A $550,000 community audit contest uncovered two critical vulnerabilities in XRP Ledger features that could have drained user accounts without private keys. The findings reveal how Ripple’s audit-before-release model diverges sharply from the broader crypto industry’s patch-after-exploit norm. Summary Sherlock’s two-week audit contest, which opened on April 13, 2026, uncovered 96 valid vulnerabilities across five…
Depending on your perspective, Zyzz can be regarded as the original “looksmaxxer”—though the term had yet to be coined—or one of the earliest forefathers of the manosphere as we know it today. “I really see this as a cautionary tale,” Poster Boy’s director, Selina Miles, tells WIRED. She notes that Shavershian’s meteoric rise and untimely…
XRP, ZEC, ADA, and BCH stand in one corner, while XMR and LINK are in the opposite. As it happened during the past few weekends, bitcoin’s price volatility has essentially disappeared once Saturday and Sunday come, with the asset remaining stuck at $63,000 for roughly 36 hours now. Most altcoins have performed similarly, which…
Just like any other online service, hackers can target and break into your accounts on popular AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. TechCrunch has created a comprehensive guide to help you protect yourself if you suspect someone has broken into your account on one of the internet’s most popular platforms, social networks, or…
Key Takeaways Bitcoin had issued 20.07 million BTC, or 95.57% of nominal supply. Bitcoin’s 2028 halving could cut new issuance from about 450 BTC daily to 225 BTC. Bitcoin miners may rely entirely on fees around 2140, after block subsidies reach zero. That is the part often lost in the “BTC is almost fully mined”…
Moon Pursuit Capital founder Utkarsh Ahuja has said crypto venture investors will prioritize quantum-ready infrastructure heading into 2027 as global VC investment reached $227.4 billion in the second quarter. Summary Global VC investment reached $227.4 billion across 8,440 deals during Q2 2026. Ahuja expects post-quantum security and blockchain migration tools to attract more capital. Moon…
The White House is preparing to bring powerful open AI models into its secretive safety-review framework. The administration’s current framework applies to closed models from leading AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic. But White House officials are now expected to expand it to open models once they reach frontier-level capabilities, according to WIRED. A White…
The native token is actually in the green on a 2-week scale, but remains below the $0.09 level. While the vast Pi Network community anticipates an official confirmation of the successful deployment of protocol version 26, the Core Team actually surprised them by announcing that the Pi Node version 0.6.2 has been released. Here’s…
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Key Takeaways Cboe asked the SEC to approve the listing of six funds that triple daily price moves. The funds would primarily hold futures contracts, not bitcoin or ether directly. Trading requires SEC approval of the exchange rule change and effectiveness of the trust’s Form S-1. Six Funds Tied to One Day of Price Action…
