Banking
Market
Why a crypto asset manager’s 25% buyback plan could recycle shares to employees instead of shrinking supply
CoinShares buyback authority is optional, while treasury stock could feed a plan reserve that can grow through 2029.
Hacks
How a 6-day governance delay bypass let an attacker quietly drain $8.5M in ETH and USDC
Withdrawals remain open, but Term Finance has not confirmed the loss or promised to cover any user shortfall.
Wallets
Ledger patched an Ethereum app bug that could show one transaction and sign another
Version 1.22.2 adds two signing-state safeguards to Ethereum, but public physical validation of the alleged substitution path is limited to Flex.
Privacy
Ethereum proposal would cut 33,800 ETH issuance and break every deployed Altair light client
EIP-8390 proposes offchain ZK finality proofs but defines no replacement API or prover incentive and supplies no reproducible GPU benchmark.
Regulation
FalconX asks SEC to bring single-stock perpetuals from DeFi under swap rules
Comparable single-security or narrow-index contracts outside the joint listing regime would move under SEC oversight.
Earnings
Datavault hits Nasdaq deadline 68% below $1 as extension or delisting decision looms
Datavault first cure period ends Aug. 24, while another 180 days depends on other listing tests and a written split notice.
Staking
Fidelity grants ETFs power to stake 100% of crypto while outlining exit delay risks
FSOL reported 99.64% staked as of June 30, while FETH disclosed no current amount and Ethereum has no guaranteed exit timeline.
Regulation
Users warned to pull funds immediately as EU sanctions force crypto platform into withdrawal-only mode
NoOnes Bitcoin mainnet and TRC-20 USDT withdrawals remain open after Aug. 23, but the platform’s current operator is still unidentified.
Governance
Solana stakers face yield cuts as a treasury firm fights to protect 99.4% of its revenue
Solana Company announced opposition to faster disinflation, while native stakers retain the power to override a validator’s default.
Hacks
Zilliqa points to hardware wallet flaw discarding entropy to expose crypto keys, enabling 683M ZIL theft
The post-mortem says 683.13 million ZIL was proven stolen while the bulk scan omitted the four-signature floor.
Hacks
Chain shutdown strips BounceBit token utility after authorization flaw exposes 286M tokens
The 1:1 reissue preserves units while gas, staking, rewards and governance wait for a new economic role.
Analysis
XRP crashes 37% in one Bitstamp wick while the wider market tells a different story
Kraken and OKX showed far smaller ranges, and $3.66 billion in XRP open interest remained after the liquidation wave.
