Liquid Network has recovered 3,400 BTC worth about $269.2 million from the self-described white-hat hackers behind a 4,000 BTC withdrawal, although nearly $47 million remains outstanding. Summary The actors returned 3,400 BTC, recovering about 85% of the withdrawn funds. Roughly 598.5 BTC, worth about $47 million, remains in the withdrawal-linked address. Blockstream told the actors…
Across all attack waves, 82% of stolen coins remain in attacker-controlled addresses, while 18% have been moved for laundering. The exploiter linked to the third wave of attacks on Coldcard wallets has now moved 45% of the coins stolen, according to Galaxy Research. The firm said the funds have been transferred either to Ethereum…
Brazil’s largest banks have expanded their crypto offerings to as many as 28 assets after transactions across the country reached R$505.5 billion or about $98.7 billion in 2025. Summary Itaú now offers 15 crypto assets, while Nubank has listed 28 tokens for customers. Banco do Brasil has processed more than R$11 million in crypto transactions…
ETF demand is surging, but Bitcoin faces a simple question: can buyers turn institutional inflows into a clean break above $82,000? Bitcoin is trading above $79,000 after US spot ETFs pulled in a reported $730.9 million in a single day last week, their second-largest daily inflows of the year after the $843.6 million they…
The Ethereum Foundation has published ratings for 62 Hegotá proposals after collecting 397 assessments from about 60 protocol specialists across nine teams. Summary 62 Ethereum Improvement Proposals received ratings ahead of the planned Hegotá network upgrade. 397 assessments came from researchers, engineers, and specialists across nine Protocol Cluster teams. Ethereum’s Protocol Cluster wants the Layer…
Three tokenized stocks generated $7.1 billion in DEX volume, accounting for nearly 45% of the category’s total activity. Tokenized versions of SPY, Google, and Robinhood’s own stock led a burst of on-chain trading activity over the past month, with Token Terminal data showing SPY on Robinhood Chain up by more than 1,300% in 30…
Local-currency stablecoin launches have increased demand for 24/7 foreign exchange liquidity as more than 70% of conversions into dollar stablecoins begin in another currency. Summary TransFi CEO Raj Kamal expects local-currency stablecoins to move more foreign exchange activity onchain. Round-the-clock settlement could produce thinner liquidity and higher conversion costs outside normal trading hours. Fragmentation across…
XRP Ripple released 1 billion tokens from escrow on September 1, worth roughly $1.38Bn at the time, and the sell-off traders have feared for years never materialized. The token was trading around $1.38 when the tokens hit Ripple-controlled wallets and sat near $1.42 five days later. That muted reaction matters because it suggests the market…
Buterin says Bitcoin can handle network-layer attacks without needing the kind of broad social consensus required for deeper protocol changes. Vitalik Buterin has rejected a warning that artificial intelligence could cause Bitcoin to lose half its value by weakening assumptions about the network’s security. In reply to crypto commentator Liron Shapira, Buterin said the…
Flare has recorded a roughly 34% increase in staked FLR since July, taking the total to 21.5 billion tokens as its revised economic model cuts inflation and ties more network activity to token burns and protocol revenue. Summary Flare staking increased from about 16 billion to 21.5 billion FLR after the July upgrade. FIP.16 reduced…
