Record Breaking Binance Hack Hits Markets, Kalshi Hits New Valuation, And More – Weekly Recap
This week’s stories spanned exchange security, prediction markets, bitcoin treasury risk, earnings and tokenization. Binance investigated a potential multibillion-dollar hack, while Kalshi raised another $1 billion at a $40 billion valuation. Datavault AI said it could not access 817.6 BTC, Coinbase
That Rusty Cast Iron Skillet at a Garage Sale Could Be Worth Up to $3,000
Not all vintage cast iron is created equal: at the February 2025 Air Works Consignment Auction, a Griswold No. 13 (14-inch) skillet sold for $2,600 to $3,300, squarely in the garage-sale jackpot range. The biggest tell is the branding, with Griswold’s earliest ERIE-era marks and the ultra-rare Erie
AI/Tech Selloff Drives Massive Crypto Tailwind, Experts Say
Despite the recent hack that affected Binance, causing over $6 billion in losses to the company, industry leaders still believe that the cryptocurrency market might benefit from a downturn in the U.S. tech/AI equity sector, with investors pivoting liquidity to digital assets. Defiance Capital CEO Is
Bitcoin’s Volatility Calendar: What Dates Matter, and What Are Myths
As bitcoin traders brace for one scheduled event after another, the data suggests there is less to worry about unless you trade one-minute BTC charts. Volatility spikes right after an announcement, lasts about an hour in most cases, and then subsides, with the price usually hovering near where it st
Curve Launches First Native Non-EVM StableSwap Deployment on Stellar
Curve launched native StableSwap functionality on Stellar mainnet, adding permissionless pools and swaps for compatible assets. The separately discussed
Anchorpoint Taps Solana to Launch HKDAP Regulated Stablecoin
The Standard Chartered-led consortium entered a strategic collaboration with the Solana Foundation, aiming to bring its HKDAP stablecoin to the Solana ecosystem and enable native minting and redemptions on the Solana blockchain, targeting retail, local, and international adoption. Anchorpoint To Bri
Michael Saylor Sees Stronger Crypto Security After Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack
Michael Saylor expects the crypto industry to strengthen security after Binance's $6.3 billion hack. The Strategy executive chairman also backed the exchange's commitment to use its own balance sheet to make customers whole. Saylor Sees Lessons From Binance Security Failures Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: M
XRP Hit First in Binance Hack: Five Wallets Drained in About Four Minutes
Binance's wallet breach involved approximately $296 million in XRP transfers, blockchain investigators found. Ripple froze stolen RLUSD during the response, and the exchange subsequently said its XRP customer balances were fully backed. Five Payments Consolidated $296 Million Binance lost approximat
AI Gives Crypto Hackers Machine Speed as Billions Sit at Risk
Crypto is confronting a dangerous collision between increasingly valuable digital assets and artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can automate phishing, vulnerability research, and credential theft at machine speed. Recent multibillion-dollar breaches are not all AI-driven, but security researc