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Updated April 24, 2026 · 6:10 PM UTC

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DeFi

FBI warns against DeFi after data reveals sector accounts for 97% of stolen $1.3B during Q1

FBI cited Chainalysis data and said the amount stolen from DeFi increased by 72% compared to 2021.

4 years ago

Layer-2

Mercury Wallet is pitching itself as Bitcoin’s answer to scalability, privacy

Developer Nicholas Gregory thinks Mercury Wallet could be the answer to personal privacy during a time of governmental overreach.

4 years ago

Merge

Data center operator hosting 17% of Ethereum’s nodes says staking is not permitted

Hetzner said that using its hosting services for any crypto-related application, including PoW mining and staking, is not permitted. The company's servers host 16% of Ethereum Mainnet nodes.

4 years ago

Macro

Federal Reserve Chair urges everyone to factor inflation into financial decisions during Jackson Hole speech

Bitcoin falls 4% as FED chair Jerome Powell gave little away during his speech at Jackson Hole Friday stating that "restoring price stability will take some time."

4 years ago

Censorship

Could Gitcoin Grants address be under sanctions from the U.S. amid Tornado Cash saga?

A smart contract written by Martin Köppelmann, Co-founder of Gnosis has revealed evidence of miner censorship on the Ethereum blockchain.

4 years ago

Merge

Ethereum Foundation confirms merge will happen Sep. 10 – 20

The Ethereum foundation has revealed a $1 million bounty for white hat hackers who find any critical bug on the network before September 8.

4 years ago

Censorship

SWIFT considered ‘neutral’ on sanctions; debate sparked on whether Ethereum is the same

Global payment messaging service SWIFT claims to be "neutral" regarding sanctions. Can Ethereum make the same claim?

4 years ago

Regulation

FDIC sends 5 companies, including FTX.US, cease and desist letters for making false statements about deposit insurance

The FDIC demanded that the companies, their officers and employees abstain from alluding to any presence of FDIC deposit insurance at certain exchanges or their own platforms.

4 years ago