Circle's $908M Coinbase Payment Puts USDC Deal Economics Under Scrutiny
Circle paid Coinbase $908M for USDC distribution rights, with the pivotal agreement set to renew in August 2026, raising questions about revenue splits and market dynamics.…
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Circle paid Coinbase $908M for USDC distribution rights, with the pivotal agreement set to renew in August 2026, raising questions about revenue splits and market dynamics.…
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is now law — and buried within its housing provisions are temporary restrictions on CBDC development that have rattled digital currency watchers.…
The Ethereum Foundation has patched a remotely triggerable crash vulnerability uncovered by AI, underscoring both the promise and limits of machine-driven security auditing.…
A new IMF working paper finds dollar stablecoins can coordinate mass currency flight in economies defending overvalued fixed exchange rates, deepening financial crises.…
Gate.io suffered $207M in net outflows over seven days following a user theft incident, exposing deep trust vulnerabilities in centralized crypto exchanges.…
Hedera lending protocol Bonzo Lend lost $9.05M after an attacker inflated the price of SAUCE tokens via a third-party oracle, borrowing far beyond posted collateral.…
Social media complaints are mounting as traders report losing assets to multiple rudimentary scam types on the newly launched Robinhood Chain.…
Bonzo Finance's lending pool on the Hedera blockchain was drained of $9 million on July 11 after an attacker manipulated a third-party price oracle to borrow against inflated collateral values.…
An attacker spent $4.4M on BONK tokens to seize voting control of BonkDAO, draining its $20M treasury in a devastating governance exploit.…
A $9M exploit drained Bonzo Lend on Hedera after an attacker manipulated SAUCE collateral prices through a flaw in Supra's on-chain oracle verifier.…
Robinhood plans to let eligible US customers use AI agents to trade crypto autonomously, expanding its Agentic Trading product beyond equities.…
A merged Senate crypto bill races toward a July 20 floor vote, but a Democratic ethics provision banning officials from crypto ties threatens to derail the landmark legislation.…