Maya Protocol has halted swaps after a six-bug exploit drained 20.83 BTC and sent CACAO into a tailspin, with the token crashing 88.7%. The incident is another ugly reminder that cross-chain DeFi’s biggest promise also comes with a nasty attack surface.
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Bybit says it blocked over $700 million in potential user losses in early 2026, underscoring how exchange security is now a minutes-long arms race against fast-moving attackers. The claims are self-reported, but the message is clear: in crypto custody, speed is survival.
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Binance says it spotted and helped stop a governance attack that could have put about $1.2 million in DAO treasury tokens at risk, but the claim is hard to verify because the exchange hasn’t shared key on-chain details. The bigger takeaway: weak DAO governance remains a juicy attack surface.
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Decred’s mandatory v2.1.6 update fixes a critical consensus bug, patches a potential CoinShuffle++ privacy leak, and closes additional network and SPV validation issues. Older nodes may drift onto an incompatible fork, so users are being told to upgrade immediately and verify the binaries.
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Singapore’s courts have frozen about S$75 million in Bitcoin and USDC as a platform and a long-time customer battle over who actually owns the coins. The case highlights how ledger errors, self-custody, and on-chain transfers can collide into a very expensive legal mess.
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Bitcoin ETFs make exposure easy, but the real cost goes well beyond headline fees. Tracking error, spreads, taxes, and long-term drag can make a “cheap” fund pricier than it looks — while self-custody avoids fees but shifts the risk squarely onto you.
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BlackRock says Bitcoin’s brutal drop was a leverage and liquidity wipeout, not a broken thesis. The firm still sees BTC’s long-term portfolio case intact, even as heavy derivatives positioning, ETP outflows, and treasury selling turned the unwind into a bloodbath.
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FASB is tightening the rules on when stablecoins can be treated as cash equivalents, and the bar is higher than “it trades fast on an exchange.” Only tokens redeemable directly with the issuer, backed one-for-one in segregated reserves, are likely to qualify.
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Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade[XYZ] are pressing the SEC for a rulebook on pre-IPO perpetual contracts, or “IPOPs,” aiming to bring cash-settled private-company exposure into the regulatory light. The pitch is price discovery; the catch is oracle risk, leverage, and a fresh jurisdiction mess.
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Pepeto is being pitched as a SHIB-style meme coin in its early days, but most of the headline-grabbing claims are still promotional and need hard proof. The upside is possible; so is the usual presale smoke-and-mirrors if the products, numbers, and listings don’t hold up.
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