Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Cardano founder warns network could lose its scientists in Input Output’s 33M ADA funding vote fails

Cardano could lose a core group of scientists if Input Output fails to secure treasury funding for a slate of…
DeFi

XRPL’s May 27 upgrade shows how validators and markets decide a blockchain split

XRPL’s known amendments page lists fixCleanup3_1__3 for activation on May 27, and by design the event is a maintenance upgrade.…
DeFi

DeFi hacks shake institutional confidence as risks outpace yields

Repeated bridge exploits and shrinking yields are making institutions question whether DeFi’s risks still justify the returns, says Symbiotic’s Putiatin.…
Infrastructure

NEAR Launches Confidential Payments via Intents Protocol

NEAR Protocol has launched confidential payments on its Intents platform, enabling private cross-chain swaps between NEAR and ETH. Read Full…
Infrastructure

Polymarket Hit By ‘Internal Top-Up’ Wallet Exploit, $700K Drained

User funds remain safe after the incident, the prediction market platform said, with contracts and core infrastructure unaffected. Read Full…
Infrastructure

Blockchain.com Files Confidentially for US IPO, Adding to Crypto’s Growing Listing Pipeline

Blockchain.com filed a confidential S-1 after 14 years in crypto, joining Kraken, Grayscale, and SpaceX in a crowded but tentative…
Infrastructure

ZachXBT flags $520K Polymarket exploit on Polygon, team says funds are safe

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has highlighted a suspected security breach involving Polymarket, the world’s largest decentralized prediction market platform. Read Full…
Infrastructure

Near Protocol to automate its own growth and its token is skyrocketing

Near Protocol will introduce dynamic resharding in June, allowing the blockchain to automatically add shards as demand grows without human…
DeFi

NEAR Protocol Jumps 28% on Privacy, AI, and Scaling Upgrades

NEAR rallied by 45% this week on a series of upgrades positioning it as a potential settlement layer for AI…
Infrastructure

Nearly $500B in Bitcoin Is Exposed to Future Quantum Computing Attacks: Glassnode

Blockchain data firm Glassnode mapped the vulnerabilities embedded in Bitcoin’s existing supply, pointing to exchanges as a weak point. Read…