Infrastructure
DeFi

Circle Freeze on Zama's Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi 'Crossfire'

A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama’s cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant but every depositor in the…
Infrastructure

Polymarket Plugs Into OneFootball's 645M-Fan Network Two Weeks Before the World Cup

The exclusive deal puts prediction markets in front of OneFootball’s 200 million monthly active users — and a wider 645-million-fan ecosystem — as Polymarket’s 2026…
Infrastructure

Circle freezes $12.6M of USDC linked to privacy protocol Zama

The $12.6 million in USDC was likely frozen in connection with an ongoing but unrelated civil court case, according to onchain sleuth ZachXBT. Read Full…
Infrastructure

U.S. says it seized about $1 billion in Iranian crypto as pressure campaign expands

The seizure, falling under “Operation Economic Fury,” aims to restrict Iran’s access to overseas revenue, banking networks, and crypto infrastructure. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com…
AI

Wall Street’s trillion-dollar dilemma: Why AI-powered hackers are keeping big banks off the blockchain

CertiK CEO and co-founder Ronghui Gu says April was the worst month for DeFi in four years with exploits on 27 out of 30 days.…
DeFi

Hyperliquid could become a ‘financial services juggernaut’ as DeFi expands, says Grayscale

The digital asset manager says Hyperliquid is emerging as a blockchain-based financial infrastructure platform with the potential to expand beyond crypto trading and challenge parts…
Infrastructure

Sui network temporarily stalls again after Thursday's outage

The outage was caused by the same network update software bug that disrupted the protocol on Thursday, which resulted in nearly six hours of downtime.…
Infrastructure

You Can Now Read the US Constitution via the Bitcoin Blockchain

One of America’s most important historical documents will forever be inscribed on a Bitcoin block, thanks to someone’s $83 transaction fee. Read Full Story at…
Infrastructure

Arbitrum Foundation Seeks $45M Funding as Delegates Question Spending Above DAO Revenue

The Foundation wants $16M in stablecoins, 1,740 ETH and 230M ARB for another year of operations. As a first vote opens, delegates and analysts say…
Infrastructure

Sui Restarts After Back-to-Back Mainnet Halts Tied to Software Bug

The Layer 1 blockchain blamed two stoppages in as many days on its 1.72 upgrade and said validators have now deployed a permanent fix. SUI…