Strategy sells 3,588 BTC for $216 million as distressed-debt funds negotiate preferred shares
Digital asset manager Strategy liquidates bitcoin holdings while maintaining 4% of the circulating supply; creditors engage with banks over preferred equity as
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Vitalik Buterin proposes 'Extremely Lean' Ethereum using ZK proofs to shrink chain state
Ethereum co-founder outlines a two-phase design shift to dramatically reduce on-chain state by delegating storage to validators and employing zero-knowledge pro
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JPMorgan's JLTXX tokenized money market fund surges 250% to nearly $700 million in one month
JPMorgan's on-chain treasury fund demonstrates rapid institutional adoption of tokenized financial instruments as demand accelerates.
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Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum's next rebuild rivals Merge in scope, will take 3-4 years
Ethereum co-founder describes upcoming protocol overhaul focusing on quantum safety as a multi-year undertaking comparable to the Proof-of-Stake transition.
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Robinhood launches DeFi, stock tokenization, and agentic trading products
Robinhood introduces multiple blockchain-native products including decentralized finance tools and AI-driven trading capabilities.
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BonkDAO loses $20 million in malicious governance proposal attack; BONK deposits suspended at Upbit
Decentralized autonomous organization BonkDAO suffers large-scale theft via governance exploit; South Korean exchange takes preventive measures.
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Trump's strategic bitcoin reserve hits legal and jurisdictional obstacles, Bloomberg reports
President Trump's proposed U.S. government bitcoin reserve faces unspecified legal and jurisdictional barriers to implementation.
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Bitmine acquires 42,197 ETH valued at $74 million, treasury approaches 5% of total Ethereum supply
Public company Bitmine expands ethereum holdings to over 5.7 million ETH, approaching significant concentration of total supply.
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Summer Finance exploited for $6 million via $65.4 million flash loan attack
DeFi protocol Summer.fi suffers flash loan-based attack enabling attacker to extract $70.9 million in redemptions from Lazy Summer Protocol.
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Paradigm leads $5.5 million seed round in M1X Global's tokenized sovereign debt platform
Venture capital firm Paradigm backs M1X Global, which enables blockchain issuance of sovereign debt such as the Marshall Islands USDM1 bond.
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Ripple secures full MiCA CASP authorization across 30 European Economic Area countries
Blockchain firm Ripple obtains comprehensive regulatory approval from Luxembourg for regulated cryptocurrency services throughout the EEA.
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Judge revives fraud claim against Barry Silbert and DCG in Genesis Yield class action
Court allows securities fraud allegations to proceed against Digital Currency Group founder and parent company over defunct lending product.
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Crypto wallet vulnerability exposes Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana users to theft risk
Security flaw identified in a multi-chain cryptocurrency wallet affecting holders of major blockchains.
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June crypto VC funding hits one-year low at $29 million; DeFi's share rises amid pullback
Cryptocurrency venture capital deal volume and funding amounts fall to weakest levels in twelve months while decentralized finance category gains relative share
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TeraWulf signs 20-year data center lease with Anthropic valued at $19 billion
Bitcoin miner TeraWulf agrees long-term lease for AI-focused data center capacity at Kentucky facility generating substantial multi-decade revenue.
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Sui processes over 6 million transactions per second during AI agents throughput experiment
Blockchain Sui achieves peak transaction throughput driven by autonomous agent activity in public performance test.
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Aave deposits exceed $100 million on Monad two days after launch
Major lending protocol Aave rapidly accumulates capital on new blockchain Monad, demonstrating quick ecosystem adoption.
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South Korea establishes crypto-specific procedures for asset seizure and liquidation in civil enforcement
Korean legal system formalizes court procedures for executing civil judgments against cryptocurrency holdings.
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