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Venus Protocol User Loses $13.5M to a Suspected Phishing Scam on BNB Chain
A Venus Protocol user has lost $13.5 million to a suspected phishing scam that occurred through the BNB Chain native money market. According to a PeckShield Security alert , the victim approved a mali...
Hyperliquid Smashes Revenue Record with $106M in August, Dominates 70% of DeFi Perps Market
Hyperliquid shattered revenue records in August with $106 million earned from perpetual futures trading, marking a 23% increase from July’s $86.6 million as the decentralized exchange captured 70% mar...
Ethereum Holešky Testnet to Sunset Ahead of Fusaka Upgrade
Ethereum’s largest testnet, Holešky, will soon shut down as part of a planned migration to the Hoodi testnet, the Ethereum Foundation announced on Monday. The decision follows a series of technical is...
Bunni DEX Suffers $2.3M Hack, Exposes Key DeFi Security Vulnerabilities
Decentralized exchange Bunni has suffered a $2.3M exploit on the Ethereum blockchain, per blockchain security scanner Blocksec Phalcon. The exploit occurred on Tuesday and appears to have been caused ...
‘Only a Matter of Time’ Before Russian Crypto Mining Giants Launch IPOs – Experts
Russian experts expect the country’s crypto mining giants to make IPO bids in the foreseeable future, but say they must first overcome a range of obstacles. Per the Russian media outlet RBC , insiders...
HKMA’s Stablecoin Regime Attracts 77 Inquiries – Limited Early Licenses Raise Stakes
Key Takeaways: 77 entities have expressed interest in a Hong Kong stablecoin licence, spanning banking, tech, and Web3 sectors. HKMA has started screening applicants, but will issue only a limited num...
Pump.Fun Leads Solana Launchpads Amid $66M Loss in August
Popular memecoin launchpad Pump.Fun recorded strong growth in August, with more than 1.3 million active addresses and almost 600,000 new tokens created. This helped the platform secure the top positio...
South Korea FSC Chief Nominee Under Fire for Calling Crypto Worthless
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) chief nominee Lee Eok-won is facing criticism from the crypto community following his assertion that cryptocurrencies are worthless. In written respon...
World Liberty Financial’s WLFI Goes Live For Trading
The Trump family’s decentralized finance venture, World Liberty Financial’s (WLFI) token, has gone live, with the token now available for trading. This is an important step in the company’s blockchain...
Bank of China Stock Surges 6.7% on Shock Stablecoin Issuer License News — Is a Digital Yuan Rival Coming?
Shares of Bank of China Hong Kong unit jumped 6.7% on Monday, closing at HKD 37.58, after local reports revealed the state-owned lender is preparing to apply for a stablecoin issuer license under Hong...
99% Back Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade to Slash Transaction Finality to 150ms
Solana validators overwhelmingly support the SIMD-0326 Alpenglow consensus upgrade with 99.60% approval . The revolutionary consensus mechanism would replace TowerBFT with a direct voting system, redu...
Raoul Pal Predicts 4 Billion Crypto Users by 2030, $100T Market Cap — Is It Realistic?
Raoul Pal, a former Goldman Sachs executive and co-founder of Real Vision, claims that crypto adoption could reach 4 billion users by 2030, driving market capitalization to $100 trillion. Pal argues t...