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Verus Bridge Suffers $11.5M Ethereum Linked Exploit
A suspected exploit targeting the Verus Ethereum Bridge has drained approximately $11.5 million, with the attacker swapping all stolen funds into Ethereum ($ETH), according to on-chain data from Lookonchain.
CLARITY Act Push Sparks Urgent CFTC Warning
House Agriculture leaders Glenn Thompson and Angie Craig are urging President Trump to fill four vacant CFTC seats as the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act advances through the Senate with a bipartisan 15-9 committee vote.
Binance Sees Bitcoin Sell Pressure Cooling
Binance Research says multiple on-chain signals point to tightening Bitcoin supply, with long-term holders controlling nearly 60% of $BTC and exchange reserves at multi-year lows.
Bitcoin and Ethereum Headed to Japan's Mainstream With SBI, Rakuten
SBI Securities and Rakuten Securities are building in-house Bitcoin and Ethereum investment trusts for Japanese retail investors, while Nomura and other major brokerages plan to follow once regulations are finalised.
TAC's $2.8M bridge exploit is now a white hat after the hacker took the 10% bounty
TAC Protocol's TON-Ethereum bridge was drained for $2.8M on May 12, hitting $USDT, $BLUM, and $tsTON. The hacker accepted a 10% bounty and returned the remainder, converting the exploit into a white hat incident.
Saudi Arabia is putting its trillion-dollar economy on chain
Faisal Monai, the architect of Saudi Arabia's SADAD payments network, has secured $12.5 billion in mandates to tokenize real estate via droppRWA, as the Kingdom prepares for stablecoin settlement by late 2026 under joint regulatory oversight.
Aave Labs wants to 5x bounty payouts after April's $292M Kelp wreckage.
Aave Labs has proposed raising critical bug bounty payouts up to $5M for V3 and $2.5M for V4 ($AAVE), following the $292M Kelp DAO exploit that saddled the protocol with $196M in bad debt and wiped billions from its TVL.
BNB Chain's $B token is putting in a seriously strong performance.
BUILDon's $B token surged over 279% in a week on BNB Chain, outpacing a broader market pullback in $BTC and $ETH and raising questions about a BNB Chain season.
Anatoly says Alpenglow proves Solana's design is working
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko says the Alpenglow consensus upgrade is proof the network's architecture is working as designed. The $SOL community test cluster recently expanded to 86 validators, with a Q3 2026 mainnet target on the horizon.
Pi Network sits on 540M tokens on exchanges as Protocol 23 deadline closes in
Nearly 540 million $PI now sits on centralized exchanges, the highest level since the open mainnet launch, as Protocol 23 activates smart contracts and token unlocks pile on supply pressure.
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