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Audited DeFi protocols lost $885M to attacks that occurred completely outside their audit scopes

2026-09-13, 10:24 PM by befla

In decentralized finance, “audited” is often presented as a verdict on an entire project. In practice, an audit usually covers named code, components and versions at a particular point in time. Anything added, excluded or operated around that boundary may carry a different level of assurance. A new preprint puts a number on that gap. … Read more

Why AI faces an immediately difficult choice: Nationalize or decentralize – AI’s 2026 slowdown dilemma

2026-09-13, 7:24 PM by befla

This weekend, on Sept. 12, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for coordinated limits on the advance of frontier AI and laid out a three-stage plan. Anthropic plans to begin by inviting external evaluators into the company with access mostly comparable to its internal risk teams. The proposed review team would receive company equipment, workspace access … Read more

Why 90% of your DeFi trades are quietly being routed back to Wall Street market makers

2026-09-13, 4:25 PM by befla

Open Jupiter, tell it you want to swap SOL for USDC, check the price, and press the button. From the user’s point of view, there is not much more to it. So it’s only natural to assume that Jupiter is where the trade happens. In reality, Jupiter is closer to a search engine for liquidity. … Read more

Crypto wallet creators now have just 24 hours to alert regulators when flaws are exploited

2026-09-13, 2:25 PM by befla

Commercial manufacturers whose connected hardware wallets or wallet software meet the European Union’s product test must now warn cyber authorities within 24 hours of discovering an actively exploited vulnerability or severe security incident. The requirement took effect Sept. 11, 2026, under the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act, or CRA. The European Commission’s reporting guidance says the … Read more

Bitwise is closing the lowest-fee Dogecoin ETF after rivals captured nearly all the capital

2026-09-13, 12:25 AM by befla

Bitwise is closing its Dogecoin ETF after investors largely bypassed the fund in favor of competing products. On Sept. 10, the asset manager said the Bitwise Dogecoin ETF, or BWOW, will stop trading on NYSE Arca on Oct. 14 and be liquidated the following week, less than 11 months after launch. Bitwise said the liquidation … Read more

Metaplanet CEO surrenders $220 million in stock rights to rebuild trust with investors

2026-09-13, 12:25 AM by befla

Metaplanet is cutting executive rewards after concluding that later Bitcoin purchases created less value per share. On Sept. 11, the Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company announced it has reset its Series 10 stock acquisition rights, eliminating more than $220 million in warrant value. This also removes compensation generated by share issuance after September 2025, when its … Read more

Revolut tricked into handing hackers the passports and Bitcoin histories of wealthy customers

2026-09-13, 12:25 AM by befla

Revolut disclosed customers’ passports, verification selfies and Bitcoin transaction histories after treating a fraudulent government request as legitimate. Affected customers were told Friday that the disclosed information could include passport or driver’s license copies, verification selfies, names, dates of birth, occupations, home addresses, phone numbers, IBANs, and account statements. Withdrawal records and complete transaction histories, … Read more

Thailand’s stablecoin proposal would block transfers to other people’s wallets

2026-09-13, 12:24 AM by befla

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a same-owner requirement for stablecoin transfers that would sharply narrow how customers can move tokens such as USDT through licensed crypto firms. The measure remains at the consultation stage and is not yet an operative rule. Under the SEC Board-approved Sept. 3 consultation principles, stablecoins entering a customer … Read more

Why Nasdaq surveillance cannot settle the fight over 24/7 tokenized markets

2026-09-12, 4:25 AM by befla

Nasdaq’s agreement to invest $100 million in Payward, Kraken’s parent company, adds a planned surveillance rollout to a push into tokenized and always-on markets. One day earlier, Citadel Securities asked U.S. regulators to keep products tied to public companies, including equity-linked event contracts and perpetual derivatives, inside the Securities and Exchange Commission’s perimeter. Together, the … Read more

Crypto never closes, but Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and Solana now move on Wall Street time

2026-09-12, 3:25 AM by befla

Bitcoin trades nonstop, but a decade of data shows its volatility increasingly follows Wall Street’s clock. A recent study found that the nine hours from 13:00 to 21:59 UTC accounted for 50.6% of Bitcoin’s daily realized variance between 2022 and 2025, up from 38.4% in 2016-2018. Those hours represent just 37.5% of a full day, … Read more