Defending a $64M Aave Position: BTCS and Corporate DeFi Leverage
A corporate borrower facing a margin call in traditional finance usually receives a direct phone call from a credit officer. Decentralized finance protocols do not work that way.
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Project Faro: Global Banks Commit $270M to New Stablecoin Venture
A consortium of 21 major financial institutions has committed approximately $270 million to launch a regulated stablecoin business known as Project Faro [1, 2].
Solana to Scrap Transaction Feature After $270M Drift Hack
Solana developers are moving to eliminate a technical feature that served as the primary entry point for a $270 million exploit earlier this year.
Bitcoin ETFs Turn Negative for 2026 After $1.28 Billion Outflow Week
Institutional capital pulled back sharply from crypto investment products over the first week of November.
Samsung Wallet Integrates Native Solana USDC for 82 Million Users
Samsung has integrated a stablecoin account directly into its mobile wallet, making USDC on the Solana network available to a massive segment of its hardware users.
Polygon’s $6.8M Recovery: The Ethics and Mechanics of a Hard Fork
Binance and Polymarket have submitted a governance proposal to the Polygon network to recover approximately 70.49 million POL tokens.
Wall Street Adopts Crypto’s Favorite Tool: Stock Perpetual Futures
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has decided to bring one of crypto's most successful inventions to the heart of the American stock market.
The Decentralization Dilemma: THORChain’s Stand Against the FBI
The $6.3 billion hack of Binance on Thursday has forced a technical and ethical showdown between U.S. law enforcement and the decentralized infrastructure of THORChain.
The Road to Recovery: How Binance is Rebuilding After a $6.3B Heist
The theft of $6.3 billion from Binance on Thursday set a grim record as the largest cryptocurrency hack in history. It was more than four times larger than the previous record, a $1.5 billion heist involving Bybit in February 2025.
How EIP-7702 Amplified the $6.3 Billion Binance Exploit
The largest theft in the history of digital assets did not involve a direct leak of private keys. Instead, the $6.3 billion breach at Binance on Thursday relied on a compromise of the infrastructure used to sign transactions.
Inside the $6.3 Billion Binance Hack: The Largest Breach in History
The scale of the breach that hit Binance on Thursday is difficult to wrap your head around. At $6.3 billion, it is officially the largest crypto theft on record.