A malicious attachment delivered through a phishing email points to the involvement of North Korea-linked threat actors in Humanity Protocol’s recent hack, according to blockchain security company Quantstamp. The decentralized identity company said a compromised employee’s laptop enabled attackers to steal $36 million in Humanity (H) tokens on Monday. The malicious attachment was disguised as…
Ethereum could begin adding post-quantum protections to accounts for as little as $0.07, without waiting for a hard fork, according to the Ethereum Foundation’s Kohaku project lead Nicolas Consigny. In a Saturday X post, Consigny shared a paper proposing a cheaper way for Ethereum users to protect their accounts against future quantum-computing threats. The approach…
Since debuting on Base in 2023, Aerodrome has become one of the most widely known DEXs on the network by using a system that rewards token holders for directing liquidity incentives toward trading pools. The model helped solve one of DeFi’s longstanding problems: how to bootstrap liquidity for new assets and keep it from disappearing…
“It doesn’t have to be done as a rulemaking,” said SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who has led much of the agency’s crypto work since the start of last year. In response to a question from CoinDesk, she said the SEC has exemptive authority that it routinely uses. “We can do it as a rule, but…
A significant transformation is currently underway across the established cryptocurrency market. The top crypto exchanges are morphing into multi-asset financial platforms, breaking down the traditional barriers that once kept crypto and Wall Street completely apart. Crypto exchange OKX rolled out 13 new “X-Perp” markets for European traders on Tuesday, giving retail users direct access to…
Bitcoin (BTC) circled $64,000 into Sunday’s weekly close as a US-Iran peace deal appeared imminent. Key points: Bitcoin stays higher as US president Donald Trump pledges an Iran peace deal on Sunday. The Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil route, will be “open to all,” he says. Bitcoin analysis says no bearish chart patterns…
Bitcoin (BTC) is gaining buyers’ interest after setting a new yearly low at $59,000 last week. Order book data and liquidity suggest a rally is pending and more than $2 billion in short liquidity is concentrated near $65,000. BTC’s bid-ask ratio has remained positive since last Friday. The shift in positioning and sentiment also aligns…
New research from Galaxy Digital suggests that Bitcoin’s cycle low could form at higher price levels than previous bear markets due to the absence of speculation. The analysis places the potential bottom between $62,000 and the network’s realized price at $53,600. Galaxy head of research Alex Thorn analyzed every Bitcoin cycle top and bottom and…
Crypto trading platforms Bybit, Binance, Bitget Wallet and MEXC canceled their tokenized SpaceX IPO campaigns as SpaceX went public on the Nasdaq on Friday. SpaceX’s IPO, which was reportedly more than four times oversubscribed, raised $75 billion as it became a publicly traded company. SpaceX shares opened for trading at $150 on Friday, up from…
US President Donald Trump said a deal to end the fighting between the US and Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday, despite officials in Tehran previously casting doubt on the timeline. “The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,” said…
