Vitalik Buterin frames “sanctuary tech” as digital islands that are resilient to political and corporate pressure. Vitalik Buterin has proposed positioning Ethereum as part of a larger “sanctuary technologies” ecosystem. He described these as free and open-source tools that allow people to live, work, communicate, and collaborate in ways that are resilient to outside…
RedStone has launched a price oracle on Stellar after a recent oracle exploit. Summary Oracle provider RedStone has deployed a new price oracle on the Stellar network. The move follows a $10m oracle vulnerability attack, highlighting the need for more robust data feeds. Stellar DeFi activity and tokenized asset plans are expected to rely increasingly…
Anthropic had a $200M Pentagon contract, classified network access, and the full trust of the US military. Then they asked a question. In November 2024, Anthropic became the first frontier AI company to deploy inside the Pentagon’s classified networks. The partnership was built with Palantir. By July 2025, the contract had grown to $200 million…
A Los Angeles jury has convicted former LAPD officer Eric Halem of kidnapping and robbery, ending a trial that exposed how a sworn protector used his badge to terrorize a teenage Bitcoin holder. The crime took place in the early hours of 28 December 2024. According to reports from the Los Angeles Times, Halem, who…
PI’s price has rocketed to its highest levels in about two weeks. Although the entire cryptocurrency market has been charting gains in the past 12 hours or so, some assets have performed better than others. Pi Network’s native token is among those, as the popular alt has taken advantage of the market-wide rally and…
CFTC chairman Michael Selig plans to enable US-listed crypto perpetual futures within weeks. Summary CFTC chair Michael Selig told attendees the agency aims to clear regulatory obstacles and launch “genuine professional” crypto perpetual futures in the US within about 4 weeks. The move is part of “Project Crypto,” a joint SEC–CFTC initiative that includes new…
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said the weekend US strike against Iran highlighted how quickly global finance could shift toward blockchain-based systems. Hougan said crypto markets became the main venue for price discovery while traditional exchanges were closed. In a memo published Tuesday, Hougan described how onchain platforms handled trading activity in the hours following President…
While the rest of the market was gripped by fear, institutional investors quietly moved $458.2 million into spot Bitcoin ETFs in a single day, and BlackRock’s IBIT alone absorbed $263.2 million of that. This happened despite escalating geopolitical tensions and a Bitcoin price that had been sliding for weeks, rattling retail investors into what the…
The exchange has prepared two actions that will take effect on March 5th. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange announced another amendment to its platform, which is particularly focused on popular altcoins such as Avalanche (AVAX), Litecoin (LTC), Zcash (ZEC), and more. It also plans to remove certain trading pairs that no longer meet the…
Over a third of tracked altcoins now sit near cycle lows despite a broader market stabilization. Summary CryptoQuant data shows 38% of altcoins are trading close to all-time lows, a deeper drawdown than during the post-FTX unwinding phase. Analyst Darkfost describes this as the “largest regression of altcoins observed during this cycle,” highlighting persistent structural…
