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Why the UK financial watchdog is drafting new rules for tokenized gold
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is preparing new regulatory guidelines for tokenized gold and other digital assets, with an announcement on its progress expected in the…
This bitcoin miner rejected BIP-110 despite mining through a pool that supported it
A bitcoin miner operating through the Ocean mining pool has publicly declined to signal support for BIP110, even though the pool itself had been backing the proposal by default.…
Bitcoin Red Team founder turns to Chinese AI: ‘It absolutely guts me’
Bitcoin Red Team, a security initiative dedicated to probing the digital asset ecosystem for weaknesses, has uncovered 1,288 critical and highlevel vulnerabilities across Bitcoin…
Crypto’s first quantum attack will look like unexplained breach: Quantus founder
The first quantumpowered attack against cryptocurrency won't announce itself with a dramatic headline. Instead, it will likely masquerade as an ordinary security breach — an…
Ex-US defense secretary calls CLARITY Act a ‘national security bill’
A former US defense secretary is framing pending crypto legislation as a matter of national security, arguing that the United States must set clear digital asset rules or risk…
BIP-110 Bitcoin branch stalls after two blocks as gap widens
An experimental Bitcoin branch tied to BIP110 has ground to a halt after producing just two blocks, underscoring how little mining power is currently backing the enforcing fork as…
BTCPay restricts remote Lightning access after attackers steal funds
BTCPay Server has moved to restrict remote access to Lightning nodes after attackers exploited the setup to drain funds from cryptocurrency operators, according to reports from…
Bitcoin hits block 961,632 as the controversial BIP-110 soft fork attempt begins
Bitcoin reached block height 961,632 on Thursday, triggering the start of a mandatory signaling period for BIP110, a contentious soft fork proposal that has drawn sharp criticism…
Brazil's central bank orders exchanges to delay large crypto transfers abroad
Brazil's central bank has issued a directive requiring cryptocurrency exchanges to introduce delays on large transfers sent abroad, a move regulators say is aimed at strengthening…
New XRP Ledger amendments target $530 million in tokenized Wall Street assets
The XRP Ledger is set to receive a fresh batch of technical amendments aimed at making the network more attractive to institutions handling tokenized realworld assets, with a…
Bitcoin holders risk losing real BTC if they sell coins from BIP-110 fork, says developer
A Bitcoin developer is warning that holders who rush to sell coins on a potential minority chain created by the BIP110 fork could inadvertently lose their real BTC, cautioning…
A part of FTX survived, and it’s the case for the CLARITY Act
When FTX imploded in late 2022, the wreckage was staggering — but a small, often overlooked portion of the empire endured. According to Bullish's Randi Abernethy, the parts of FTX…
Fierce backlash to Ethereum’s EIP-8363 staking proposal
A newly proposed change to Ethereum's staking model, EIP8363, has sparked heated debate across the crypto community, with critics warning that the plan to curb ETH issuance could…
Bitcoiners turn to dice throws as self-custody setups are re-evaluated
Bitcoin holders are increasingly rolling physical dice to generate their wallet keys, embracing an oldschool method for randomness as recent hardware vulnerabilities force a fresh…
Why Bitcoin's BIP-110 refuses to die despite near-zero miner support
Bitcoin's BIP110 proposal continues to inch toward its activation date despite securing almost no support from miners, a paradox rooted in its useractivated design that sidesteps…
Ethereum staking token weETH splits from restaking as rewards debate heats up
Ether.fi's popular staking token weETH is being decoupled from restaking exposure, a structural shift that arrives just as a contentious proposal to cap validator rewards splits…



