RegulationUS Sheriffs Group Drops Opposition to Senate's CLARITY Act
Major County Sheriffs of America dropped its CLARITY Act opposition. Banking lobby still blocks the Senate vote over stablecoin yield.
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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.
SecurityPolymarket $2.9M Theft via Supply Chain Attack
Polymarket confirmed a $2.9M theft after attackers injected a malicious script via a compromised third-party vendor. All affected users will be fully refunded.
DeFiAbracadabra: MIM Stablecoin Crashes 50% Below Dollar Peg
Abracadabra's MIM stablecoin dropped to $0.49, half its $1 target. We explain how the Cauldron lending system works and why the depeg happened.
EthereumEthereum Foundation Lays Off 54 Staff and Cuts Budget by 40%
Ethereum Foundation laid off 54 staff (20%) and cut its budget by 40%. Buterin targets an endowment model: spending drops from 15% to 5% of reserves after 2030.
SecuritySecret Network Lost $4.67M in Infinite Mint Bridge Exploit
An attacker minted unbacked Axelar-wrapped tokens via a flaw in Secret Network's smart contract, stealing $4.67M over 7 undetected days in June 2026.
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.
EthereumEthereum SPHINCS- Post-Quantum Protection for $0.07 Without Hard Fork
Ethereum Foundation's Kohaku lead proposes SPHINCS- to protect ETH accounts from quantum attacks for just $0.07, without a hard fork. Full analysis.