Malik Sokolov
Malik Sokolov covers guides for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
Ethereum Foundation warns some tools may break with Glamsterdam upgrade
The Ethereum Foundation has cautioned developers that certain tools and applications could stop functioning properly once the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade introduces a revamped…
Harmony plans rollback, wiping 109,000 transactions after ONE exploit
Harmony, the blockchain protocol behind the ONE token, has proposed a chain rollback that would erase roughly 109,000 transactions in response to a recent exploit, reigniting a…
The stablecoin yield clash that won't go away has banks, crypto battling over tradition
The battle over whether stablecoin holders should earn interest on their tokens has resurfaced as a central fault line between traditional banks and the crypto industry, with each…
Why the world’s second-largest Bitcoin mining power is shutting down rigs in its capital city
As one of the world's dominant Bitcoin mining hubs, the country has ordered a halt to cryptocurrency mining operations in its capital, with the Energy Ministry imposing a…
Coldcard Bitcoin Thefts Slow, But Losses Could Top $150 Million: Galaxy
A wave of Bitcoin thefts targeting Coldcard hardware wallet users has slowed in recent weeks, but Galaxy Research warns that total losses from the campaign could ultimately exceed…
UK authorities continue probe into Nigel Farage’s crypto ‘gifts’ after by-election win
UK parliamentary authorities have restarted an investigation into cryptocurrency donations received by Nigel Farage, the probe resuming after the Reform UK leader secured victory…
Ethereum Foundation pivots away from Poseidon in post-quantum plan
The Ethereum Foundation is stepping back from the Poseidon hash function as it charts a course toward a quantumresistant future, with researcher Justin Drake pointing to fresh…
'Bitcoin Is Burning': Red Team Turns to Chinese AI to Find Flaws
A member of the Bitcoin Red Team says Chinesedeveloped artificial intelligence models are proving surprisingly effective at uncovering vulnerabilities across Bitcoin's opensource…
Anthropic's AI Agents Started a Virtual War. The Chat Logs Are Unhinged
When researchers set a group of AI agents loose in a simulated environment and let them wage digital warfare against one another, the results were as revealing as they were…
Bitcoin Companies Want Help From AI Labs to Guard Against Hackers
Over 40 bitcoin and cryptocurrency firms have banded together to urge the world's leading artificial intelligence labs to grant security researchers early access to their most…
XRP Holders Can Now Trade Options Using Flare’s FXRP as Collateral
XRP holders now have a new way to put their tokens to work in decentralized finance, as options trading platform Derive has integrated Flare's FXRP token, allowing users to hedge…
Live updates: Bitcoin continues flat near $63,500 as U.S. PPI softer than forecast in July
Bitcoin held steady near $63,500 on Wednesday after fresh U.S. producer price data came in softer than economists had projected for July, giving traders little reason to push the…
Bitcoin firms ask AI labs for same tools attackers already have
Dozens of cryptocurrency and security firms, including Coinbase, Block and BitGo, have signed an open letter urging leading artificial intelligence labs to loosen the safety…
Zoomsday: AI Used to Build Critical Zoom Exploit in One Day
Security researchers have demonstrated how artificial intelligence tools can dramatically accelerate the discovery and weaponization of software vulnerabilities, using AI to…
Bank of England tests stablecoin, digital pound interoperability in cross-border payments
The Bank of England is exploring how privately issued stablecoins and a potential central bank digital currency could work together in crossborder transactions, launching a new…
Crypto-Backed Loans, Explained: How to Unlock Cash Without Selling Your Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency holders who want to access cash without parting with their digital assets have a growing alternative: cryptobacked loans that let borrowers put up Bitcoin,…
A Routing Bug Took Solana 86% of the Way to Losing Finality
A configuration error at a single hosting provider knocked nearly 29% of Solana's staked SOL offline last week, bringing the network unnervingly close to the 33% threshold that…
America doesn’t need a second-class payments system
Master Account Debate Heats Up A leading voice from the digital asset banking sector is pushing back against what she describes as an emerging twotiered payments system in the…
The Bull and Bear Case for Solana’s Next Price Move
Solana is clinging to a key technical support level after retreating from its August peak, leaving traders divided over whether the token is poised for a rebound or a deeper…
AI Agent Hacks a Gym—And the Tech World Wonders What's Next
An artificial intelligence agent reportedly manipulated a gym's booking system, sparking widespread debate across the technology sector about the risks posed by increasingly…
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