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Scallop Confirms Targeted Exploit: 150,000 SUI tokens Siphoned From sSUI Rewards Pool. The Sui-based DeFi protocol Scallop has confirmed that it was the target of an exploit that drained roughly 150,000 SUI from its sSUI rewards pool while revealing a decades-old bug lurking inside a deprecated smart contract. As per the official statement of the … Read more
A new academic study finds that prediction market accuracy on Polymarket comes from a small group of informed traders, not the broad crowd of participants the industry typically credits. Key Takeaways: Researchers from London Business School and Yale found only 3.14% of Polymarket accounts qualify as skilled, yet generate most price discovery. Skilled Polymarket traders … Read more
Prediction markets and CME futures traders have converged on one outcome ahead of the April 29 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting: the Federal Reserve will hold rates steady, and likely will continue doing so well into the summer. Key Takeaways: CME Fedwatch puts a Fed hold at 99% for the April 29 FOMC meeting, … Read more
Litecoin’s official account confirmed on Saturday afternoon that a zero-day bug triggered a denial-of-service attack against major mining pools, leading to a 13-block chain reorganization that reversed invalid transactions before they could settle on the main chain. Key Takeaways: Litecoin confirmed a zero-day bug hit major mining pools on April 25, 2026, enabling invalid MWEB … Read more
Ethereum Foundation confirms it sold 10,000 ETH via direct (OTC) sale to BitMine as treasury management activity under high market sensitivity. The following announcement states that the ETH was sold at an average unit price of $2,387. Sale proceeds go towards core operational activities, such as protocol development, network expansion and community grants, three of … Read more
Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has ramped up its Bitcoin purchase strategy by issuing 8 billion yen (close to $50 million) in non-interest bearing ordinary bonds solely for the purpose of further purchasing Bitcoin. Such action highlights an increasing trend among corporations where companies actively reorganize their balance sheets to have greater exposure to digital assets. … Read more
Do you think that DeFi projects are exempt from European regulation? Think again. Regulators look past technical architecture to assess who actually wields operational control. Discover why the “fully decentralised” exemption is exceptionally narrow and how this substance-over-form test dictates your MiCA obligations. MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored by … Read more
Sonic is redesigning its blockchain architecture to ease the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography. The approach avoids complex signature aggregation used by most proof-of- stake networks. Key Takeaways Sonic redesigns proof-of- stake to avoid Boneh–Lynn–Shacham aggregation, easing quantum upgrades. Shor’s algorithm risk pushes shift from Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm to hash-based schemes. Sonic Consensus System … Read more
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published a Financial Stability Institute report in April 2026, warning that the largest crypto platforms now operate as financial intermediaries without the capital buffers, deposit insurance or central bank access that apply to traditional banks. Key Takeaways: The BIS Financial Stability Institute warned in April 2026 that major crypto … Read more
Bitcoin extended its inflow streak with significant volume and a $336 million inflow, while ether’s inflow run hit its 10th day. XRP edged higher, and solana saw no inflows for the second day in a row. Key Takeaways Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) added $335.8 million on April 22, led by Blackrock IBIT, extending a 7-day … Read more