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EU Lawmakers Back Review of DeFi, Staking and NFT Regulation

The European Parliament's economic affairs committee has urged the European Commission to assess whether crypto lending and borrowing, staking, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized finance (DeFi) should be regulated.The…
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SecondFi Recovery Targets Two Weeks After $2.4M Cardano Wallet Exploit

Cardano wallet SecondFi has identified a recovery path for users affected by Tuesday's exploit and expects to begin returning assets in about two weeks, following testing and security reviews.According to a Saturday statement by Phillip…
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ESMA Tells Unauthorized Crypto Firms to Wind Down as MiCA Deadline Hits in 3 Days

Key TakeawaysEuropean regulators require unauthorized crypto firms to halt new customer onboarding and prepare orderly market exits.Clients should confirm providers appear in the ESMA Register or transfer assets to authorized…
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MemeCore Crashes 76% as MIM Breaks Peg to $0.50

Critics had questioned how MemeCore maintained a multi-billion dollar valuation despite insiders allegedly controlling 90% of supply. It’s been a difficult 24 hours for…
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ZachXBT Warns AscendEX Users of Potential Liquidity Issues and Delayed Withdrawals

On-chain analysis reportedly found limited holdings of major assets, raising concerns about the exchange's liquidity. ZachXBT says AscendEX users are experiencing…
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Base Resumes Block Production After 2-Hour Outage

Base, the blockchain backed by crypto exchange Coinbase, has returned online after the network suffered nearly a two-hour outage due to a consensus issue that halted block production.Base posted to X on Thursday after the outage that the…
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South Korean Authorities Fine Bithumb $136K over Sharing User Information Overseas

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb was order to pay a $136,000 fine after it was found to have breached personal information protections rules when it sent user data overseas.In a Thursday notice, the country's Personal…
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Does Botanix’s Failure Prove Bitcoiners Don’t Care About DeFi?

For the past two cycles, Bitcoin DeFi has lived more as a promise than a category.Programmable Bitcoin has remained a vision held by a certain breed of Bitcoin maxi who believes that the world’s largest cryptocurrency can become productive…
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Base Network Stalls After Invalid Block Freezes Sequencer

Key TakeawaysBase mainnet block production stalled for nearly 2 hours on June 25 after block #47,806,542 caused a consensus failure.Coinbase’s Base team confirmed all funds are safe, with sequencing restored by 17:51 UTC and monitoring…
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Emergency Action as Magic Internet Money (MIM) Depegs 50%

Decentralized finance platform Abracadabra said Wednesday that it launched emergency measures after its crypto-collateralized stablecoin, Magic Internet Money (MIM), fell 50% below its $1 peg. “We’re acutely aware of the MIM depeg and are…
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