Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger to step down, Kristin Smith to return as interim CEO
The Blockchain Association is switching up its leadership with CEO Summer Mersinger set to step down next month.
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Man charged in $16 million crypto ‘massive pig butchering’ scam
A man was charged for his role in defrauding someone of millions of dollars' worth of crypto in a "massive pig butchering" scam.
Magic Eden legacy approvals leave $5.7 million in NFTs exposed to exploit before rescue
Magic Eden legacy approvals exposed $5.7 million in NFTs to an exploit before whitehats rescued 23,155 tokens.
Aave V4 on Base adds Coinbase tokenized stocks as collateral for USDC loans
Aave V4 added Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, and four more tokenized stocks as collateral for USDC loans for non-U.S. users.
Strategy proposes daily dividends for STRC, STRD, STRF and STRK preferred stocks
Strategy is seeking shareholder approval to pay daily dividends across its four U.S.-listed preferred stocks.
Ethena expands USDe backing strategy into bStocks and equity perpetuals on Binance
Ethena is adding Binance bStocks and equity perpetuals to the basis trade used for USDe's backing strategy.
KelpDAO sues LayerZero, claims it endorsed setup used in $292 million rsETH exploit
KelpDAO sued LayerZero and Bryan Pellegrino over the April 18 rsETH exploit, alleging the bridge setup was endorsed in writing.
Bitget confirms $387.5 million security breach affecting exchange hot wallets
Bitget said private keys were not compromised and that losses from the incident will be covered by its User Protection Fund.
Fed proposes reserve limits, capital standards for stablecoin issuers under GENIUS Act
The Federal Reserve proposed new measures for stablecoin issuers, including reserve-asset limits and standardized capital requirements.
Solana treasury firm SkyAI keeps board after shareholder protest, loses equity plan vote
SkyAI’s board survived a shareholder protest, but its proposed equity pay plan fell by a wide margin.
ARK Invest brings $1.3 billion venture fund onchain through Securitize
ARK Invest is bringing its $1.3B ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX), which holds OpenAI, Anthropic and Stripe, onchain via Securitize on Ethereum.
JPMorgan says bitcoin crossing $85,000 production cost could ease miner selling pressure
JPMorgan analysts said bitcoin's move above its estimated $85,000 production cost could ease miner selling if sustained.