In brief A vulnerability on Hyperbridge led to the loss of around $237,000 of bridged Polkadot (DOT) on Ethereum. A hacker gained access to the bridged DOT token contract, allowing them to mint 1 billion tokens valued above $1.1 billion. They then sold the tokens, walking away with only $237,000 on account of low liquidity….
In brief Foundry Digital launched its Zcash mining pool with institutional firms already onboarded. The pool has captured 29% of the Zcash network’s hashrate since it was announced in March. Foundry also unveiled Zcashinfo.com, a new block explorer for the Zcash blockchain. Foundry Digital, operator of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool, officially launched its…
Bernstein said Monday that Bitcoin’s selloff has already priced in much of the market’s fear around quantum computing, arguing that the threat is real but still manageable rather than an immediate existential risk. Bitcoin’s (BTC) near 50% drawdown from its $126,198 all-time high in October 2025 is proof that the market has “priced in” several…
The European Central Bank (ECB) set out a cautious path toward tokenizing Europe’s capital markets, saying the technology can deliver efficiency gains only if it remains anchored to central bank money, infrastructures remain interoperable, and regulation is “robust and supportive.” In its latest Macroprudential Bulletin published on Monday, the ECB said distributed ledger technology (DLT)…
In brief BitMine Immersion Technologies bought 71,524 ETH last week, valued around $157 million. The firm now holds more than 4% of the entire circulating ETH supply, as its treasury stretched to nearly 4.88 million ETH. Shares of BMNR are up around 1.7% on Monday, close to ETH’s own 24-hour gains. Publicly traded Ethereum treasury…
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin (BTC), added a large haul of Bitcoin to its stash last week, edging toward 800,000 BTC in total holdings. Strategy acquired 13,927 Bitcoin for $1 billion between April 6 and 12, according to an 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday….
In brief Strategy notched its largest Bitcoin purchase in nearly a month, expanding its holdings with proceeds that purely came from its flagship preferred share. The Bitcoin-buying firm is within striking distance of surpassing BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF. Michael Saylor said that Strategy could cover its dividend obligation indefinitely if Bitcoin’s price appreciated 2% each…
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said Monday that API-based trading now accounts for about 30% of crypto buy-and-sell turnover, warning that some traders are using automated tools to inflate volumes and manipulate prices. According to reports from Yonhap News Agency and Maeil Business Newspaper, the regulator warned that some traders are using automated tools…
Stack BTC, an Aquis-listed Bitcoin treasury company chaired by former UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, purchased 2 million British pounds ($2.7 million) worth of Bitcoin on Monday, as Nigel Farage deepens his ties to the firm. According to an April 13 filing, the company purchased 37 Bitcoin (BTC) as part of its treasury strategy at a…