Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Crypto execs ramp up security as wrench attacks increase

Notable crypto execs descended on Paris Blockchain Week, bringing more attention to personal security as kidnapping and ransom attempts skyrocket. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com…
DeFi

Tether uses $127M Drift rescue to challenge Circle’s grip on Solana payments

USDT stablecoin issuer Tether has stepped in to anchor a massive recovery plan for Drift Protocol, the Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) that was crippled by…
Infrastructure

Drift Secures $147.5 Million From Tether, Drops Circle’s USDC After Massive Exploit

Tether commits $127.5 million to fund Drift’s recovery and relaunch on Solana, while a class action targets Circle for failing to freeze stolen USDC during…
Infrastructure

Hoskinson Says Bitcoin’s Quantum Proposal Is a Disguised Hard Fork That Leaves 1.7 Million BTC Unrecoverable

Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson argues BIP-361 is misclassified as a soft fork and cannot rescue the roughly 1.7 million BTC — including Satoshi’s — that predate…
Infrastructure

Mitsui & Co.'s Crypto Arm Brings Tokenized Metals Asset Zipangcoin to OP Mainnet

The shift to Optimism is ZPG’s first deployment on a public blockchain since launching in 2022, and the start of its global rollout. Read Full…
Infrastructure

Foundation NFT Marketplace Shuts Down Permanently After Failed Sale

The curated art platform says its infrastructure has already been spun down with no plans to come back online. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
Infrastructure

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Circle Over Drift Protocol $280 Million Hack: Gibbs Mura Law Group

Law firm charges Circle Internet Financial with failing to freeze $230 million in stolen USDC after the April 1 Drift Protocol exploit, allegedly linked to…
Infrastructure

Sky Announces First Native Deployment of USDS, sUSDS on Avalanche

Sky’s native stablcoins are being deployed on Avalanche via Skylink, Sky’s crosschain bridge protocol built on LayerZero infra. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io →
Infrastructure

Cardano's Charles Hoskinson says Bitcoin's quantum fix is a hard fork that can't save Satoshi's coins

The Cardano founder argues BIP-361 is mislabeled as a soft fork and that its zero-knowledge recovery plan cannot rescue roughly 1.7 million pre-2013 bitcoin, including…
Infrastructure

Bitcoin’s quantum migration plan forces the network to choose between frozen and stolen coins

Bitcoin’s debate about quantum computers produced a published draft with real political consequences on Apr. 14. Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 361 (BIP 361), titled “Post Quantum…