Events
2026's biggest crypto exploit: $292 million gets drained from Kelp DAO with wrapped ether stranded across 20 chains
An attacker drained 116,500 rsETH, roughly 18% of circulating supply, from Kelp's LayerZero-powered bridge on Saturday, triggering emergency freezes across Aave, SparkLend, Fluid and Upshift.
Why Michael Saylor's Strategy decided to make STRC's dividend bi-monthly
Strategy aim to reduce volatility, enable consistent bitcoin buying, and create the only bi-monthly paying preferred shares in the market.
From smelters to servers: Alcoa to cash in on crypto’s thirst for energy
Alcoa is in advanced negotiations to sell its dormant Massena East smelter in upstate New York to Bitcoin mining firm NYDIG.
AI is increasingly eating into VC fundings and here is how crypto firms are adapting
AI companies raised $242 billion (80% of global venture funding) in early 2026, with Gartner projecting total AI spending will reach $2.52 trillion this year.
Binance and Bitget to probe RAVE’s 4,500% token surge as claims of insider-orchestrated rally grow
Nearly 90% of RAVE's supply was concentrated in just three wallets, and millions of tokens were transferred to exchanges before the price surge.
The Lightning Network isn’t ‘helplessly broken’
Shell argues the network is fixable and proposes a different framing to the recent quantum debate.
Zondacrypto under fire as Poland's prime minister links exchange to legislative interference
The company also disclosed a 4,500 BTC wallet that it can't access due to missing private keys linked to a former CEO, who's now missing.
Bitcoin 'plebs eat first' mining pool Parasite finds its second BTC block
Parasite Pool, which pays 1 BTC to the block finder and splits the rest among all participants, mined block 945,601 on Friday, about 48 days after its first.
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin warns of the dangers of AI being controlled by a few big tech firms
In an interview with CoinDesk, the Ethereum co-founder spoke also about Ethereum’s evolution through MetaMask, stablecoins and tokenization, while downplaying quantum computing as a long-term, manageable issue.
Wrapped XRP goes live on Solana, broadening DeFi access for Ripple-linked token
Wrapped XRP on Solana lets XRP holders access Jupiter, Phantom, and Meteora without selling the asset, the latest step in Hex Trust's multi-chain wXRP rollout first announced in December.
Former UK Prime Minister sees economy on 'very negative trajectory,' indicates support for bitcoin
Truss criticized central banking and defended her mini-budget, suggesting bitcoin and a CPAC UK conference could help push for economic reform.
Bitcoin falls back to $76,000 as Iran shuts Hormuz again
One of the biggest short liquidations 2026 wiped $593 million in bearish bets overnight. Saturday afternoon as Iran reportedly reversed the Hormuz reopening.
XRP leads majors with 8% weekly outperformance, what next after breakout
Token edges ahead of bitcoin and ether over seven days, though thinning participation keeps the move in consolidation territory.
Stripe doubles down on blockchain and stablecoins, aiming to become 'AWS for money'
Demand is emerging fastest in the Global South and cross-border use cases, where cards fail and currencies are unstable, said Adrien Duchâteau, Stripe's crypto GTM lead.
How a quantum computer can be used to actually steal your bitcoin in '9 minutes'
Part one explained the physics of quantum computing. This piece explains the target — how bitcoin's encryption works, why a quantum algorithm breaks it, and what Google's paper changed about…
Strategy proposes semi-monthly dividends on its popular STRC preferred stock
"[The] proposed changes are intended to stabilize price, dampen cyclicality, drive liquidity, and grow demand," said Executive Chairman Michael Saylor.
Sam Altman’s World project launches major upgrade to fight deepfakes and bots
The project is also expanding its partnerships with Tinder, Zoom and Docusign.
Beaten-down digital asset treasury names lead crypto stock surge as bitcoin hits $78,000
Oil prices slumped as Trump said Iran committed to open the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. plans to acquire that country's enriched uranium as part of a deal.