Cryptocurrencies

On June 18, a hacker breached an unused smart contract on the Aztec L2 network. According to a preliminary estimate, the amount of damage is about $2.15 million. We are investigating a potential exploit affecting a deprecated Aztec payments product from 2021. ~$2m was transferred from the immutable smart contract in

The government of the Kingdom of Bhutan transferred 533 bitcoins worth about $34.5 million to the Binance crypto exchange. The operations were recorded by analysts of the Arkham Intelligence platform. The transfers came from a wallet linked to the state investment company Druk Holding & Investments. The largest

Despite the fact that the bitcoin (BTC) rate holds above $64,200, seller pressure on the market is not easing. As CryptoQuant analyst Arab Chain notes, the cumulative volume delta (CVD) indicator on the Binance exchange remains deep in the negative zone — about −899,000 BTC, which reflects a clear predominance of sell

The banking giant HSBC has entered into a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to integrate artificial intelligence into its global operations. The parties will focus on using Gemini models from Google DeepMind. As part of the cooperation, the bank plans to launch more than 200 AI use cases over two years.

The investment company VanEck published an analysis of the transformation of bitcoin miners into infrastructure providers for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC). The analysts concluded that the market increasingly values mining companies not as a cryptocurrency business but as operators of

Enegix Global, a company specializing in infrastructure for digital energy and mining, announced the launch of Omanhash.om — the official national pool for cryptocurrency mining in Oman. The project was implemented with the support of the country's Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology

Rodney Burton, known as Bitcoin Rodney, pleaded guilty in the HyperFund case. He agreed with the charge of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. According to the U.S. prosecution, Burton promoted HyperFund from June 2020 to January 2022. Under the agreement, he received at least $7.85

Snap shares fell 9.72% after CEO Evan Spiegel unveiled the Specs AR glasses for $2,195 at AWE 2026 amid criticism of the design from investors.

The Chinese superconducting computer Origin Wukong has integrated a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) architecture. The system has already performed more than 1 million computing tasks in protected mode, Global Times reports. The 72-qubit computer uses the built-in Origin Rock software module. The solution protects data

Ki Young Ju, head of the analytics platform CryptoQuant, has stated that the era of altcoins is not over, but projects without fundamental value are doomed to disappear. He singled out three categories of tokens that, in his view, have a chance at long-term success. As Ki Young Ju put it, the crypto market is entering