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Ethereum’s top sandwich bot hit for $7.5M in a counter-MEV trap
More than $7.5 million has been wiped from Jaredfromsubway.eth’s holdings after the notorious Ethereum sandwich bot fell victim to an attacker’s scheme. Attackers baited the automated bot with a fake trade setup. Early analysis suggests the drain may have occurred through a sophisticated counter-MEV strategy designed to exploit the bot’s own automated trading logic. Blockchain...
Sun, Jun 21
Galaxy CEO says Fed rate cuts could revive Bitcoin and silence critics
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz thinks Bitcoin’s recent struggles may not last much longer. Speaking on a podcast with Anthony Scaramucci, Novogratz said a change in U.S. monetary policy could revive the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Bitcoin has been depressed in recent months, with weak prices, low retail interest, and increasing pessimism about its price, he...
Sat, Jun 20
Namada exploit drains $600,000 as Cosmos ecosystem absorbs another hack
Privacy blockchain Namada has lost roughly $600,000 in an exploit, wiping nearly all value from its multi-asset shielded pool and adding to a string of security failures across the Cosmos ecosystem this year. Namada confirmed the breach on June 20, in a post made on X, stating that its team was “investigating the issue” and...
Sat, Jun 20
America wants to win the AI race but its own contradictions keep getting in the way
The United States is worried that China has its hands on advanced chip-making machines, sent to them by ASML. Howard Lutnick, the US Commerce Secretary, reportedly sat down with ASML executives several times to share his fear that an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine had somehow landed in Chinese hands. Such a move would break...
Sat, Jun 20
Iran orders another shutdown of Strait of Hormuz
Iran has once again ordered the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and this decision is being justified by the fact that there have been more attacks on Lebanon. The Iranians are saying that the US and Israelis did not stick to the terms of the ceasefire agreement reached just a few days ago. The...
Sat, Jun 20
UK readies new clash with Big Tech over plan to force YouTube and Meta to promote British news
Following its social media ban, Britain’s government is preparing regulations that would force YouTube, Meta and other platforms to give greater priority to content from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and other British public service broadcasters. The UK government has been picking fights with major tech companies. Its social media ban for under-16s drew sharp...
Sat, Jun 20
ENS DAO proposes expanding Foundation powers in governance overhaul
The Ethereum Name Service DAO, otherwise known as the ENS DAO, published a temp check proposal on June 19 to restructure how the organization operates. The proposal, authored by katherine.eth and posted on the ENS governance forum, states that the DAO’s current structure forces token voters into operational decisions they sometimes have no business making....
Sat, Jun 20
FBI will find you: Director Kash Patel issues blunt warning to crypto fraudsters
FBI Director Kash Patel posted a blunt warning on X on June 19, telling crypto fraudsters, "FBI will find you," as the bureau leans harder into asset recovery and cross-border tracking.
Sat, Jun 20
UK court tests whether Bitcoin debts must be repaid in Bitcoin
A London case is posing an important question for English law: whether a judge would be able to compel one party to give back Bitcoin or only its pound-sterling equivalent. This is important since fluctuations in the value of Bitcoin will make the payment of the debt either more or less favorable, depending on what...
Sat, Jun 20
MiCA countdown: Italy’s Conio secures EU crypto license
Fintech startup Conio has gained its crypto-asset service provider (CASP) license under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), landing one of the final licenses before unlicensed firms lose the right to offer crypto services across the bloc on June 30. The approval, which involved reviews by Italy’s Consob and the Bank of Italy, covers...
Sat, Jun 20
India’s ED targets on-ramp/off-ramp firms in cross-border crypto probe
India's Enforcement Directorate searched six premises linked to five Bengaluru-based crypto payment firms, alleging unauthorized cross-border transfers totaling over ₹2,500 crore.
Sat, Jun 20
Aave V4 targets Wall Street’s $12 trillion repo market
Stani Kulechov, on June 19 pitched Aave V4 as a bridge between Wall Street and DeFi, arguing that bringing securities financing on-chain could unlock a multi-trillion-dollar market and accelerate institutional adoption of crypto-native infrastructure. Specifically, this initiative would be directed towards three parts of Wall Street’s securities financing industry: collateralized loans backed by securities, repurchase...
Sat, Jun 20
Axelar-bridged tokens worth $4.67 million drained in Secret Network contract exploit
Approximately $4.67 million worth of tokens were drained from Secret Network after an attacker exploited an ICS-20-based smart contract used to facilitate cross-chain transfers, according to Axelar’s June 19 statement. The incident exposed another weakness in the bridge infrastructure connecting Cosmos-based blockchains, but Axelar said the issue was isolated to the Secret-side ICS-20 smart contract...
Sat, Jun 20
CFTC bans Mashinsky from trading for life, closing the regulator’s first crypto-lender case
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission permanently banned Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky from commodity trading and CFTC registration through a consent order entered on June 18 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The order concludes the agency’s July 2023 fraud case and ends what the CFTC has referred to as...
Sat, Jun 20
MGX explores multi-billion-dollar acquisition of data center operator DayOne in push to dominate AI infrastructure
Abu Dhabi-backed AI investor MGX is reportedly weighing a multibillion-dollar buyout of DayOne, which operates a data center in Singapore. The deal will come as MGX’s first acquisition in Asia and would highlight the mounting competition among the various parties who seek to obtain the necessary data center infrastructures to fuel the growth of AI...
Sat, Jun 20
Japan plans $65 billion physical AI push by 2040 to offset a shrinking workforce
On June 19, Japan’s government unveiled a plan to funnel 10.5 trillion yen ($65.1 billion) in combined public and private investment into physical artificial intelligence across 17 strategic sectors by fiscal 2040, according to Nikkei Asia. This is the fifth major policy move made by the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi within just four...
Sat, Jun 20
Trump says "Anthropic is no longer a national security threat" after G7 lunch with Amodei
President Donald Trump told Axios’s Marc Caputo in a pre-taped interview published June 19 that he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat, two days after meeting CEO Dario Amodei at the G7 summit. Asked whether Anthropic or Amodei posed a threat, Trump said, “Well, not now, but a week ago, maybe.” ⚠️...
Fri, Jun 19
Sam Altman's growing legend gains new chapter as Amazon shelves biopic over OpenAI ties
Sam Altman has faced boardroom coups, billion-dollar lawsuits, and personal allegations, and now, he can add Hollywood drama to the list after Amazon pulled its nearly finished biopic about him. Observers are viewing Amazon’s action as its way of avoiding the risk of offending a $50 billion business partner. Amazon MGM Studios confirmed on Thursday...
Fri, Jun 19
Rep. Bryan Steil introduce bill seeking to block congress from prediction market wagers
The bill also seeks to prevent members of the congress on betting on any political outcome they learn about as a result of their job.
Fri, Jun 19
Nansen CEO: CZ missed chance to own SBF's $100 billion venture portfolio
Nansen’s CEO, Alex Svanevik, has pointed out that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) would have become one of the most valuable venture portfolios in tech history by now if his company had completed the acquisition of FTX in November 2022. A Forbes analysis released back in May showed that Sam Bankman-Fried’s personal and FTX-linked investments,...
Fri, Jun 19
