Initia Halts Blockchain After $615K Leaves Bridged Asset Escrows
Most assets moved from Initia’s escrow accounts remained on the halted L1, leaving their status tied to the network’s recovery process. Initia, a network designed for interwoven optimistic rollups, has halted its layer 1 blockchain after it detected unauthorized…
Crypto debit cards expose risks from shared payment providers
Crypto debit card failures have exposed how little control some wallet and fintech brands hold over their payment services, with a $1.1 million Rain contract exploit illustrating the risks of shared infrastructure. Summary Shared banks, processors, and middleware can leave…
Elon Musk Grok AI Predicts a Huge Bitcoin Price Rally: Can it Really Go This High?
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading near $74,500 after a period of consolidation and selling pressure, yet the upside case still leaves room for an extraordinary outcome. Elon Musk’s Grok AI predicts that while the market has faced headwinds from mixed ETF…
Bitcoin Can Gain Privacy Features Without Changing Base Layer: Stacks Founder
Stacks sees privacy as one of three areas of future Bitcoin development, with quantum resistance and BTC yield products also on the roadmap. Bitcoin could gain confidential transaction capabilities without compromising the public auditability of its total supply. This…
North Korea Is Creating Fake Meme Coins to Launder Millions From the $6.4B Binance Hack
Six meme coins created on NEAR helped North Korean hackers move stolen funds, with almost no genuine trading activity involved. North Korean hackers are creating their own meme coins to move stolen stash from the Binance hack, according to…
Solana’s RWA Market Explodes 600% in a Year as Ethereum Struggles to Keep Up
Solana is rapidly closing the RWA gap with Ethereum as its tokenised market share grows from 4.5% to 26% in one year. Solana’s on-chain economy is growing beyond meme coins. In fact, a new report suggests that real-world assets…
Crypto Funds See 4th Week of Outflows, but XRP and SOL Shine: CoinShares Report
Four consecutive weeks of crypto fund outflows hit $3.74 billion, but altcoins outperform as US investors retreat from the market. Investment products linked to digital assets experienced their fourth consecutive week of outflows, recording $173 million and pushing cumulative…
Hayden Davis Resurfaces After LIBRA Crash, But His Latest Trades Are Deep in the Red
Bubblemaps found that Hayden Davis, who was involved with LIBRA and YZY tokens, has resumed on-chain trading, but recent Solana meme coin bets resulted in nearly $3 million losses. A year after Bubblemaps first detailed the on-chain mechanics behind…
Dormant Bitcoin Data Reveals 227,196 BTC in Pre-2019 Coins Revived in 2026
Key Takeaways Ancient bitcoin wallets are awakening in 2026, with some coins stirring after more than 16 years of silence. Mysterious, precisely timed transfers suggest certain sleeping whales may be following a carefully coordinated pattern. Two blockchain datasets reveal a…
Initia Halts Blockchain After $615K Leaves Bridged Asset Escrows
Most assets moved from Initia’s escrow accounts remained on the halted L1, leaving their status tied to the network’s recovery process. Initia, a network designed for interwoven optimistic rollups, has halted its layer 1 blockchain after it detected unauthorized…
Justin Sun Launches Tokenized U.S. Stock Trading on HTX With 20 Assets
Justin Sun has announced the launch of tokenized U.S. stock trading on HTX, introducing 20 stock and exchange-traded fund (ETF) products with USDT trading pairs. The November 9 launch expands the cryptocurrency exchange’s offerings as digital asset platforms increasingly seek…
Crypto debit cards expose risks from shared payment providers
Crypto debit card failures have exposed how little control some wallet and fintech brands hold over their payment services, with a $1.1 million Rain contract exploit illustrating the risks of shared infrastructure. Summary Shared banks, processors, and middleware can leave…
Near AI Confirms Security Breach Affecting 100 Users and 18 Agents
Key Takeaways An SGLang vulnerability allowed an attacker to execute code on a Near AI inference server and penetrate internal infrastructure. Approximately 100 user accounts and 18 legacy AI agents were affected, while two customers had API keys exposed. Near…
Elon Musk Grok AI Predicts a Huge Bitcoin Price Rally: Can it Really Go This High?
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading near $74,500 after a period of consolidation and selling pressure, yet the upside case still leaves room for an extraordinary outcome. Elon Musk’s Grok AI predicts that while the market has faced headwinds from mixed ETF…
Bitcoin Can Gain Privacy Features Without Changing Base Layer: Stacks Founder
Stacks sees privacy as one of three areas of future Bitcoin development, with quantum resistance and BTC yield products also on the roadmap. Bitcoin could gain confidential transaction capabilities without compromising the public auditability of its total supply. This…
North Korea Is Creating Fake Meme Coins to Launder Millions From the $6.4B Binance Hack
Six meme coins created on NEAR helped North Korean hackers move stolen funds, with almost no genuine trading activity involved. North Korean hackers are creating their own meme coins to move stolen stash from the Binance hack, according to…
Wall Street Banks Commit $270M to Stablecoin Challenger Project Faro: Bloomberg
Key Takeaways Project Faro’s $270 million commitment will finance five years of operations, separate from the reserves backing its stablecoins. The venture unites 21 financial institutions across five continents, Bloomberg reports, with a U.S. dollar stablecoin planned first. The consortium…
Deutsche Bank forecasts 3 straight Fed hikes through March
Deutsche Bank has added a January interest rate hike to its forecast after October’s hotter-than-expected US inflation report, putting three consecutive quarter-point moves on its expected path through March 2027. Summary Deutsche Bank now expects quarter-point Fed hikes in December,…