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Kelp DAO exploit prompts DeFi protocols to rethink oracle providers

Solv Protocol and other DeFi projects are migrating to Chainlink infrastructure after the $293 million exploit exposed risks in third-party bridge and oracle setups.

Europe sees ‘hyperconcentration’ of crypto wrench attacks as losses hit $101M

Criminal teams behind wrench attacks usually consist of three to five people, often posing as delivery drivers or luring victims into ambushes, said CertiK.

Australian police seize $4.1M in Bitcoin tied to darknet market

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How AI became crypto's favorite reason to cut staff

Coinbase, Block and Crypto.com have all cited AI to justify recent cuts, though Scale AI’s Jason Droege suspects companies are using the technology as cover.

Stablecoins won’t strengthen global role of euro, ECB’s Lagarde says

ECB President Christine Lagarde said Europe should build tokenized settlement infrastructure anchored by central bank money rather than rely on private stablecoins.

Revolut users report Bitcoin price glitch showing BTC at 2 cents

The apparent pricing error was not reflected across broader crypto markets, suggesting a platform-specific data or display issue.

Four signs that show Ethereum's rally is exhausted at $2.4K

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Mantle tokenholders approve 30K ETH Aave credit facility after rsETH exploit

<img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS13aGF0LWlzLWRlbGVnYXRlZC1wcm9vZi1vZi1zdGFrZS1kcG9zLWV4cGxhaW5lZC5qcGc=.jpg" alt="Mantle tokenholders approve 30K ETH Aave credit facility after rsETH exploit" class="type:primaryImage">The credit facility would help Aave address bad debt created after the April rsETH exploit strained its WETH market.

Bitcoin eyes $80K reclaim as traders say these BTC price support levels must hold

Bitcoin retagged $80,000 after falling 3% on Iran concerns, while traders flagged important BTC price support levels to preserve next.

This new target for the S&P 500 is very nearly Wall Street’s highest. Here are the trades to make.

Earnings and a supportive economic backdrop should help stocks, says RBC

Stocks at all-time highs can still go higher. Here’s one case for buying into the rally.

If hostilities dissipate in the Persian Gulf then investors should be able to refocus their attention on the real drivers of the market: earnings and the AI boom

Tether freezes over $500M of USDT in 30 days, BlockSec data shows

BlockSec data shows Tether froze over $500 million in USDT across 370 Ethereum and Tron addresses in 30 days, adding to $1.26 billion frozen in 2025 linked to illicit activity.

Spending in the U.S. just slumped, and Bank of America isn’t sure why

Something funny just happened in the U.S. economy, according to Bank of America after the nation’s number-two bank looked at credit- and debit-card use by its customers.

‘Americans love their rose-colored glasses’: I was a slave to credit-card debt, then I got laid off and turned my life around

The biggest promotion is often the one we can give ourselves by cutting back on our spending.

The AI marathon’s biggest threat suggests the finish line is nowhere in sight

Returns on investment are still attractive enough to suck capital into the AI infrastructure buildout, but many of the benefits are accruing to companies in Asia rather than the U.S.

Momentum stocks just saw one of the biggest reversals in five years. What usually happens next.

There had been ample warnings that stocks with price momentum had shot up too quickly, and on Thursday gravity reasserted itself.

CLARITY Act support carries electoral boost, HarrisX poll finds

The poll found 52% of registered voters support the CLARITY Act, with 47% willing to cross party lines for a candidate who backs the bill.

Zcash gains 70% in a week amid growing interest in crypto privacy

Swyftx’s Pav Hundal says Zcash is surging amid concerns about artificial intelligence, quantum computing and financial surveillance.

US sentences ‘laptop farmers’ who assisted North Korean IT workers

The US Justice Department said it recently secured two sentences against men hosting laptops for North Korean workers, marking a total of eight sentences in five months.

Aptos Foundation, Aptos Labs commit $50M to development as it eyes AI agent future

The Aptos Foundation said building infrastructure that enables sub-second finality without the need for human intervention is a key to supporting the next wave of AI agent adoption.