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Circle’s Arc Plans Confidential Contracts That Auditors Can Still See
The opt-in system is designed for institutional workflows like payroll, treasury, and trading, while granting authorized compliance teams and auditors…

Botanix Shuts Down After Four Years of Building a Tokenless Bitcoin L2
The team blames weak demand for programmable Bitcoin, WBTC's dominance on Ethereum, and an on-chain economy consolidating around venues like…

Stellar Reveals Its Strategy for a Post-Quantum Blockchain Era
The network plans a phased migration to post-quantum cryptography, addressing future security risks from advances in quantum computing.

Inside Zcash’s 50-Hour Race to Save Orchard From Exploit
Josh Swihart reveals previously-unreported details from the emergency response that protected Zcash's Orchard pool.

Sui Adds Confidential Transfers for Private Crypto Payments
Co-Founder Adeniyi Abiodun says confidential transfers rely on range proofs to hide amounts while ensuring supply integrity and preventing unauthorized…

Zcash Tumbles on Orchard Vulnerability Fear While Monero Trends as Top Privacy Competitor
This Orchard vulnerability discovery sent shockwaves through the crypto community, highlighting the complexities of maintaining robust privacy features in blockchain…

Cardano Founder Hoskinson Steps Back, ADA Plummets Past $0.20
The announcement comes as Cardano faces growing pressure as funding dries up, trading slows, and project closures raise concerns over…

Zcash Activates NU6.2 Hard Fork Following Double-Spend Risk Discovery
The vulnerability was caught before any known exploitation occurred, and the response marks only the second security-driven protocol upgrade in…

Bridge Breach Unpacked: Alephium Traces $815K Hack Step by Step
Most of the unbacked tokens were later burned, but funds still slipped through before the bridge was paused.

Cardano Summit 2026 Cancelled Following Community Treasury Veto
The Cardano Foundation will not proceed with Cardano Summit 2026 after a 7.8 million ADA treasury proposal falls just short…

Alephium Reveals Cause of $815K Bridge Exploit, Promises Compensation
The attacker drained USDT, USDC, WETH, WBTC, and WBNB worth about $815K and minted 13.7M unbacked wrapped ALPH, though Alephium…

Alephium Bridge Exploited for $815K, 13.76M Unbacked ALPH Minted
The $815K exploit was executed in just seven minutes after hackers compromised 3 of 4 guardian keys, forged bridge approvals,…

Sui Blockchain Back Online After Third Outage, $1.88M Liquidated
Sui suffered its third outage in less than 48 hours due to an epoch transition bug, sending SUI below $0.91…

Sui Blockchain Suffers Second Major Outage in 48 Hours, SUI Price Falls Sharply
These back-to-back incidents mark the second major outage of 2026 for Sui, following a similar six-hour consensus divergence event in…

Base Activates Azul Upgrade, Slashes Withdrawal Times to 1 Day
The new Base Azul mainnet upgrade introduces multiproof security, Ethereum Osaka compatibility, and performance-focused infrastructure targeting up to 5,000 TPS.

Samsung Expands Crypto Push With $408M Dunamu Investment
Samsung has expanded further into South Korea’s growing crypto market after three of its affiliates agreed to buy a combined…

XRP Ledger Foundation Publishes AMM v2 Standard for XRPL DEX
The proposed standard introduces new AMM pool curves designed to improve capital efficiency and support stablecoins, FX markets, RWAs, and…

XRP Ledger Rolls Out Cleanup Upgrade to Shrink NFT Junk
The new upgrade improves transaction processing, lending, and NFT systems without requiring action from regular XRP holders.

OKX X Layer Debuts Exchange OS for Custom Crypto Trading
OKX's new layer infrastructure supports spot, perpetual, and prediction venues, with the first simulated 2026 World Cup markets scheduled for…

TrapDoor Malware Hits npm, PyPI & Crates.io, Steals Crypto Wallets & SSH Keys
Security firm Socket says the “TrapDoor” campaign spread 34 malicious packages across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io to target crypto, DeFi,…

Tether-Georgia Launch GEL₮ Stablecoin to Power National Payments
The country joins early adopters of state-linked digital currencies as countries push faster, cheaper cross-border payment systems globally.

Syndicate Labs Shuts Down as Rollup Market Loses Steam
The project said that custom-built chains are being built by consulting teams from scratch, with very little reusable tech or…

Ripple Taps Project Eleven for XRPL Quantum Defense
The collaboration focuses on testing XRPL systems and building quantum-resistant tools to protect wallets and network security.

Japan Unveils National AI and Blockchain Finance Strategy Proposal
Japan’s ruling party outlined a sweeping AI and blockchain strategy focused on stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and automated on-chain finance operating…

Saudi Finance Architect Bets Big on Tokenized Future
The goal is to move real-world assets and payments into digital tokens for faster, more secure settlement.

BNB Chain Shares Post-Quantum Readiness Update
The report reveals that migrating to larger cryptographic signatures could drastically reduce throughput and increase blockchain network strain.

a16z Meets Prime Minister Takaichi as It Explores Japan Expansion
The Japanese Prime Minister said the firm’s expansion would boost the country’s broader economic growth and strategy.

Hana’s $668M Dunamu Deal Reshapes Korea’s Crypto Race
Through the deal the firm becomes the fourth-largest shareholder in Dunamu after a 1.003 trillion won stake purchase from Kakao…

Ronin Comes Full Circle With Ethereum Layer 2 Migration
The OP Stack-powered migration reconnects Ronin with Ethereum while introducing updated tokenomics and ecosystem reward mechanisms.

Pi Network Explains AI-Powered KYC as Mainnet Migration Surpasses 16.7M Users
The network said additional verification checks are helping strengthen security, fairness, and real-user authenticity across its growing blockchain ecosystem.