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South Korea Stablecoin Outflows Hit $10.4B Over 18 Months, Rivaling Overseas Stock Demand

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Coldcard Firmware Flaw Drained 1,367 BTC Across 4,585 Addresses

A firmware vulnerability in Coldcard hardware wallets allowed attackers to reconstruct private keys and drain funds across thousands of addresses, according to Galaxy Research. The flaw degraded randomness in seed generation, enabling attackers to reverse-engineer private keys without physical...

Alejandro Silva Ramírez2h ago

Fun CEO Says Crypto Payments Will Make On-Ramps and Bridges Obsolete

The CEO of Fun has a bold forecast for crypto's infrastructure: on-ramps and bridges won't exist in the future payments stack. The prediction echoes Bitcoin's original vision but faces real regulatory and technical counterarguments.

Julie "Mooncat" Wolf12h ago

DEX Spot Volume Hits 24% of CEX Trading, a Record High Since 2019, With Solana Driving $49.86B

Decentralized exchanges captured 24% of centralized exchange spot volume in July 2026, their highest recorded share since 2019. Solana drove the milestone with $49.86 billion in 30-day DEX volume, outpacing Ethereum and BNB Chain.

Regulation

Blockchain Academics Newsroom11h ago

BNB Chain Sues Former Employee Over Unauthorized ASTEROID Memecoin Launch

A former BNB Chain employee secretly launched the ASTEROID memecoin using a retained seed phrase, accumulated 79.67% of its supply for $10,000, then sold for $638,000. BNB Chain is pursuing legal action, raising questions about insider controls and offboarding procedures.

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Grayscale Pushes Senate to Vote on CLARITY Act Before August Recess

Grayscale is pressing Senate leadership to schedule a floor vote on the CLARITY Act before lawmakers break for August recess, warning that continued regulatory delays are shutting institutional capital out of crypto markets.

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Russia Bans Crypto Mining in Moscow and Kursk Through 2032 Over Grid Strain

Russia has extended its cryptocurrency mining ban to Moscow, the Moscow Region, and eight districts of Kursk Region, effective August 15, 2026, through December 31, 2032. Regional energy officials estimate crypto mining consumes approximately 1 gigawatt of power in affected areas.

George Santos Settles CFTC Case Over Manipulative Trading on Kalshi

Former U.S. Representative George Santos has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle allegations from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that he engaged in manipulative trading on Kalshi, the regulated prediction market platform.

Hadi GhadbanYesterday

DeFi

Julie "Mooncat" Wolf2h ago

DeFi Platforms Quietly Pivot to Enterprise Backend Services

Several DeFi platforms have begun abandoning consumer-facing applications in favor of selling backend infrastructure services to large technology companies. This pivot trades retail volatility for enterprise predictability but raises sharp questions about token utility and governance.

Alejandro Silva RamírezYesterday

MetronomeDAO Discloses $15.7M Synth Shortfall Tied to Chainlink Oracle Lag

MetronomeDAO disclosed a $15.7 million to $16 million shortfall in synthetic assets tied to Chainlink price-feed latency accumulated over years. The treasury has staged $34 million in defensive positions to close the gap without triggering a depeg.

Alejandro Silva RamírezJul 30, 2026

Uniswap v4 Fee Switch Delivers $325K Daily Revenue as UNI Climbs 16% in a Week

Three days of on-chain data confirm Uniswap's fee switch is working: protocol revenue has nearly tripled to $325,000 daily, pushing UNI to $4. But liquidity providers warn the gains come from their pockets, raising questions about whether volumes will hold.

Alejandro Silva RamírezJul 30, 2026

Tokenized Gold Passes DeFi Stress Test, But Adoption as Collateral Remains Minimal

Tokenized gold survived a real-world DeFi stress test during gold's sharp sell-off, with RedStone oracles maintaining accuracy and liquidations executing smoothly. Yet fewer than 2% of tokenized gold tokens are deployed as collateral, revealing a gap between technical validation and market adoption.

Technology

Alejandro Silva RamírezJun 21, 2026

Technology

Inception Labs' Mercury 2 Outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma in AI Showdown

Inception Labs released Mercury 2, an AI model that outperforms Google's DiffusionGemma while preserving model intelligence during the shift from sequential to parallel processing. The development marks a significant architectural transition in the post-autoregressive era.