A 13-block chain reorganization on LTC$56.28 late Friday and Saturday rewound roughly 32 minutes of network activity after attackers used a vulnerability in its Mimblewimble Extension Block (MWEB) protocol. The bug had enabled a denial-of-service attack against major mining pools, allowing the invalid MWEB transactions to slip through nodes that had not updated, before the

Metaplanet said it will issue ¥8 billion ($50 million) in zero-interest bonds to expand its Bitcoin holdings, according to a Friday statement, extending a financing strategy that has defined its balance sheet shift toward digital assets. The issuance marks the firm’s 20th series of ordinary bonds and will mature in April 2027. The bonds are

JPYC stablecoin crosses $100M on Polygon, showing rapid growth in Japan’s digital payments and rising adoption of blockchain-based stablecoins. Japan’s stablecoin market is growing fast as JPYC crosses a major milestone. The yen-backed stablecoin has surpassed onchain payment volume of over $100 million in eight months. Besides, this expansion underscores the increasing adoption of digital

For most of their existence, prediction markets sat squarely outside mainstream finance: an interesting technological and cultural phenomenon, but too small, too thinly traded and too often associated with online gambling to attract meaningful institutional interest.  That began to change in 2025, as trading volumes rose sharply, media attention intensified and regulatory clarity improved, making

Coinbase UK has launched a crypto-backed lending product that lets British users borrow USDC stablecoins against their Bitcoin, Ethereum, and cbETH holdings – with funds arriving in under a minute. The detail most headlines are missing is what this actually unlocks for UK holders sitting on unrealized gains: a way to access real spending power

The modern financial system was never designed for machines. It was built around the constraints of human life: geography, sleep cycles, paperwork, and physical presence. But as AI agents begin to act as economic participants, that human-centric design is starting to look less like a feature, and more like a bottleneck, said the co-founder of

A closer look at why the consultation’s proposed deferral sits awkwardly inside a rules-based benchmark and what a better path forward might look like. JPX Market Innovation & Research (JPXI) is considering a new rule that would defer companies whose principal asset is cryptoassets from new inclusion in TOPIX and other periodically reviewed indices. The

$TRUMP fell over 20% in 24 hours as reported exchange deposits, weak conference reaction, and a 96% drop from peak drew market focus. $TRUMP token fell more than 20% in 24 hours, based on market commentary. The drop erased about $161 million in market value. Traders linked the fall to pre-conference selling, weak event reaction,

Bitcoin remains confined within the $66,000–$70,000 range, consolidating after the February 5 drawdown, currently the deepest of this cycle. Volatility has compressed, and momentum has faded, signalling a transition from a liquidation-driven decline into a more balanced environment. On-chain data shows that much of the recent downside has been absorbed within the $60,000–$69,000 demand band.

The official TRUMP memecoin is down more than -95% from its January 2025 peak of $75, and the traders who rode that wave up are done pretending the story has a second act. The upcoming Mar-a-Lago conference for the token’s top 297 holders drew just $1.4Bn in trading volume in the run-up, compared to $12.9Bn