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Digital “Robin Hood” bots steal from hackers but don’t always give back to the poor
As MEV bots become crypto’s accidental emergency responders, users are being left at the mercy of profit-maximizing middlemen.
Gino Matos 8 min read
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Ethereum may finally kill “trust me” wallets in 2026, and Vitalik says the fix is already shipping
Helios-verified RPC and the EF’s Kohaku aim to make local verification the default, not an optional power-user hack.
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Solana’s public attack on Starknet exposes how billions in “mercenary” volume are artificially pumping network valuations right now
Extended dominates Starknet perps, and the fee pressure doesn’t match the “activity,” hinting at mercenary volume.
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Solana is becoming settlement rail for Visa and JPMorgan but one metric still scares insiders
Wyoming’s Frontier launch plus a Wall Street wrapper filing happened fast, and the real institutional bet is on settlement rails.
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Ethereum isn’t chasing 5.3% yield, Vitalik says – but the outage risk is over 5× bigger than regulation shocks
Vitalik says Ethereum’s “game” isn’t convenience or marginal yield boosts; it’s worst-case survivability and permissionless access.
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Insider trading alert as wallet turns $30k into $400k moments before the US captured Maduro
The timing of the trade was so perfect that on-chain sleuths are convinced it wasn't just luck.
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Aave insiders warn a “hostile” holiday vote could destroy the protocol’s dominance as prices crash
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