Reports suggest around 2.8 $ONE reached exchange-linked addresses, although the exact amount sold or frozen is still being established.
Sadly, even as projects keep investing in security, this is a good reminder that crypto security should not only be about preventing an exploit. Project devs should also prepare for post-exploit measures.
Fast detection, real-time monitoring and exchange coordination can determine how much damage happens after an exploit.
The lesson for protocols: assume that once funds move, every minute matters.
$ETH roadmap is getting interesting beyond scaling.
The quantum-security push especially stands out ngl. Preparing for post-quantum signatures now makes sense, but larger signatures could increase calldata and verification costs.
The privacy and formal-verification work is just as important.
And native rollups could eventually move more verification into Ethereum itself instead of leaving every L2 to build its own stack.
Ethereum is not simply trying to get faster, it’s trying to make the base layer harder to break fam!
While $ETH still dominates in total value locked with nearly $41B versus $SOL $4.8B, daily activity paints a different picture.
Solana processed over 2x the DEX volume, generated 3x more app revenue, and recorded roughly 4x more active addresses. Relative to TVL, its capital is moving far more efficiently, with turnover close to 18x higher than Ethereum in this snapshot.
Much of that comes from memecoins and speculative trading, so higher velocity doesn’t necessarily mean stickier liquidity. But if Solana continues attracting more capital while maintaining this level of activity, the gap between the two ecosystems could narrow significantly.
$ETH Institutional has successfully closed its first funding round, securing backing from more than 100 ecosystem leaders.
The nonprofit, focused on accelerating institutional adoption of Ethereum, received support from BitMine, SharpLink, Ethereum co-founders Joseph Lubin and Mihai Alisie, along with over 100 other ecosystem participants.
The funding will support its mission of helping bring more institutions onchain and expanding Ethereum’s role in institutional finance.
Apple is facing a lawsuit over claims it left a fake $BTC wallet app on the App Store even after an $875,000 theft had already been reported.
According to the lawsuit, three users lost a combined $1.84M after entering their seed phrases into the fraudulent app, including one victim who reportedly lost around $840,000.
Apple told MacRumors it has since removed the fake apps impersonating Sparrow Wallet and terminated the developer accounts responsible.
⚠️ This is one of the costliest mistakes in Bitcoin history
In 2013, James Howells lost a hard drive containing 8,000 $BTC after it was mistakenly thrown away and ended up in a landfill in Newport.
He later offered to fully fund the excavation and even share the recovered Bitcoin with the local council, but the proposal was rejected. The council argued that once the drive entered the landfill, it legally became council property.
Today, those 8,000 $BTC are worth roughly $512M. At Bitcoin’s all-time high, they were valued at more than $1Billion.
Donald Trump Jr. responds to questions about the President’s reported crypto earnings.
Connell: “Your father’s financial disclosure shows he made $57 million from your crypto company, $WLFI (World Liberty Financial). He does benefit financially.”
Donald Trump Jr.: “He has the ownership, but he’s not involved in any of that. It’s walled off.”