Research
Derivatives
Inside the brutal 2-minute flash crash sending a $400M South Korean market plunging on Hyperliquid
A later snapshot showed open interest down 20.29% while TradeXYZ investigated the price inputs submitted to HyperCore.
Regulation
Federal court shields Kalshi and Polymarket from Minnesota’s felony crackdown days before deadline
KalshiEX and Polymarket US can keep serving Minnesota users while the merits and contract boundary remain unsettled.
Regulation
Crypto holders face a July 29 Maine deadline as state manual conflicts on when abandoned funds trigger seizure
The five-year trigger is clear, but the first applicable report cycle and transition treatment are not.
Regulation
How a crypto exchange secretly hid $53M in stolen crypto to prevent a bank run – as the SEC targets its directors
A $50M exchange heist, a secret founder bailout, and a 5-month cover-up to prevent a bank run have finally caught up with Bitkub.
Bear Market
Is the Web3 startup extinction event here, as Wall Street silently inherits crypto architecture?
As BitMEX and BitMart fold, Wall Street is quietly claiming the blockchain tech meant to destroy it
Stablecoins
Compromised contract let hackers print 5.2 million WEMIX stablecoins, forcing a complete network freeze
WEMIX says the issuance became WEMIX and USDC.e, but final losses and user impact remain unknown.
Legal
Lawsuit claims BitMEX used server freezes and internal trading to seize 622 Bitcoin ahead of its September closure
The new complaint alleges an internal desk exploited customer data, while BitMEX says the case has no basis.
Hacks
On-chain data shows 5,280 ETH draining into single address following quiet Triple-A wallet breach
Public Ethereum flows show 5,287 ETH entering one cited address, while source-wallet ownership and the access path remain unconfirmed.
DeFi
SEC warning over crypto yield vaults puts DeFi’s secret human controllers in the crosshairs
Why your crypto yield vault might actually be an illegal fund under SEC scrutiny.
Payments
31 newly discovered vulnerabilities expose 99% of x402 crypto payments to asset theft and free shopping
The 15 operators covered 99% of observed transactions, with two free-shopping cases validated and other high-impact tests deliberately bounded.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Inside the $87 million BTC sell-off driving a Bitcoin treasury pivot into AI data centers
The company still held 1,514 BTC and $45 million of debt on July 10 as it moved capital toward two separate infrastructure investments.
ETF
Why Hashdex’s new crypto ETF keeps 100% of your initial staking yields and 40% of everything else
Provider fees come first; above the annual threshold, excess net staking income is split 40% to Hashdex and 60% to the trust.