The best crypto writing from the last 24 hours.
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Critical Security Exploit in Electrum. Upgrade to version 4.8.3 before signing any transactions
A security advisory: Electrum has a critical exploit, and users should upgrade to 4.8.3 before signing any transactions.
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Electrum Patches Wallet Flaw Exploited Through Malicious Servers
Electrum users can be tricked by malicious servers that substitute fake payments and raise fees before signing, and one user reportedly lost money.
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The OCC just confirmed GENIUS stablecoins can't pay you yield, so all the yield moves into the protocols
OCC letter confirms GENIUS-compliant stablecoin issuers cannot pay holders interest, pushing yield into DeFi protocols.
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X100 Exploit Nets 4.85 Million USDT After Governance Takeover
An X100 governance takeover let an attacker convert treasury assets to 4.85M USDT on Ethereum.
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I gave an agent its own wallet and let it trade with real money. Here’s what it took before I’d trust it.
A builder describes the guardrails for an agent with its own funded wallet trading on a sports prediction market: policy caps in code, trade previews, and minimum fills. It is design advice from a product builder, with no trading results yet.
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Keystone Website Breach Exposes Customer Addresses and Order Details
Keystone says a website breach exposed customer addresses and order details, but not payment data, recovery phrases or private keys, and the flaw is fixed.
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Argentina drops criminal probe into President Milei over crashed memecoin LIBRA
Argentina's judge dropped the criminal probe into Milei over the LIBRA memecoin, finding no fraud.
Also covered by The Block - 8
Strategy, Strive face balancing act between bitcoin buying and preferred stock dividends
Strategy and Strive use preferred stock to fund bitcoin purchases, now about 136,000 BTC, raising dividend-obligation questions.
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Why McDonalds, Microsoft and Google saying no to tokenized stocks isn't a dealbreaker
Analysis arguing that big-company refusals to list tokenized stocks reflect issuer caution more than rejection of tokenization.
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Shaw Publishes Daos.fun Reconstruction, Claims Critical Flaw
Shaw published a rebuild of Daos.fun's binaries and claims a critical flaw; existing tokens remain tradable.
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5.57 The Price Impact of Nothing: Rejected Orders Predict Returns
Research finds Hyperliquid post-only order rejections carry a short-term signal for 10-second BTC perp mid moves.
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Hong Kong’s Biggest Bank Puts a Stablecoin in 3 Million Wallets
HSBC activated its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin in PayMe, a real test of bank-issued tokens for everyday payments.
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Google Quietly Updates Privacy Policy to Let Gmail and Photos Data Feed Ads
Google's updated privacy policy lets Gmail, Drive and Photos data personalize ads through its AI features, a notable privacy shift for users of its services.
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Hyperliquid’s Yan and CME’s Duffy Split Over Who Must Bear US Compliance
Hyperliquid and CME executives debate whether deployers or the blockchain should carry US compliance duties.
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Wells Fargo, Cisco, Marvell among latest firms objecting to OKXICE's tokenized stock plan
Total objections to OKX's tokenized stock plan rise to 22 companies, including Wells Fargo and Cisco.
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Bitcoin’s wealthy holders turning to loans and yield as investment habits mature: Xapo CEO
Xapo CEO says wealthy bitcoin holders increasingly borrow against BTC and seek yield; a useful but interview-based trend read.
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One unknown Bitcoin miner found 4 blocks in ~20 hours — solo miner or something else?
Redditor reports one address collecting coinbase rewards from four blocks in about 20 hours; a possible pool or solo-miner question, with limited verification.
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API Key Rotation: What Revocation and Redeployment Actually Change
Explains why key overlap during rotation becomes a security decision when exposure is suspected.
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U.S. Clarity Act failure gives Asia and Middle East a competitive edge, says Apex Group CEO
Apex Group's CEO argues that the stalled U.S. Clarity Act will push digital asset firms toward Asian and Middle Eastern jurisdictions. This is a policy opinion, not new data.