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Blockstream rejects ransom as Liquid hackers hold nearly 600 BTC
Blockstream faces a critical security breach on its Liquid sidechain, with attackers currently holding nearly 600 BTC in stolen funds. The company has…
Liquid Network resumes block production after $320M exploit
Liquid Network, the sidechain operated by Blockstream, resumed block production on Tuesday after deploying emergency software patches following a deva…
Liquid ‘white hats’ return $270M in Bitcoin as network prepares restart
Liquid Network's security breach resolved as white hat hackers return substantial Bitcoin haul, paving the way for network restart. White hat actors …
Hunter Biden debuts 'LAPTOP' memecoin targeting TRUMP holders
Hunter Biden's entry into the memecoin space represents a brazen pivot from crypto's traditional apolitical posture. The LAPTOP token launches Wednesd…
Harmony proposes shutting down layer 1, migrating ONE to Ethereum
Harmony is abandoning its independent blockchain. The project proposes shutting down its layer-1 network and migrating the ONE token to Ethereum as a …
‘White hats’ take 4000 BTC from Liquid, ETFs see best inflows of 2026: Hodler’s Digest
A security incident at the Liquid sidechain has extracted 4,000 Bitcoin, with the attackers claiming white hat status. This theft represents one of th…
Robinhood's new crypto network is printing cash, and it's sending Arbitrum's token soaring
Robinhood Chain, the retail brokerage's Layer 2 blockchain built on Arbitrum, has crossed a threshold that marks real commercial traction. The network…
Polygon discloses security flaws fixed in recent hard forks
Polygon patched critical security vulnerabilities through recent hard forks without public incident, the layer-2 protocol revealed this week. The flaw…
StarkWare tests quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on mainnet
StarkWare executed an experimental quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on mainnet, proving the layer-2 protocol developer can secure BTC against fut…
Protocol upgrade decouples consensus from execution to solve scaling bottlenecks
A protocol upgrade now separates consensus from execution, addressing a fundamental bottleneck in blockchain scaling. The architectural change allows …
LayerZero unveils trading infrastructure for crypto and tokenized markets, ZRO surges
LayerZero released new trading infrastructure designed to connect crypto and tokenized asset markets across multiple blockchains. The system operates …