Infrastructure
DeFi

Circle Freeze on Zama's Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi 'Crossfire'

A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama’s cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant…
May 30, 2026
Infrastructure

U.S. says it seized about $1 billion in Iranian crypto as pressure campaign expands

The seizure, falling under “Operation Economic Fury,” aims to restrict Iran’s access to overseas revenue, banking networks, and crypto infrastructure.…
May 30, 2026
AI

Wall Street’s trillion-dollar dilemma: Why AI-powered hackers are keeping big banks off the blockchain

CertiK CEO and co-founder Ronghui Gu says April was the worst month for DeFi in four years with exploits on…
May 30, 2026
DeFi

Hyperliquid could become a ‘financial services juggernaut’ as DeFi expands, says Grayscale

The digital asset manager says Hyperliquid is emerging as a blockchain-based financial infrastructure platform with the potential to expand beyond…
May 30, 2026
Infrastructure

Sui network temporarily stalls again after Thursday's outage

The outage was caused by the same network update software bug that disrupted the protocol on Thursday, which resulted in…
May 29, 2026
Infrastructure

Arbitrum Foundation Seeks $45M Funding as Delegates Question Spending Above DAO Revenue

The Foundation wants $16M in stablecoins, 1,740 ETH and 230M ARB for another year of operations. As a first vote…
May 29, 2026
Infrastructure

Sui Restarts After Back-to-Back Mainnet Halts Tied to Software Bug

The Layer 1 blockchain blamed two stoppages in as many days on its 1.72 upgrade and said validators have now…
May 29, 2026
Infrastructure

Paxos Secures SEC Registration as Clearing Agency

The approval makes Paxos the “only blockchain-native firm” approved by the SEC to operate as a registered clearing agency in…
May 29, 2026
Infrastructure

Paxos Wins First-of-Its-Kind SEC Clearing Agency Approval as Blockchain Settlement Moves Into Regulated Markets

Paxos Securities Settlement Company became the first blockchain-native firm registered as a clearing agency under SEC Section 17A, the result…
May 29, 2026
Infrastructure

SEC approves Paxos as ‘blockchain-native’ clearing agency

Paxos says its approval as a blockchain-focused clearing agency represents a “critical piece of financial market infrastructure” as Wall Street…
May 29, 2026