SecurityAFX Trade Loses $24M in USDC Bridge Exploit
A hacker drained $24.15M through AFX Trade's USDC bridge and swapped it for 12,468 ETH. The exchange is offering to return 70% for a 30% bounty.
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TechnologyPolygon Labs Cuts Jobs Amid $250 Million Coinme Deal
Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron announced a fresh round of layoffs as the company shifts into payments following a $250M deal for Coinme and Sequence.
SecurityVlad.fun Halts Robinhood Chain Launchpad Amid Investigation
Robinhood Chain memecoin launchpad Vlad.fun halted operations amid an internal trust investigation and warned about a fake token.
SecurityOstium Halts Trading After Oracle Attack, Losses Estimated at Up to $22M
Perp-DEX Ostium on Arbitrum halted trading after an oracle exploit. Blockaid and CertiK estimate losses at $18-22 million.
EthereumRobinhood Chain Draws $70M ETH in First Week
New Ethereum-based Robinhood Chain pulled in over $70M in ETH within a week of launch, per Token Terminal and DefiLlama data.
StablecoinsStablecoins Hit Record $1.79T Volume
Stablecoin transfers hit a record $1.79 trillion in June. USDC overtook USDT in volume as Visa data shows Base and Tron leading network activity.
DeFidYdX Rebrands as Arcus: DEX Launch on Robinhood Chain
dYdX Labs rebranded its protocol as Arcus and launched a DEX on Robinhood Chain with perpetuals and 95 commission-free tokenized stocks.
TechnologyBase Had Two Outages Last Week. What the Post-Mortem Revealed
A sequencer bug halted Base network twice in one week: 116 minutes on Thursday and 20 minutes on Friday. Coinbase post-mortem explained.
EthereumEthereum Foundation loses co-director as exits hit 19 in 2026
Co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang has resigned from Ethereum Foundation. EF has now logged 19 departures in 2026 as ETH struggles below $1,700.