An attack has been found and exploited in the DAO, and the attacker is currently in the process of draining the ether contained in the DAO into a child DAO. The attack is a recursive calling vulnerability, where an attacker called the “split” function, and then calls the split function recursively inside of the split,
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has accused major U.S. banks of attempting to sabotage President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto agenda, warning that proposed changes to a Senate market structure bill could stifle innovation, ban entire categories of digital assets and strip Americans of the ability to earn yield on stablecoins. In a wide-ranging interview with Fox Business
PayPal stock price continued its freefall this week, reaching its lowest level since April last year, and technicals point to more downside if it loses a key support. Summary PayPal share price has crashed to its lowest level since April 2025. Wall Street analysts are concerned about PayPal’s branded checkout business. Technical analysis suggests that
Over the last day with the community’s help we have crowdsourced a list of all of the major bugs with smart contracts on Ethereum so far, including both the DAO as well as various smaller 100-10000 ETH thefts and losses in games and token contracts. This list (original source here) is as follows: We can categorize
Crypto markets rarely shift due to hype. Most often, trends change when traders move their focus away from crowded assets toward emerging systems. Early 2026 reflects this pattern. While Ethereum news remains consistent and Dogecoin price forecasts grow cautious, a new conversation is forming around Zero Knowledge Proof. The difference is clear. Established coins defend
Coinbase stock price continues to underperform the broader market this year despite the modest optimism from Wall Street analysts. Summary Coinbase stock has dropped by ~45% from its highest level in 2025. The company faces major headwinds despite the ongoing optimism among analysts. Cryptocurrencies remain under pressure, with Coinbase’s profitability expected to decline. Analysts are
Affected configurations: All smart contract wallets created using Ethereum Wallet Frontier, version 0.4.0 (Beta 7) or earlier. Wallets created with Ethereum Wallet 0.5.0 and all later versions released after March 3, 2016, are not affected. Likelihood: Low Severity: High Summary: Do not use wallet contracts or owner accounts of those wallets that were created by
16 Jan The Liquid Network & The Inevitable Rise of Bitcoin-Native Tokenisation Posted at 16:37h in Education by Maria Lobusova BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has called tokenisation the “next generation of markets.” Regardless of whether trillion-dollar projections materialise on schedule, the direction of travel is clear. Regulators are no longer ignoring the trend and capital
Ethereum price is slipping slightly on January 16, as ETH fights to maintain the $3,300 mark. Moves so far indicate consolidation, with no clear short-term trend emerging. This Ethereum price prediction takes a closer look at current sentiment and what both bullish and bearish scenarios could mean for ETH. Summary Ethereum price is hovering around
The last week was quite hectic for all of us in the Ethereum ecosystem. The DAO has shown us that it takes much more effort to write smart contracts than we originally anticipated; but also that it takes a surprising amount of debate to reach a consensus on issues of this scale. Everybody in our community was very
