Infrastructure
Infrastructure

$11.58M Drained in Ongoing Exploit on Verus-Ethereum Bridge

An active exploit on the Verus-Ethereum Bridge has resulted in $11.58 million in losses, according to security firm Blockaid. Read…
May 18, 2026
Infrastructure

Circle Raises $222M in Arc Presale at $3B FDV

The private token sale for Circle’s Arc blockchain was led by a16z crypto, and included BlackRock, Apollo, and Intercontinental Exchange.…
May 11, 2026
Infrastructure

The biggest consensus overhaul in Solana history is officially live for testing

The upgrade, known as Alpenglow, is live on a community test cluster, said Solana core developer Anza. Read Full Story…
May 11, 2026
AI

Augustus gets conditional OCC approval for AI and stablecoin bank

Peter Thiel-backed Augustus has won conditional OCC approval for a US bank charter focused on AI-driven payments and stablecoin settlement…
May 11, 2026
Infrastructure

IRL crypto threats: Physical “wrench attacks” have led to over $100 million in losses since January alone

Crypto investors have lost more than $100 million to physical extortion in the first four months of 2026, according to…
May 11, 2026
DeFi

Chainlink emerges as the unlikely $3B winner of KelpDAO exploit as DeFi projects dump LayerZero

Crypto projects with more than $3 billion in total value locked have migrated their cross-chain infrastructure to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability…
May 11, 2026
DeFi

After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted

The rsETH crisis resulted in $200 million in bad debt on Aave’s books, despite not a single line of its…
May 10, 2026
Infrastructure

Policy at Consensus Miami: State of Crypto

This was a hectic week. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
May 10, 2026
Infrastructure

Morgan Stanley’s MSBT ends first trading month with 0 outflows amid Bitcoin ETFs 6-week inflow streak

The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust completed its first month of trading without a single day of net outflows, providing an…
May 10, 2026
Infrastructure

Agentic commerce will run on crypto rails, PayPal and Google reps tell Consensus Miami

Senior figures from PayPal and Google Cloud said open payment protocols, machine-readable merchant catalogs and multi-party crypto custody are needed…
May 10, 2026