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Cronos confirms $9.2M slipped away before Tectonic exploit rollback

Summary: Layer-1 blockchain Cronos said $9.19 million left its blockchain before validators halted the network during the Tectonic exploit, providing an official accounting of funds that were not reversed by its rollback. In Tuesday’s post-mortem report, Cronos said ma

Ethereum Foundation names 2 ‘must ship’ EIPs for Hegotá upgrade

Summary: The Ethereum Foundation has identified two “must ship” proposals for the Hegotá upgrade, prioritizing censorship resistance and more flexible account authentication as it narrows the fork’s scope. The ranking evaluated 62 proposed Ethereum Improvement Proposal

Bitcoin chips away at weekend upside as $80K hangs in the balance

Summary: Bitcoin (BTC) drifted lower on Monday as a low-liquidity environment erased the weekend’s gains above $80,000. Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD down nearly 2% on the day at the time of writing. This price action comes after its first weekly close above $80

Zcash hits highest price since 2016 as market cap tops $20B

Summary: Zcash (ZEC) climbed to its highest price since 2016, extending a rally that has pushed the privacy-focused cryptocurrency’s market capitalization above $20 billion. ZEC reached $1,249.28 before retreating to about $1,195 on Monday, according to CoinGecko data

Coldcard third-wave attacker moves 45% of stolen Bitcoin

Summary: The exploiter behind the third wave of the Coldcard wallet hack has moved about 45% of their Bitcoin (BTC) haul, routing the funds through THORChain or into CoinJoin transactions, according to Galaxy Research. In a Monday update , Galaxy said the exploiter beg

Fomo overtakes Pump.fun in daily revenue on Solana

Summary: Social trading platform Fomo generated more daily revenue than memecoin launchpad Pump.fun on Friday. Fomo generated $1.76 million in daily revenue on Friday, compared with Pump.fun’s $1.1 million, according to DefiLlama data . Pump.fun remains ahead over long

Satoshi-era Bitcoin wakes after 16 years of dormancy as 600 BTC moves

Summary: Bitcoin mined in 2010 moved from long-dormant addresses after more than 16 years, reigniting speculation over a possible link to Satoshi Nakamoto. Twelve addresses holding a combined 600 Bitcoin (BTC), worth about $48 million, moved the coins on Saturday after

Tether-backed Orionx to shut down after audit flags $7M custody gap

Summary: Orionx, a Chilean crypto exchange backed by USDt stablecoin issuer Tether, is shutting down after uncovering a multimillion-dollar issue linked to asset custody. The exchange said it began a permanent closure process after a forensic audit found more than $7 m

Surprise nonfarm payrolls print sends Bitcoin back below 80K

Summary: According to data released on Friday, the US economy added 162,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in August, significantly outperforming economists’ consensus expectations of roughly 56,000 jobs. In response to the announcement, Bitcoin (BTC) sold off from $81,300 to lo

Trezor Breach Worse Than Reported: Another 67,000 US Customers Exposed

Summary: Trezor said that its third party shipping partner, ShipMonk, had not erased customer data. Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor has said that a data breach first announced last month is worse than originally reported. The Prague, Czech Republic-based company sa

Pineapple Financial puts $1B in mortgage records on Injective

Summary: Pineapple Financial has moved more than $1 billion in residential mortgage records onto Injective, a layer-1 blockchain focused on financial applications, as part of a broader effort to migrate its historical loan portfolio onchain. Pineapple plans to eventual