SecurityTHORChain halts swaps over an Ethereum reorg bug
THORChain paused swaps on 10 networks after an Ethereum reorg. Chainalysis says the pause delayed laundering of funds from the $6.3B Binance hack.
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SecurityBinance loses $6.3 billion in record hack
Binance was hacked for $6.3 billion. Bitcoin lost about 3%, crypto stocks fell harder, and regulators are talking about oversight.
SecurityInitia Halts Blockchain After $2.6M Exploit
Initia halted its L1 and rollups after an attacker minted unbacked tokens and moved over $2.6M to Ethereum.
SecurityBitcoin Core ends bug embargo for flaws an AI finds in one prompt
Bitcoin Core changed its security policy: bugs AI finds easily get fixed at once, not a year later. Summer numbers: 4,962 findings, 594 BTC lost.
TechnologyEthereum delays Glamsterdam on Hoodi over gas risks
Ethereum developers called off the October 26 Glamsterdam launch on Hoodi: new gas rules could change how live contracts behave.
TechnologyStarknet votes to research its own post-quantum L1
93.52% of Starknet voters backed research into a standalone blockchain built to resist quantum attacks. A whitepaper draft is due in November.
AltcoinsDogecoin Labs merges MyDoge, DogeOS and Such App
The Dogecoin Foundation and the MyDoge and DogeOS teams formed Dogecoin Labs. What the company covers, what is not ready and how the DOGE market reacted.
TechnologySolana Switches On Alpenglow: 150 Millisecond Finality
Solana activates Alpenglow today, its biggest upgrade since 2020, cutting transaction finality from about six seconds to 150 milliseconds.
SecurityCysic Suspends Bridge After Unauthorized Mint of 10M CYS
Cysic Foundation suspended its cross-chain bridge after 10M CYS were minted on BNB Smart Chain. The attacker moved about $727,000 to Ethereum.