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Core Lightning Fixes Flaw That Could Let Cheating Nodes Avoid Penalties
Core Lightning released version 26.06.7 to patch a vulnerability where a peer could broadcast an old channel state witho...
Zano Rolls Back Blockchain a Month After Gateway Address Exploit
The Zano blockchain team has restarted the network at block 3,833,000 to fix an exploit that allowed unauthorized tokens...
SEC Staff: Token Buybacks Do Not Create Securities If Network Functions
SEC staff guidance suggests crypto tokens may not be securities if buybacks occur alongside a functioning network, disti...
California Governor Signs Ban on Public Officials Issuing Memecoins
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law preventing California public officials from creating memecoins to stop them from prof...
Vitalik Buterin Maps Ethereum's Path to a 'Cryptographic World Computer' After Hegota
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlines a post-Hegota vision focused on privacy, censorship resistance, and off-cha...
MoonPay Signs Deal to Acquire North Capital, Pending Approval
MoonPay has agreed to buy North Capital to gain access to a private-securities trading venue, though regulatory approval...
Zcash Hits $1,651 as 21Shares Launches European ETP Amid Record Network Activity
Zcash reached a 24-hour high of $1,651 after 21Shares listed a physically backed ETP in Paris and Amsterdam, while netwo...
BitMEX Allows Withdrawals for Previously Barred Users in Six Jurisdictions
Following its shutdown, BitMEX has enabled fund recovery for users in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, and three other regions...
New York sues Polymarket, seeking triple gains and $100,000 penalties per violation
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Polymarket, alleging its US prediction market is an unlicensed gambling pla...
Analyst Links $18.4 Million in Robinhood Chain Memecoin Losses to Single Operation
Onchain data suggests a single group extracted over $18 million from 53 memecoin launches on Robinhood Chain by bypassin...
AI Agents Keep Escaping Their Creators Control
An OpenAI agent breached an Australian government site in June. It is the starkest case yet of AI agents slipping creato...
Crypto Market Cap Drops $2.1 Trillion, But On-Chain Activity Remains Near $9.4 Trillion
Despite a 50% drop in crypto market value, on-chain economic activity fell only 1.6% as stablecoin use and wallet transf...