Coinbase Launches Tokenized Stocks On Base
Coinbase’s tokenized US equities went live on Base on Monday, putting four technology stocks onchain as transferable tokens that eligible users outside the United States can hold in a self-custodial wallet, with no brokerage account required. Coinbase is issuing the assets, running the chain they… Read the full story at The Defiant
Bitcoin Stalls a Cent Below $80,000 as Altcoins Give Back Weekend Gains
Bitcoin came within a cent of $80,000 on Monday before stalling, extending a rally that has run for four sessions on catalysts that all predate the weekend, while the altcoins that led last week’s advance gave back their Sunday peaks. Nothing new arrived to carry it. No federal agency published a… Read the full story […]
The Sandbox Says It Contained Bridge Exploit That Minted Unbacked SAND on Base and BSC
The Sandbox said it has “identified and fully contained” a vulnerability in the SAND cross-chain bridge that let an attacker mint unbacked SAND on Base and BNB Smart Chain, and that it has switched off bridging to and from both networks, leaving the SAND on those chains isolated and unable to be… Read the full […]
Eric Trump Denies New Coin Launch as TRUMP Jumps 38%
Eric Trump denied that anyone was launching a new Trump-linked coin on Saturday, calling contrary claims fraudulent as TRUMP and MELANIA posted double-digit gains over 24 hours. “What a joke… This is absolutely not true,” Trump wrote on his Blue-checkmarked X account. “No one is launching any kind… Read the full story at The Defiant
Bitcoin Posts Biggest Week Since 2024 as Trump Pushes Senate on CLARITY Act
Bitcoin rose to its highest level in three months on Friday, capping a three-day rally that lifted every major token and broke a seven-week range, after President Donald Trump pressed the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act at a White House meeting with crypto executives on Wednesday. The Senate has a… Read the full story […]
Solana Activates 350-Millisecond Slots on Mainnet
Solana has activated a mainnet feature that cuts its target slot time from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds, the network’s first slot-time reduction since its inception. The change shortens the window for leaders to complete blocks and is intended to give users faster transaction confirmations…. Read the full story at The Defiant
Judge Keeps Sun’s World Liberty Claims In Court
A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday kept TRON founder Justin Sun’s individual claims against World Liberty Financial in a public courtroom, declining the Trump family crypto venture’s request to route the whole dispute into private arbitration. The forum decides how much of the dispute… Read the full story at The Defiant
MANTRA Halts Chain, Blames Cosmos EVM Module
MANTRA halted its Layer 1 blockchain late Thursday after what the team called an incident in the chain’s Cosmos EVM module, and said on Friday morning it had found the root cause and contained the threat. The network is still down. MANTRA disclosed the halt at 8:10 p.m. ET on Aug. 20, saying all… Read […]
Illuvium Team Cuts Wages To Extend Runway
Illuvium’s team has agreed to reduce its wages again to preserve the studio’s runway, which co-founder Kieran Warwick now puts at more than 12 months, he said Friday. The cut buys Illuvium past August 2027 on Warwick’s own numbers, at a point when crypto gaming studios are closing. Proof of Play… Read the full story […]
Circle Targets Sept. 16 for Arc Public Mainnet Launch
Circle says Arc is on track for a Sept. 16 public mainnet launch that would open its production blockchain to users and applications while keeping block production within a permissioned validator set. In a separate post on X, Circle reported more than half a billion testnet transactions, nearly 3… Read the full story at The […]