Cosmos misjudged a critical bug for 4 months before hackers stole nearly $6 million across 6 chains
A Cosmos EVM vulnerability exploited across six networks, including MANTRA, exposed a security gap spanning around 40 blockchains. On Aug. 28, Cosmos Labs said the same accounting flaw was exploited on six networks, including MANTRA, TAC, and KiiChain,…
XRP Treasury Company Gets One Step Closer to Listing on Nasdaq
Evernorth has gained SEC clearance, teeing up a shareholder vote on its Nasdaq listing—while the firm’s XRP stash sits well below what it paid for it.
US Cities Eye AI Data Center Limits as Study Flags Water Risks
Austin is the latest city to consider restrictions as communities challenge the water and electricity demands of AI infrastructure.
After selling all its Bitcoin to pay off debt, AI firm tries to rebuild $827 million treasury from scratch
Genius Group, an AI-powered education company that previously used Bitcoin as a treasury asset, has proposed a $12.5 million perpetual preferred offering to restart a Bitcoin treasury it says should reach $827 million by fiscal 2031. The opening raise…
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh triggers a $488 million crypto liquidation cascade as rate-hike expectations rise
Bitcoin fell below $77,000 Friday after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh revived the threat of higher interest rates at Jackson Hole. Data from CryptoSlate shows the largest cryptocurrency dropped to as low as $76,909 before recovering to $77,712 as of press time,…
Solana Will Now Print Less SOL as Disinflation Vote Passes in Dramatic Fashion
The “Double Disinflation” proposal squeaked through by a razor-thin margin after Kraken nearly sank it, while a separate fee-burning measure failed.
HashKey Cloud backs Stacks’ Genesis Bond to prove institutional appetite for native Bitcoin yield
Stacks founder Muneeb Ali said on Aug. 27 via X that HashKey Cloud will deploy Bitcoin in Stacks, making the Asian infrastructure provider the second institution announced for the network’s Genesis Bond pilot. HashKey will time-lock BTC on Bitcoin,…
KuCoin can block your crypto transactions even if you never sent it to these 17 sanctioned platforms
KuCoin has expanded sanctions screening to indirect crypto transfers across 17 crypto platforms, including Justin Sun-linked HTX. Under an Aug. 27 compliance notice, KuCoin said Shelbit, Aban Tether, A7 Nigeria, A7 Africa, PilotFinance, Rapira, Aifory…
Bitcoin Completes First Experimental Quantum-Safe Transaction, Starkware Says
The transaction used Bitcoin’s existing rules to protect funds from a future quantum attack without requiring a network upgrade.
Bitcoin now has a quantum computing escape route, but 7 million BTC may still be exposed
Bitcoin has confirmed a quantum-resistant transaction on mainnet using its existing consensus rules, showing that some holders could migrate funds away from future quantum risk without waiting for a protocol upgrade. The Aug. 26 transaction used a…