What to know: Paradex, a decentralized exchange on the Starknet network, has confirmed a rollback after a data error caused the price of bitcoin to hit zero on the platform, triggering mass liquidations. A Paradex team member wrote on Discord on Monday morning that the issue occurred following a database migration and that the chain…
What to know: Bitcoin’s network hashrate, the computing power devoted to keeping the blockchain running, has fallen roughly 15% from its October peak, a sign of growing stress among miners. The average computing power securing the network has declined from around 1.1 zettahashes per second (ZH/s) in October to roughly 977 exahashes per second (EH/s),…
What to know: Cryptocurrency’s security story is changing, and not in the way most investors expect or would like to, as while crypto losses are on the rise, so too is onchain security. Even as 2025 went down as the worst year for hacks on record, the biggest failures weren’t born onchain; instead, they were…
What to know: Digital asset investment products recorded $2.17 billion of net inflows last week, the strongest weekly haul since October 2025, as fresh allocations flowed into bitcoin and a broad set of major tokens before a late-week wobble in sentiment. Bitcoin led the week’s intake with $1.55 billion of inflows, according to a CoinShares report…
What to know: The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday announced plans to introduce an around the clock blockchain-based tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds trading venue later this year. NYSE executives said the project will use their technology to match buyers and sellers, combined with private blockchain networks, to enable real-time tokenized securities trading. The new…
What to know: Internal notes from early discussions between Elon Musk and the founders of OpenAI show that Musk briefly supported the idea of an initial coin offering (ICO) as a way to fund the organization, before abandoning the plan and ultimately leaving the project. According to call transcripts published as part of OpenAI’s response to…
What to know: Two solo bitcoin miners independently mined blocks this week with each collecting a full block reward worth roughly $300,000, a reminder that a small operator can still get lucky in today’s pool-dominated mining market. One miner mined a block early Thursday and earned a 3.157 BTC payout including fees, while another solo win earlier in…
The crypto industry spent the first three days of this week frantically poring over details of a crypto market structure bill that was ultimately pulled by the Senate Banking Committee some 12 hours before it was supposed to go to a vote. It’s not dead, yet. We might see a new markup scheduled in as…
What to know: Popular fast-food chain Steak ‘n Shake announced it added $10 million worth of bitcoin to its corporate treasury this week, continuing its push into crypto after eight months of accepting BTC payments at all its U.S. locations. The company said on social media that the move is part of a “self-reinforcing” cycle:…
AI-assisted bot scans Polymarket wallets and bet sizes to flag possible insider-style trades on political markets, helping its creator net $75k on a Maduro arrest bet. Summary A programmer reported generating $75,000 in profits by deploying an artificial intelligence-powered bot to monitor suspicious trading activity on Polymarket, according to a post by Archive on X….
