X Sues Two Bitcoin Influencers Over Bot Army That Milked Creator Payouts
A lawsuit accuses UK users of running six coordinated accounts to pull at least $278,000 from X’s now-defunct Creator Revenue Sharing Program.
How cutting power to Bitcoin miners can actually burn more energy
Some Bitcoin mining vardiff (variable difficulty) controllers can keep demanding work calibrated for a machine’s former speed after it cuts hashrate. The miner can keep hashing and consuming electricity while accepted shares become vanishingly…
Coinbase Brings IPO Shares to US Retail Traders, With Oura Up First
Eligible customers can request shares at the offering price, but allocations are not guaranteed.
One wallet links $1.55 million FetchAI theft to massive 408.5 million NTX mint
A coordinated attack drained 8.7 million FET and used a compromised NuNet minter key to create 408.5 million NTX. The Sept. 19 attack emptied the Ethereum-side conversion contract used by SingularityNET’s bridge, removing 8,721,530 FET worth about $1.55…
Charles Hoskinson says Cardano no longer comes first – its treasury vote explains why
Cardano’s delegated governance voters let a 12.29 million ADA request for Pogun expire without ratification, showing that Input Output’s history as a founding builder does not guarantee access to the network’s treasury. Pogun is an…
Why keeping your private keys safe won’t always stop crypto theft
Almost 4,000 Bitcoin left Liquid’s reserve on Sept. 6 through a withdrawal the network approved, even though the private keys used to authorize it hadn’t been stolen. Software had accepted a withdrawal that should never have qualified. Liquid…
Why Solana’s new 250ms speed boost could actually trigger network instability
Solana validator coordination now operates on a 250-millisecond target slot time. A slot is the network’s target interval for a validator to produce a block, so the change gives users more frequent opportunities for transactions to land while…
Offshore Bitcoin futures crash 97% as traders abandon traditional risk
A strange thing has happened to Bitcoin’s derivatives market over the past five years. The market is larger, institutions play a much bigger role, exchanges offer more sophisticated products, and traders have become far better at moving risk…
Visa Moves to Close Meme Coin Credit Card Rewards Loophole
After banks lost their push for tighter stablecoin rules in the failed Clarity Act, JP Morgan scored a narrower win as Visa moves to stop meme coin purchases from being coded as ordinary “digital media” and earning card rewards.
EU staking review threatens crypto yields and network security could pay the price
Some of the most consequential financial rules begin with surprisingly little text. For example, on page 36 of the European Commission’s current MiCA review, item 66 asks whether Europe’s treatment of staking is adequate and, if it…