USDC may be only as quantum-safe as its slowest wallet, bridge or blockchain
Circle issued a warning that the quantum circuits needed to attack widely used blockchain signatures are becoming leaner, citing a low-width record of 813 logical qubits.
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Solana processed 5.2 billion transactions after revenue collapsed 87% – here’s what changed
Solana says it processed a record 5.2 billion non-vote transactions in August, a total it described as 19% above July.
Uniswap trading volume explodes to record levels over 7 million per day – but actual fees lag far behind
Uniswap's new swap record is testing whether the protocol's wider fee footprint can turn rising activity into measurable UNI burns.
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TAC blockchain remains frozen for over 10 days after a massive exploit forces a 1.26 billion token bailout
The TAC network halt continues at block 24,671,475, more than 10 days after an exploit emptied the bonded staking pool. The network is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 connected to the TON ecosystem. An RPC query by CryptoSlat…
The SEC is rewriting 50-year-old Wall Street rules to let public blockchains decide who legally owns a stock
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to let Wall Street’s official shareholder records move onchain while keeping regulated transfer agents in control.
What the $344M crypto political spending spree wants from Congress next
Corporate political donations hit a record $646 million over the 18 months through June, according to Public Citizen's analysis of FEC filings . Crypto political spending led every other corporate sector at $206 million…
North Korea’s $30M crypto cashout just handed legacy finance its best weapon to kill DeFi’s US debut
CME and ICE told Washington in May that Hyperliquid's pseudonymous, always-on markets could let sanctioned state actors circumvent enforcement.
TRON H1 2026 Strategy Report: Dual-Engine Growth via DeFi and AI Delivers Record Traction
Abstract : In H1 2026, TRON bucked broader market headwinds through a twin-track strategy: solidifying its core DeFi engine while aggressively expanding into AI. As recurring deflationary mechanics anchored value across…
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Strategy keeps STRC at 12% as Saylor has seven days to salvage the $10 billion Bitcoin yield product as costs spiral
Michael Saylor has roughly one week to orchestrate STRC’s return to its $100 par value by his informal Sept. 8 target, but the financial machinery required to close the final gap is running hot.
Sui DeFi protocol Full Sail to wind down after Switchboard incident
Full Sail is shutting down after an attacker removed about $91,000 from three vaults during a security incident linked to oracle provider Switchboard.
Bitcoin hits $77,000 wall as the Fed gets trapped between weak jobs and $90 oil
Bitcoin fell below $77,000 as softer US labor data failed to dislodge expectations for another Federal Reserve rate increase.
A layer-1 blockchain froze for 4 hours to stop a $4.9 million hack, then claimed it was just an upgrade
Injective , a layer-1 blockchain network, produced no new block for nearly four hours during an emergency response to an exploit that researchers traced into core modules.
Wall Street is now racing to control the $1.9T stablecoin shift to avoid losing its customer base
Standard Chartered estimated in January that stablecoins could pull about $500 billion from US bank deposits by the end of 2028.
CRV Price Moves Into Breakout Territory as Curve’s DeFi Footprint Expands
CRV price has broken above a long-term descending trendline, reclaiming the $0.35 region and pushing toward the $0.40 resistance.
Binance deepens TradFi push with physically settled options on over 1,000 US equities
Binance is putting options on more than 1,000 selected US stocks and exchange-traded funds inside the same account that already offers crypto and several forms of equity exposure.
Cardano clears key voting thresholds for constitutional committee renewal by 0.18% margin
Cardano’s 2026 Constitutional Committee renewal had crossed both voting thresholds in a pre-boundary snapshot on Sept. 1, but formal ratification still waited for the epoch change. The narrow margin on the stake pool si…
Uniswap (UNI) Price Rises for Third Consecutive Day—Can it Reach the $10 Target This Month?
Uniswap price rises for the third day, approaching the crucial resistance backed by a rise in open interest and OBV, supporting a bullish trajectory
DeFi Technologies misses Nasdaq $1 deadline as DEFT faces delisting review
DeFi Technologies reached its Sept. 1 Nasdaq minimum-bid deadline after its US-listed DEFT shares closed Aug. 31 at $0.6032 , making it impossible to complete the required 10-business-day streak at or above $1.
Deribit already holds 96.6% of Coinbase’s derivatives open interest ahead of Sept. 9 migration
Nearly all the open interest displayed on Coinbase’s derivatives dashboard already sits at Deribit, its global derivatives venue, eight days before institutional positions at the much smaller Coinbase International Exch…
A major layer-1 chain will pause new transactions for 24 minutes to unlock a 10x speed boost
MultiversX has given node operators nine days to prepare for an upgrade designed to make its blockchain 10 times faster.
Bitcoin’s 316-day hashrate drought shows why AI could make this mining downturn harder to reverse
Bitcoin’s hashrate has spent 316 days below its record as miners redirect power toward AI.
$2.7 million poured into Robinhood Chain apps in one day, but it barely touches corporate revenue
Robinhood Chain revenue from applications totaled between $2.66 million and $2.82 million over a rolling 24-hour window early on Sept. 1, creating an eye-catching measure of network activity with no disclosed bridge to …
Leaked compliance records shatter anonymity of 291 crypto users by matching names directly to wallet activity
The Pocket Bitcoin breach exposed more than email addresses and support conversations for 291 customers, the company said. Some copied records linked real-world identities to public Bitcoin activity.
Circle processed $32 trillion in USDC transfers, yet 95% of its revenue relies entirely on interest rates
Adjusted USDC transfer volume reached $32 trillion in 2026 through Coin Metrics' August measurement, with each dollar of supply turning over 741 times at an annualized rate. Those figures signal reach and settlement int…