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$6.75 billion stolen since 2016: CertiK flags North Korea as crypto's biggest theft threat
CertiK estimates North Korean hackers have stolen $6.75 billion in crypto since 2016.
Wed, May 13
Kyrgyzstan to permit banks, financial institutions to conduct crypto transactions
Kyrgyzstan is preparing to permit banks and other financial institutions to officially conduct cryptocurrency transactions. The changes, which will let them buy and sell digital coins, come amid new sanctions over the nation’s role in helping Russia bypass restrictions. Kyrgyzstan to authorize banks to work with cryptocurrencies The government of Kyrgyzstan plans to allow banks...
Wed, May 13
BingX Names World Champion Enzo Fernández as Global Ambassador Ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup
PANAMA CITY, May 13, 2026 – BingX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3-AI company, today named two-time football world champion Enzo Fernández as its Global Ambassador. The partnership builds on BingX’s global sports partnership strategy following its recent partnership with Scuderia Ferrari HP and renewal with Chelsea FC, arriving at a pivotal moment ahead of...
Wed, May 13
Hidden Costs in Crypto Swaps: What Clients Should Know
If you run a brokerage, a payment gateway, or an institutional trading desk, or a crypto wallet service, you’ve almost certainly heard a client ask the same question: “Why did I receive less than the screen showed?” It’s the question that erodes trust and kills repeat business. In my role at ChangeNOW, I’ve spent years...
Wed, May 13
Ex-Binance Russia head sentenced to five years over fraud
A Moscow court has sentenced the former top manager of cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s business in Russia and the region to five years in prison.
Wed, May 13
EV demand climbs in April as gas car costs lose ground
BMI shows April EV registrations reached 1.6 million.
Wed, May 13
Ethereum Foundation and Major Wallets Launch “Clear Signing” Standard to End Blind Transaction Approvals
The last few years have shown that the biggest vulnerability in crypto wallets today is blind signing. This is the practice of approving raw hex strings without knowing what they actually do. However, on Tuesday, the Ethereum Foundation officially announced that this standard is going to be phased out and replaced with clear signing alongside...
Wed, May 13
DSA’s Adrian Wall Joins Global Leaders at the Sovereign Tech for Economic Empowerment Roundtable
Washington, D.C., May 12, 2026 — The Digital Sovereignty Alliance (DSA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing clear and ethical public policy, research and education surrounding emerging technologies, successfully concluded its participation in the Sovereign Tech for Economic Empowerment Roundtable held May 7-8 at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox National Shrine in New York City....
Wed, May 13
Base x402 protocol adds batched settlement to enable sub-fraction-of-a-cent AI payments
Base creator Jesse Pollak announced on May 13 that the x402 payment protocol now supports batched settlement, in an X post. x402 now supports batched settlement this unlocks many many tiny tiny payments (<$0.0001) which is perfect for paying for just in time resources like compute and inference https://t.co/V6Kjz9jqHQ — jesse.base.eth (@jessepollak) May 13, 2026...
Wed, May 13
Altman denies deception as Musk trial puts OpenAI’s future on the line
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the witness stand in federal court in Oakland on Tuesday and told jurors he is an “honest and trustworthy businessperson,” rebutting weeks of testimony from former board members and executives who described a pattern of dishonesty.
Wed, May 13
XRP Ledger wallets holding over 10,000 XRP reach record high
More and more large holder wallets have continued to accumulate XRP, and this has ultimately led to the number of XRP Ledger wallets holding at least 10,000 XRP hitting a record 332,230, according to on-chain data from Santiment. This steady accumulation of XRP by XRP Ledger wallets is a trend that began in mid-2024, and...
Wed, May 13
JPMorgan files for tokenized money market fund on Ethereum
JPMorgan Chase has once again filed to launch a tokenized money market fund on the Ethereum blockchain with the SEC. This fund would be JPMorgan’s second such product, designed to be a reserve asset for stablecoin issuers pending approval from the SEC. The money market fund is called the JPMorgan OnChain Liquidity-Token Money Market Fund...
Wed, May 13
Aave and Kelp burn exploiter’s rsETH on Arbitrum as recovery plan moves forward
Aave and Kelp burned the exploiter’s rsETH holdings on Arbitrum on May 12, Aave said in an X post, confirming the first phase of the technical recovery plan has been completed. The first set of steps in the rsETH technical recovery plan are complete, including burning the exploiter's rsETH on Arbitrum. Progressively refilling the LayerZero...
Wed, May 13
21Shares launches first ever Hyperliquid ETF, debuts with $1.8 million trading volume on first day
21Shares launched Hyperliquid’s first ETF on Tuesday, and it has hit the ground running as the ETF recorded $1.8 million in trading volume on its first ever trading day. The ETF also saw about $1.2 million in net inflows on day one. The ETF, trading under ticker THYP on NASDAQ, gives investors exposure to Hyperliquid’s...
Wed, May 13
LIVE: Trump’s long-awaited historic trip to China begins with Jensen Nvidia and Elon Tesla
Trump has left Joint Base Andrews for China on Air Force One. He is expected to discuss trade, the Iran war, and Taiwan with Xi Jinping. Jensen Huang is joining the trip after Trump personally asked the Nvidia CEO to come. Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and more than a dozen US executives are also heading...
Wed, May 13
Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn sees Bipartisan opening in CLARITY Act update
The Senate Banking Committee released a new version of the CLARITY Act on May 12, 2026, and scheduled a committee vote for Thursday, May 14.
Wed, May 13
Mistral AI and TanStack hit in supply chain attack with SLSA-attested malware
Attackers compromised the official Mistral AI Python package on PyPI along with hundreds of other widely-used developer packages, exposing GitHub tokens, cloud credentials, and password vaults across the AI and crypto developer ecosystem. Microsoft Threat Intelligence said on May 11, it was investigating the mistralai PyPI package version 2.4.6 after discovering malicious code injected in...
Wed, May 13
XRP real-world adoption surges as monthly transactions jump 65% in one year
XRP is seeing a sharp rise in real-world usage, with on-chain activity accelerating significantly over the past year. This comes as institutional flows, tokenized assets, and payment settlement demand continue to grow across the XRP Ledger. Recent blockchain data indicates that monthly transactions on the XRP Ledger increased by 65% from 43 million to 71.5...
Wed, May 13
Kraken’s Payward and Franklin Templeton target $30B tokenized equity push
Payward and Franklin Templeton are partnering to expand tokenized finance, including tokenized equities.
Wed, May 13
Counterfeit Privacy Filter model reached top trending before takedown
A fake OpenAI repository on Hugging Face reached 244,000 downloads before removal. It delivered a Rust infostealer and targeted browser data and crypto wallets.
Tue, May 12
