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Chainlink emerges as the unlikely $3B winner of KelpDAO exploit as DeFi projects dump LayerZero

More than $3 billion in DeFi value is moving toward Chainlink’s CCIP after the KelpDAO exploit exposed weaknesses in bridge verification.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo 7 min read 3 months ago

Hooded operator at a dark workstation monitoring a red digital breach across wide screens, reflecting a major DeFi exploit that triggered bank-run-style withdrawals from the market

DeFi ETH +5.32% Bearish

After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted

Aave’s rsETH bad debt shows DeFi’s next security crisis rests in broken assumptions across bridges, governance, collateral listings, and risk controls.

14 min read 3 months ago

ETF BTC +6.67% Bullish

Morgan Stanley’s MSBT ends first trading month with 0 outflows amid Bitcoin ETFs 6-week inflow streak

US spot Bitcoin ETFs have drawn $3 billion since early April, providing a strong macroeconomic tailwind for MSBT's zero-outflow first month.

4 min read 3 months ago

Opinion

Has Trump’s presidency been a net positive for Bitcoin or created an unbreakable partisan divide?

Trump pushed Bitcoin closer to U.S. policy recognition, but the wider ledger on price, trust, and adoption remains mixed.

9 min read 3 months ago

Firefox finds 20 year old bug and patches 14 months of fixes in 30 days using Anthropic’s Mythos AI

Mozilla’s 20-year Firefox bug shows the risk of AI-accelerated zero-day discovery

12 min read 3 months ago

Tokenization Bullish

BlackRock looks to sidestep Clarity yield issues, filing for two new tokenized money market funds

BlackRock aims to capture a larger share of the rapidly expanding $30 billion tokenized asset market.

5 min read 3 months ago

Tokenization XRP +10.22% Bullish

JPMorgan, Mastercard and Ripple complete cross-border XRP tokenized Treasury settlement

The pilot linked an XRP Ledger redemption of Ondo’s tokenized Treasury fund to a USD payout in Singapore via Mastercard, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, and J.P. Morgan’s correspondent banking rails.

6 min read 3 months ago

Price Watch Bullish

Second Bitcoin ETF issuer predicts BTC hitting $1M – but cuts timeline to within the next US Presidential term

VanEck’s $1 million Bitcoin call shifts attention from near-term resistance to whether ETF demand can absorb seller supply.

5 min read 3 months ago

Research USDC +0.01% Bullish

Bank of Canada to bring stablecoin rules in 2027 with US Clarity Act on the brink of stalling

Canada’s stablecoin rules may slip to mid or late 2027 as Visa and Wealthsimple test USDC settlement ahead of the final framework.

5 min read 3 months ago

Legislation Bullish

Bankers are scrambling as Senate schedules CLARITY Act markup for May 14

The markup will test whether the stablecoin compromise can survive pressure from banks, crypto firms and Democrats seeking ethics language.

5 min read 3 months ago

Crypto News

Chainlink emerges as the unlikely $3B winner of KelpDAO exploit as DeFi projects dump LayerZero

After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted

Morgan Stanley’s MSBT ends first trading month with 0 outflows amid Bitcoin ETFs 6-week inflow streak

Has Trump’s presidency been a net positive for Bitcoin or created an unbreakable partisan divide?

Firefox finds 20 year old bug and patches 14 months of fixes in 30 days using Anthropic’s Mythos AI

BlackRock looks to sidestep Clarity yield issues, filing for two new tokenized money market funds

JPMorgan, Mastercard and Ripple complete cross-border XRP tokenized Treasury settlement

Second Bitcoin ETF issuer predicts BTC hitting $1M – but cuts timeline to within the next US Presidential term

Bank of Canada to bring stablecoin rules in 2027 with US Clarity Act on the brink of stalling

Bankers are scrambling as Senate schedules CLARITY Act markup for May 14

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