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Solana AMM Aquifer hit by $2.5 million exploit, offers 20% bounty

Solana-based automated market maker Aquifer has lost roughly $2.5 million in an exploit involving wallets on Solana and Ethereum, with

Pi Network ships a DEX while the market looks away

Protocol 26 tightened the smart contract layer, Protocol 27 is bringing automated market making to testnet, and a decentralized exchange

XRP had its best month since the SEC settlement and the network is about to change underneath it

XRP rallied 37% in August on a wave of record ETF inflows. The market is pricing momentum. It is not

Polymarket hit $1 billion in revenue and now 20 states want to shut it down

A prediction market that went from zero revenue to a billion dollar run rate in six months is signing deals

FBI and Australian police charge two in TeamPCP probe

Two Australian men face 14 charges after an AFP-FBI probe into alleged TeamPCP attacks that exposed more than 500,000 credentials.

Beyond the crypto rally: 4 trends to watch this cycle

Four trends shaping crypto’s next cycle: retail ownership, CeDeFi, stablecoins and Bitcoin, and the rise of agentic finance.

Float Protocol hit by $28K flash loan attack through Uniswap V3 manipulation

Float Protocol has lost about $28,000, or 10.71 ETH, after an attacker used a flash loan to manipulate a Uniswap

Catapult Trade Names Its Backers as Total Raised Reaches $6.6 Million Ahead of $PULT TGE

Catapult Trade disclosed investors behind four funding rounds totaling $6.6 million as it prepares for its planned PULT token launch.

Polymarket says surveillance systems ready for U.S. midterm trading

Polymarket has strengthened its trade surveillance and investigation systems ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, as the prediction market operator

CFTC fines former White House operator $172K over prediction market bets

A former White House teleprompter operator has agreed to pay $172,539 after U.S. regulators found he used advance access to

Robinhood Chain app revenue tops Ethereum in 24 hours

Robinhood Chain recorded $2.66 million in 24-hour app revenue, exceeding Hyperliquid, Ethereum and Base in a DeFiLlama snapshot.

Kalshi secures exclusive US Open prediction market partnership

Kalshi has secured an exclusive partnership with the U.S. Tennis Association to become the US Open’s prediction market platform partner

HYPE faces $36M team withdrawal on September 6

A HyperLabs wallet requested the unstaking of 433,000 HYPE worth about $36 million, with the withdrawal expected to complete September

USD1 flows to Binance as Fireblocks wallet moves $30M

A Fireblocks-labeled custody wallet transferred 30 million USD1 to Binance, extending a series of large Solana-based stablecoin deposits.

Stablecoin card spending crosses $10.9B

Stablecoin cards have processed more than $10.9 billion, while RedotPay forecasts annual spending could reach $50 billion by 2028.

Ripple gives $300K to Nepal and Tibet flood relief

Ripple is donating $300,000 to World Central Kitchen and Mercy Corps for emergency food, water and sanitation work in Nepal

Ripple hires LME treasury chief for tokenization push

Ripple has hired LME treasury executive Joseph Thompson for its trading and markets team, with a focus on tokenization strategy.

Bitcoin adds $4.6B as onchain liquidity rebounds

Bitcoin’s realized cap added more than $4.6 billion in one week, but its 30-day growth rate suggests the liquidity recovery

Bitcoin mining divide pushes Luke Dashjr out of OCEAN

OCEAN co-founder Luke Dashjr has resigned and sold his equity back to the Bitcoin mining pool before launching a new

JPMorgan is weighing a stablecoin, and the bank that called Bitcoin a fraud ran out of reasons to wait

The Wall Street Journal reports that JPMorgan Chase is exploring a public stablecoin separate from its existing JPM Coin deposit