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Term Labs Loses $8.5M as Attacker Exploits Governance Controls
A governance exploit drained approximately $8.5 million from Term Labs on Sunday, with the attacker withdrawing 2,843 ETH and 1.68 million USDC directly from the protocol's strategy vaults. PeckShield flagged the incident before Term Labs confirmed the breach.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Sandbox Bridge Exploit Mints 500M Unbacked SAND on Base and BSC
The Sandbox discovered and contained a vulnerability in its cross-chain bridge affecting Base and BNB Smart Chain after an attacker minted approximately 500 million unbacked SAND tokens. The project halted bridging on both networks and stated the impact represents less than 0.01% of total SAND...
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Ray Dalio Sees U.S. Debt Crisis Within Three Years, Backs Bitcoin and Gold Over Bonds
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, is warning that the United States faces a sovereign debt crisis within approximately three years and directing investors toward Bitcoin and gold as preferred hedges over government bonds.
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Solana Cuts Block Time to 350ms on Mainnet, Charting Path Toward 200ms Target
Solana activated 350-millisecond slots on mainnet on August 21, marking the first reduction in block time since the network launched. The change compresses the existing 400-millisecond slot time by 12.5% and begins an epoch-by-epoch progression toward a 200-millisecond target.
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Fairmint CEO Warns Tokenized Stocks Could Repeat 1960s Paper Crisis Without Systemic Reform
Fairmint's CEO warns that tokenized stocks risk replicating the 1960s paper crisis that nearly collapsed Wall Street, citing fragmented liquidity, inconsistent custody standards, and unresolved legal questions as systemic risks that scale with adoption.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Arbitrum Activates ArbOS 61 Elara With Optional Compliance Filters for Orbit Chains
Arbitrum has activated its ArbOS 61 Elara protocol upgrade, introducing optional compliance filtering tools for Orbit chains while leaving priority fees on Arbitrum One disabled pending a separate governance vote.
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Finassets Adds USDC on Solana to Payment Gateway Supporting 70 Crypto Options
Crypto payment gateway Finassets.io launched USDC support on Solana today, giving merchants a sub-cent settlement option inside the same Back Office dashboard they use to manage 70-plus other cryptocurrencies.
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MANTRA Token Crashes 18% to Record Low as MANTRA Chain Halts Following Security Exploit
A security exploit brought MANTRA Chain to a standstill on August 21, sending the OM token down 18% to an all-time low before a partial recovery steadied the price around $0.0044. Multiple exchanges suspended deposits and withdrawals as a precautionary measure.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Ripple Backs RLUSD Credit Fund as XRP Surges 26% in Best Week in Months
XRP is up 26% this week as Ripple backs a credit fund denominated in RLUSD, its USD-pegged stablecoin. The move signals Ripple's pivot from payment corridors to yield-generating institutional finance products, though RLUSD adoption remains thin against USDC and USDT.
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Justin Sun Wins Ruling to Keep World Liberty Financial Lawsuit Public
Justin Sun won a procedural victory Thursday when a California federal judge rejected World Liberty Financial's motion to compel arbitration. The ruling keeps Sun's allegations of hidden freeze and burn mechanisms in WLFI's smart contracts in public federal court, ensuring transparency over the...
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Bitcoin Clears $72,000, Wiping Out Billions in Short Positions
Bitcoin surged above $72,000 this week, breaking out of a six-week trading range and wiping out billions in short positions. The rally hinged on forced covering from bearish traders, but analysts say fresh buying momentum will be required to sustain the move.
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Franklin Templeton Wins SEC Clearance to Integrate Tokenized Assets Into Traditional Funds
The SEC's Division of Investment Management has granted Franklin Templeton a no-action letter allowing eligible traditional investment funds to hold BENJI, its blockchain-based U.S. government money market fund. The clearance removes a structural barrier keeping tokenized assets separate from...
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StopAndProtect Malware Campaign Weaponizes 2,000 WordPress Sites Against Crypto Wallets
Roughly 2,000 compromised WordPress installations are now serving as criminal infrastructure to steal cryptocurrency wallet files and deploy ransomware. The coordinated operation, tracked as "StopAndProtect," silently delivers malware to site visitors, then hunts for locally stored wallet files.
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Optimism Funded Team Casts Deciding Vote to Redirect $49M in OP Tokens From Users
A team funded by the Optimism Foundation cast the deciding vote in a governance proposal that redirected $49 million worth of OP tokens away from users, reigniting debate about whether Layer 2 protocols can meaningfully decentralize while core contributors retain outsized voting power.
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GSR's Andy Baehr Positions Tokenized Fixed Income as Essential Collateral Layer
GSR's Andy Baehr is making the case that tokenized fixed income is not a crypto experiment but a structural upgrade to institutional collateral management. The pitch centers on capital efficiency gains from near-real-time settlement and reduced margin friction.
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BYDFi Takes Gold Sponsor Role at Coinfest Asia 2026 in Bali
BYDFi has secured a Gold Sponsor role at Coinfest Asia 2026, opening today in Bali. The sponsorship reflects the exchange's strategy to build institutional relationships across Southeast Asia, where crypto adoption ranks among the world's highest.
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Bitcoin Hits $70K as Treasury Buybacks Trigger $1.74B Short Squeeze
Bitcoin surged to nearly $70,000 on August 19, 2026, driven by U.S. Treasury bond buyback expansion and pro-crypto policy signals. The rally triggered $1.74 billion in short liquidations and $1.9 billion in total market liquidations, with Ethereum breaking above $2,000 for the first time since...
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Standard Chartered Targets $100K Bitcoin as Treasury Doubles Long-End Buybacks to $4B
The U.S. Treasury doubled the maximum size of its liquidity-support buybacks for long-dated bonds to $4 billion per operation, lifting Bitcoin toward $69,000. Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick projects a $100,000 price target based on improving liquidity conditions and a potential cycle...
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Bitcoin Crosses $68K as $1.23B Short Squeeze Drives Broad Rally
Bitcoin jumped 5.8% to $68,000 Wednesday as a $1.23 billion short squeeze forced leveraged traders to cover positions. Ethereum reclaimed the $2,000 level as US Treasury bond buybacks improved liquidity conditions across crypto markets.
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Fidelity Digital Assets Warns AI Could Threaten Bitcoin Security While Boosting Crypto Markets
Fidelity Digital Assets released a research report arguing that artificial intelligence carries the potential to fundamentally reshape cryptocurrency markets, while simultaneously warning that the same forces could introduce serious risks to Bitcoin's underlying security model.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Gnosis Chain Transitions to Ethereum Rollup, Retiring 100,000-Node Validator Set
GnosisDAO has approved a fundamental restructuring of Gnosis Chain, converting the network from an independent Layer 1 blockchain into an Ethereum-settled rollup and retiring the chain's 100,000-node validator set in the process.
MarketsHadi GhadbanEthena Secures $1B FalconX Credit Facility to Diversify USDe Backing
Ethena has secured a $1 billion credit facility with FalconX to diversify USDe stablecoin backing away from volatile crypto derivatives funding rates. The institutional lending arrangement provides a more stable revenue floor while introducing new counterparty risks.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Centrifuge Brings Symbiotic Liquidity to $1.6B in Tokenized Funds From Janus Henderson and NYLIM
Centrifuge has integrated Symbiotic's Liquid Lane product across three tokenized funds managed by Janus Henderson and NYLIM, covering $1.6B-$2B in assets. The integration enables eligible holders to access immediate USDC liquidity without exiting positions, addressing a key friction point in RWA...
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" WolfChina Triples Digital Yuan Bank Network in 2026, Adding Eight Major Financial Institutions
Eight more banks joined China's digital yuan network this week, tripling the e-CNY's institutional roster year-to-date and marking the fastest expansion of the program since its 2020 launch.
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