Hacks
Onslaught of AI-found bugs forces Bitcoin’s Core Lightning into a secret 14-day emergency lockdown
Core Lightning is urging node operators to upgrade or go offline as multiple vulnerabilities remain under embargo.
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Regulation
SEC crypto custody rewrite enters White House review with key rules still undisclosed
Advisers, funds, banks and state trust companies now face an active review with October only a target.
Regulation
How one small BTC transfer exposed the fine print behind Trump’s ‘never sell’ strategic Bitcoin reserve
A US government transfer of Alameda-linked Bitcoin puts Trump’s reserve rules and victim-restitution exceptions under fresh scrutiny.
Governance
Staking Ethereum could soon look entirely different under a new deposit proposal
The Ethereum proposal opens staking to future key formats, but replacing validator signatures still requires separate protocol upgrades.
Governance
Solana takes its first step toward sub-second speed by cutting block confirmation times across the network
Solana's epoch 1021 averaged 365.4ms spacing with a 0.077% skip rate, while the 300ms stage remained pending.
Derivatives
Bitcoin is trapped between $75,000 and $80,000 ahead of a massive Friday derivatives settlement
Deribit’s expiry concentrates reported call exposure at $75,000 and $80,000, where dealer hedging can pin or amplify a move.
Digital Asset Treasuries
How a $35M AVAX hit sent one company’s earnings into a tailspin
The Avalanche treasury authorization targets a stated market disconnect while the June 30 token treasury shows why earnings remain exposed.
ETF
Thailand is rewriting its stock exchange rules to trap billions in Bitcoin ETF wealth strictly inside its own borders
Thailand's proposed crypto ETF framework would initially center trading and custody around domestic institutions.
Technology
Bitcoin Core’s hidden database just shrank by 40 GB – if you know how to trigger it
The change is merged to master, but operators must rebuild the optional index to capture the space saving and plan for another rebuild after a downgrade.
Mining
Bitcoin’s security risk starts when one block gets far more fees than the next
As Bitcoin’s block subsidy declines, researchers are looking beyond total miner revenue and toward a more granular security signal: how sharply transaction fees change from one block to the next.
Stablecoins
Banks found a way to copy stablecoins without losing the money that funds their loans
Stablecoins threaten to pull cheap deposits off bank balance sheets, putting pressure on the funding banks use to support lending.
ETF
Why this XRP ETF could drift from XRP price as fees, trading costs and fund structure stack up
The allocation follows the fund’s securities floor while adding another listed product’s fee, pricing and legal structure.
