
BitcoinHours after the Arbitrum Security Council froze 30,766 ether tied to the KelpDAO exploit, the attacker moved all 75,701 ETH, roughly $175 million, to the Ethereum mainnet and began bridging the funds to bitcoin. Key Takeaways: - After Arbitrum froze 30,766 ETH ($71M), the KelpDAO exploiter moved 75,701 ETH ($175M)…

BitcoinAn attacker reportedly exploited a bridge vulnerability in KelpDAO’s rsETH liquid restaking token on April 18, 2026, draining an estimated $280 million or more across Ethereum and Arbitrum. On-chain investigator ZachXBT posted the initial alert to his public Telegram channel shortly before 3 p.m. ET, listing six wallet addresses tied…

BitcoinJustin Sun, founder of the Tron project, criticized the governance actions of World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency project linked to President Donald Trump, saying token holders made “illegitimate” decisions that treated the crypto community “as a personal ATM.” Sun alleges hidden controls in World Liberty Financial smart contracts Sun said…

BitcoinistRipple President Monica Long has highlighted decentralized identities as another area in which XRP could gain influence, framing them as a potential shift in how individuals control and share personal information online. Decentralized identities and identity tokenization on XRPL In an X post, crypto pundit John Squire pointed to Long’s…

CointelegraphThe Bitcoin network needs a “conservative” Bitcoin client node software implementation to preserve its monetary properties and strengthen network decentralization, according to Jimmy Song, co-founder of ProductionReady, a non-profit organization that funds open source Bitcoin node software development and education. Conservative approach to code changes Song said ProductionReady has a…

Crypto EconomyThe Cardano Foundation has announced the delegation of 220 million tokens to 11 Delegate Representatives (DReps), meaning Cardano distributes $77 million in ADA to strengthen its governance system. The entity stated that these representatives were selected across adoption and operations categories to ensure voting power is distributed equitably among prominent…

AMBCryptoMegaETH, the real-time EVM-compatible blockchain, announced that it will launch its mainnet on the 22nd of January. Dubbed the MegaETH stress test, it aims to process 11 billion transactions in 7 days. They were opening mainnet to users for several latency-sensitive apps while the chain is under intense, sustained load. The project…

AMBCryptoFor years, the roadmap for Ethereum has been defined by expansion, adding layers, scaling throughput, and onboarding the next billion users. But now, Ethereum’s Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin, is arguing that Ethereum’s long-term survival depends on doing the opposite. He’s calling this process “protocol simplicity”, or what he describes as “garbage…