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DeFi
DeFi lost $13B this month as the KelpDAO rescue shows both the best and worst of DeFi
The rescue effort that has already lined up tens of thousands of ETH also exposes the uncomfortable reality that DeFi’s biggest crises still depend on multiple factors.
Scams
OpenAI’s new image model shows why crypto scams are about to get much worse
A crypto founder says he nearly got hacked after joining what looked like a Microsoft Teams call with a familiar Cardano Foundation contact.
Quantum
Latest “quantum computer breaks the math behind Bitcoin” headlines massively exaggerate risk
Project Eleven awarded its Q-Day Prize after Giancarlo Lelli broke a 15-bit elliptic curve key on public quantum hardware.
ETF
Surprisingly Bitcoin’s paper hands are not ETF buyers as 38% plunge reveals
Eric Balchunas argues the latest selloff revealed that the people once mocked as fee-paying tourists may now be helping form a stickier floor under Bitcoin.
Scams
Major crypto developer tool just turned laptops into launchpads to hijack GitHub accounts
Researchers say the package from Bitwarden's incident could steal GitHub, cloud, SSH, and CI secrets, turning a short-lived vendor incident into a warning about the fragile trust behind modern software delivery.
Analysis
Bitcoin eyes recovery as $3.8 billion in fresh liquidity creates a route to $150k
The simple four-year halving narrative no longer explains the full recovery case for Bitcoin, as a growing chorus now points instead to institutional inflows, corporate buying, improving risk appetite, and technical momentum.
Regulation
US armed forces are running a Bitcoin node to “project power” for America’s security
After years of framing crypto as a sanctions and crime risk, Washington is increasingly treating Bitcoin’s underlying architecture as strategically useful infrastructure.
Analysis
Bitcoin faces wall near $80k as recent buyers rush to get out as ceiling stays hot
Glassnode says the $80,100 threshold is where recent buyers move back into profit and where rallies have historically stalled.
Derivatives
Perps, prediction markets and memecoins: Inside crypto’s push for a gambling super app
From Hyperliquid to Kalshi to memecoin launchpads, trading venues are expanding beyond their original niches and converging on the same goal of owning the user’s entire speculative loop.
Quantum
Crypto’s new trust test: which chains are truly quantum ready — and which are just talking
As NIST pushes organizations to start migrating now, public post-quantum planning is beginning to look like a new marker of maturity across the crypto stack.
Analysis
Bitcoin price surges to $78k even as oil rises again creating new setup – what you need to know
Bitcoin is entering a fresh macro test as higher oil prices feed inflation fears, lift yields, and push Fed cuts further out.
DeFi
How crypto futures markets are feeding ‘scam coin’ insider pump and dumps
RAVE’s collapse exposed how thin floats, crowded shorts and exchange-listed perpetuals can turn small coins into retail traps.
