital euro pilot beginning in the second
Strategy Bought Zero Bitcoin Last Week, and That May Be More Important Than Another Purchase
For years, Strategy trained the market to expect a familiar weekly ritual: sell securities, raise capital and convert the proceeds into more Bitcoin. Between July 6 and July 12, that machine continued to raise money, but the final step never happened. The company sold approximately 4.82 million share