Research
ETF
The latest $1.61 billion crypto ETF surge risks grinding to a halt against a 30-year US Treasury yield spike
Four days of fund inflows now face a $183 billion Treasury auction window that can test the rally’s staying power.
Governance
Holders face permanent token destruction with no guarantee of value as deadline looms for Shade’s privacy protocol
Burning SHD is irreversible and only preserves eligibility for a Feather allocation whose ratio, amount and timing remain unknown.
Wallets
Attackers drove 63% of early use of Ethereum’s new smart wallet feature
Researchers tied 63% of Ethereum's historical authorization transactions to attacker-linked contracts and measured $2.36 million in losses.
DeFi
BTCS used Ethereum to repay Aave debt and ended Q2 with just $317,000 in cash
BTCS used Ethereum to cut Aave debt as DeFi borrowings stayed elevated and cash plus stablecoins ended June at $317,000.
Mining
Zcash miner buys 9.4% of merger target that warns failed deal could end in liquidation
The private placement gives Zcash miner Fortitude 9.4% at a 22% premium while HeartSciences’ vote date remains unset.
Technology
Ethereum’s next upgrade turns a 2-second block bottleneck into a roughly 9-second window
Ethereum’s public test rehearses new block-building rules, validator coordination and transaction costs before mainnet.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Datavault wants to buy a bank and fund it with $35 million after reporting $1.4 million cash
The proposed BankWyse acquisition requires fresh closing finance while Datavault's going-concern warning remains unresolved.
Technology
Solana’s 50,000 SOL security contest did not cover a clock attack disclosed months earlier
Solana's legacy PoH and TowerBFT paths were out of scope, and no paper-specific implementation review is public.
Hacks
MAYAChain’s $1.36 million exploit spiraled into nearly $11 million of pool damage
MAYAChain accounting flaws enabled a 20.83 BTC extraction, an 88.7% CACAO crash, and nearly $11 million in estimated pool impact.
Featured
Bitcoin miner Ionic gets 90% of revenue from AI lease as BTC drives $35M loss
AI infrastructure leasing supplied nearly all of Ionic Digital's Q2 revenue, while a $28.2 million Bitcoin valuation loss weighed on earnings.
Mining
Bitcoin treasury Hyperscale sells 686 BTC to clear loans but says cash won’t cover next 12 months
The August repayment ended the immediate collateral risk while the company’s going-concern warning and Michigan financing need persisted.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Down 50% on crypto and burning $8 million in cash, this Nasdaq firm just pivoted to event robots to survive
Its holdings were valued at $5.21 million on June 30, while order economics and sale timing remain undisclosed.