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NEAR Intents hit by $3.8 million exploit as crypto's rough year of hacks continues

The popular cross-chain trading system said it will reimburse losses after a bug affected deposits and withdrawals across several networks.

By Krisztian Sandor10 hours ago

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Live updates: Bitcoin posts tentative gains as rates drop ahead of Friday's jobs report

The euro is losing ground versus the greenback as spiking French bond yields revive memories of the European sovereign debt crisis.

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MetaMask security incident forces Ethereum staking exits, no funds at risk

An Ethereum security researcher estimates about 0.36 ETH in rewards was diverted, while precautionary exits cover validators holding roughly 523,000 ETH.

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MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet application on a smartphone arranged in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Lending on cryptocurrency platforms rose 7.6% from last week to $29.40 billion, according to data compiled by DeFi Pulse. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

XRP Ledger starts carrying fund records from Brazil operator overseeing $4 trillion

The regulated operator is mirroring ownership of selected investment funds on XRPL while keeping its existing database as the official record.

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Ethereum users get another way to pay privately as zk.money returns after three years

The relaunched wallet hides payments made on the Aztec Network, while deposits from Ethereum remain visible.

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Graphic showing ethereum symbol on a grid with screens. (Ethereum)

Dogecoin gets DeFi testnet as DogeOS bets miners will eventually secure its apps

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Cardano tapped by Brazil’s state oil giant to track cleaner jet fuel and diesel

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Winklevoss-owned Gemini switches Zcash software ahead of faster 25-second blocks

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Zcash developers begin moving Tachyon code into faster private-payment software

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Near Intents blocks $50 million in Bitget hacker swaps, here's what happened

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Markets

Bitcoin kicks off new quarter in the old $82,000-$85,000 price range

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Citi building. (Photo: Declan Sun-Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Policy

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

SEC proposes new crypto custody rules for investment advisers and funds

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Another Trump memecoin dinner advertised for token's top investors

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THORChain rejects Bitget request to block hacker as $6 million moves to bitcoin

CoinDesk found 27 successful swaps moving about 2,390 ETH into 75.2 BTC, even as Bitget urged THORChain to stop serving addresses tied to the $387.5 million theft.

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Hackers and scammers. (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

Vitalik Buterin maps Ethereum’s shift beyond a blockchain in sweeping 2030 vision

Buterin wants Ethereum to do far more work without forcing every computer on the network to repeat the same calculations.

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Bitcoin could soon get Zcash-style 'shielded' privacy without changing its rules

Researchers have mapped out private bitcoin-denominated transfers that run alongside Bitcoin, but the system still lacks a finished way to lock up real BTC and release it again.

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Solana’s 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network

Alpenglow is running on both public test networks, giving application teams a place to check their software before the live blockchain switches.

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XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets

The feature would let users bundle up to eight transactions, including asset-and-payment transfers, but a brief drop below the network’s 80% support threshold restarted its two-week activation clock.

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