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Venus’ XVS token plunges 9% as exploit leaves protocol with bad debt

The attacker manipulated the THE token market, borrowed assets, and sold THE, causing a 17% price drop and liquidations, with estimated profits of $3.7-5.8 million.
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Crypto.com cuts 12% of staff as it integrates AI across the business for efficiency

The exchange laid off about 180 employees as it restructures and rolls out enterprise-wide AI to drive efficiencies.
Coinbase faces a multibillion-dollar threat from D.C. but a 'rewards' loophole could protect its stablecoin revenue

The proposed rules could ban yield on stablecoins like USDC, though analysts say the exchange may adapt.
Bitcoin’s biggest DeFi drawback under attack as OpNet unlocks smart contracts on mainnet

Bitcoin’s biggest limitation is being challenged as OpNet brings native, yield-generating DeFi directly to the Bitcoin mainnet.
XRP treasury firm Evernorth discloses $233.7 million impairment on holdings in SPAC filing

The company reported a $233.7 million digital asset impairment for 2025, reflecting the gap between purchase prices and lower market values.
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Browser maker Opera seeks 160 million CELO stake to become key network stakeholder

The proposed allocation represents a major share of Celo's circulating supply and 16% of its maximum supply.
CoinDesk 20 performance update: NEAR Protocol (NEAR) drops 3.3%, leading index lower

Hedera (HBAR), down 2.9% from Wednesday, was also an underperformer.
Major League Baseball signs prediction markets pacts with CFTC, Polymarket

The arrangement between the U.S. derivatives regulator and the professional sports organization is the first of its kind in overseeing sports events contracts.
Bitcoin $20,000 put option is third most popular strike ahead of quarterly expiry

Nearly $600M in deep out-of-the-money puts highlights tail-risk positioning, though flows point more to volatility strategies than to outright bearish bets.
ECB seeks experts to help integrate digital euro into ATMs, card payment terminals

The European Central Bank is preparing the ground should legislators enable the issuance of a digital currency and the bank's governing council approve issuing it.
Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin’s price discovery

Bitcoin’s price discovery is increasingly driven by derivatives positioning and institutional synthetics rather than spot demand, signaling a structural shift in how crypto markets move.
OpenClaw developers targeted in GitHub phishing scam offering fake token airdrops

Security researchers said attackers are impersonating OpenClaw on GitHub, luring developers with bogus CLAW token giveaways that trick users into connecting their crypto wallets.
As crypto trading platforms race to deploy AI agents, here's what a Nasdaq executive is seeing

The exchange is expanding AI use across surveillance, compliance and trading as machines take over decision-making, leaving humans as the final checkpoint.
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Quadruple witching arrives tomorrow as markets brace for potential bitcoin volatility

Bitcoin tended to show muted performance on quadruple witching days in 2025, followed by weakness in the days to weeks after.
Bitcoin holds $69,000 as gold tumbles, oil spikes, but analyst says stay on sidelines

While bitcoin has shown relative strength against gold since the war in Iran broke out, investors are better off holding off "dry powder" while prices swing wildly on headlines, said Wintermute's Bryan Tan.
Market maker IMC Trading hires Alex Casimo as chief commercial officer for its crypto business

Casimo will be responsible for growing the Dutch market maker's institutional crypto offering.
Wall Street heavyweight Cantor among investment banks pitching FalconX for its potential IPO

Crypto trading firm FalconX's CEO has previously said it is considering a public listing.
Coinbase's bitcoin yield fund goes onchain with Apex's tokenization push

The Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund's tokenized share class runs on Base as the $3.5 trillion fund services giant Apex applies tokenization across its business.
Appeals court clears way for Nevada to temporarily ban prediction market Kalshi

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a legal effort by Kalshi to stave off an expected temporary restraining order from the state of Nevada.
DeFi risk management giant Gauntlet sees $380 million exit as OKX crypto campaign ends

Gauntlet noted that deposits are now back to same levels before the campaign, and has navigated large capital swings before due to incentive campaign endings, airdrops, and shifts in market conditions which regularly produce short-period swings in either direction.