Jul 27, 20265m 08s
WEMIX Halts Bridges and Trading After $724K Contract Exploit
WEMIX suspended bridges and trading network-wide after an attacker breached a linked smart contract and moved roughly $724,000, freezing funds.
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Jul 27, 20264m 23s
WEMIX Contract Owner Keys Compromised, $6.25M in Tokens Minted
An attacker gained owner privileges on a WEMIX contract and minted $6.25M in tokens with no backing, the latest privileged-key failure of 2026.
Jul 27, 20264m 26s
Storj Labs Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After $35M in Funding
Storj Labs, the decentralized cloud storage project, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after raising roughly $35M. Here is what collapsed and what it signals.
Jul 27, 20264m 10s
South Korea Trading Giant Tokenizes Receivables in LG CNS Test
One of South Korea's largest trading companies is putting trade receivables onchain in a tokenization pilot with LG CNS, a sign enterprise RWA is moving from pitch decks to production.
Jul 26, 20264m 37s
Congress Races to Close a $200B Dormant Bitcoin Loophole
A lawsuit argues 3.8M dormant Bitcoin could be claimed under lost-property rules. Congress is drafting CLARITY Section 20216 to shut the door first.
Jul 26, 20265m 25s
Asia's Crypto Policy Wave: Japan Eyes Bitcoin ETFs, Korea Opens Up
Japan targets Bitcoin ETFs by 2028 and elevates on-chain finance to national policy, South Korea widens institutional access, and Russia builds regulated trading rails.
Jul 26, 20264m 47s
South Korea's Largest Bank Goes Live on JPMorgan's Kinexys
KB Kookmin Bank will run US dollar cross-border payments on JPMorgan's Kinexys blockchain, marking one of Asia's largest lenders moving settlement onchain.
Jul 26, 20264m 40s
El Salvador's Bitcoin Law at Five Years: Just 0.7% of Remittances
Five years after El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender, crypto handles only 0.7% of the country's $5B remittance market. A look at why adoption stalled.
Jul 26, 20264m 26s
Tokenized Real-World Assets Cross $30B Onchain, Up 10x Since 2024
Onchain real-world assets passed $30B, a 10x jump since early 2024. Here is what is driving tokenized treasuries, credit, and commodities, and where crypto users fit in.
Jul 26, 20264m 55s
Top 10 Public Firms Now Hold a Million-Bitcoin Power Bloc
The ten largest publicly traded Bitcoin holders now control roughly a million BTC, turning corporate treasuries into a structural force in the market.