A $270 million exploit on Solana didn't need a single line of buggy code—just a feature designed to make transactions easier. Drift Protocol was drained of over $270 million using Solana's "durable nonces" feature, which allows pre-signed transactions to remain valid indefinitely.
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Telegram just turned 150 million chat app users into potential derivatives traders. Telegram Wallet integrated Lighter to enable perpetual futures trading directly in-app, giving users leveraged access to crypto, stocks, and commodities.
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OpenEden just launched tokenized high-yield corporate bonds, and it's the first real test of whether crypto rails can handle actual credit risk. OpenEden introduced tokenized high-yield corporate bonds, moving beyond the T-bills and cash equivalents that make up 90%+ of the RWA tokenization market
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The CEO who built AI detection software just admitted something uncomfortable: most people can't write as well as machines anymore. Max Spero of Pangram Labs, whose company detects AI-generated content, says AI already writes cleaner, more persuasive copy than most humans
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A Japanese investment firm just vaulted past American mining giant MARA to become the world's third-largest corporate bitcoin holder, and the geography matters more than the ranking.
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Bitcoin's falling while the dollar surges to levels not seen since mid-2025, and traders are warning this is just the beginning. Bitcoin dropped on renewed US-Iran tensions as geopolitical risk drives money into traditional safe havens
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While Washington debates AI policy, the real constraint isn't regulation—it's whether we can physically power the buildout. US policymakers are wrestling with AI infrastructure bottlenecks, particularly energy capacity limitations that are slowing data center expansion
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Grayscale just published a roadmap for how tokenization actually rolls out, and it's not the story crypto Twitter is telling itself.
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South Korea's Bithumb just pushed its IPO back three years, and the reason tells you everything about what it takes to bring crypto into traditional capital markets. Bithumb is delaying its IPO until after 2028, pushing back from an already-delayed 2025 target
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OpenAI just raised $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, and even the VCs cutting the checks are saying valuations are "punchy." OpenAI closed its largest fundraising ever at $122 billion, pushing its valuation to $852 billion while Anthropic hit $380 billion
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Uniswap Foundation just showed its books: $85.8 million in assets, runway through January 2027, and a rare glimpse at how DeFi's infrastructure actually gets funded. Uniswap Foundation disclosed $85.8 million in treasury assets with projected funding through January 2027
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A $1.7 trillion asset manager just stopped dipping its toe in crypto and jumped in with both feet. Franklin Templeton is launching Franklin Crypto, a dedicated digital asset division built around its acquisition of 250 Digital
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Prediction markets didn't kill crypto—crypto killed itself, and now the smart money is betting on reality instead of vibes. Bitcoin crashed from $126K in October to $63K today while prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket doubled in value to $22B and $20B respectively.
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A $1.5 trillion asset manager just bought its way into the institutional crypto market, and it's not calling it blockchain or digital assets. Franklin Templeton is acquiring a CoinFund spinoff to create Franklin Crypto, a dedicated arm targeting institutional crypto investors.
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CoinShares just became the latest crypto firm to choose public markets over private control, valuing itself at $1.2 billion through a SPAC deal that says more about where institutional crypto is going than the deal itself.
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China's AI tokenization market is already outpacing what OpenClaw showed the world three months ago, and the West isn't paying attention.
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OpenAI just pulled $3 billion from retail investors in a $122 billion raise that values the company at $852 billion, and if you think that number sounds insane, you're paying attention.
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Bitcoin just got a credit rating for a public bond deal, and that changes everything about how institutions can use crypto as collateral. A New Hampshire state authority is issuing the first bitcoin-backed bond rated by Moody's, receiving a Ba2 rating (non-investment grade, but rated nonetheless)
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OpenAI just raised $122 billion, the largest tech fundraise in history, and the money isn't going where you think. OpenAI closed a $122 billion funding round to expand frontier AI research, build compute infrastructure, and scale ChatGPT and enterprise tools globally
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Coinbase just told you exactly what Web4 infrastructure looks like, and most people missed it. Base announced a strategic pivot toward tokenizing major asset classes, scaling stablecoin infrastructure, and supporting AI agent commerce
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