Trusted Volumes Confirms $6.7M DeFi Resolver Exploit

TrustedVolumes, an independent market maker and resolver used by 1inch Fusion, confirmed it was exploited and said about $6.7 million in stolen funds are being held across three Ethereum addresses. In a Thursday X post, the market maker said the stolen funds were split across three wallets, with two addresses each holding about $3 million…

OpenTrade Raises $17 Million to Expand Stablecoin Yield Platform

OpenTrade, an institutional-grade platform for onchain and real-world asset (RWA)-backed lending and stablecoin yield products, has raised fresh capital to expand its yield infrastructure. The platform secured $17 million in its latest strategic funding round led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, OpenTrade said in a Wednesday announcement seen by Cointelegraph. The new funding will…

Key Bitcoin Metric Suggest BTC Price Has Room for Further Expansion

Bitcoin (BTC) buyers resumed their activity during the early Asian trading hours on Wednesday, pushing the price to a new multi-month high of $82,240. Onchain indicators, including the short-term holder (STH) cost basis, suggest that the BTC price can go higher, with the next big target at $92,000.  Key takeaways: Bitcoin holders are back in…

Quantum Also Adds Proof-of-Ownership Headaches

Blockchain protocols preparing for the quantum computing threat should also consider how to quickly verify ownership on the blockchain if funds are stolen, the development and research team behind the layer-1 NEAR Protocol said. Concerns that quantum computers could eventually break blockchain cryptography have fueled worries about private keys and wallet security, but most of…

BTC lenders say institutions want crypto credit to look more like TradFi

Bitcoin lenders may need to become more like traditional finance firms, not less, if they want institutional capital to keep flowing into the sector. At Consensus 2026 in Miami, Alexander Blume, founder and CEO of institutional bitcoin lender Two Prime, argued that the next stage of crypto credit growth will depend less on decentralized finance…

Stablecoin Industry Opposes Bank of England’s Unhosted Wallet Ban

As the UK considers options to attract and develop the crypto industry at home, the Bank of England (BOE) has put forward several proposals for how it might regulate stablecoins to mitigate perceived financial risks. These have included a ban on custodial wallets for stablecoin holdings. The UK crypto industry, from stablecoin issuers to Bitcoin…

Bitcoin Dominance Hits 61% as Altcoin Volumes Regain Momentum

Bitcoin dominance climbed to 61% on Wednesday, its highest level since November 2025. The metric has risen from 58.44% at the start of April, proving that the bullish trend continues to favor BTC over the wider crypto market. In the last two months, altcoin volumes on Binance also increased by 49%, while 12.6% of altcoins…

Bitcoin Tops $82K As Altcoins Push Through Key Resistance Levels

Key points: Bitcoin is expected to face selling at $84,000, but a shallow pullback increases the likelihood of an upside breakout. Several major altcoins are showing strength at lower levels, but the bears are expected to pose substantial challenges at the resistance level. Bitcoin (BTC) rallied above $82,800 on Wednesday, but bulls were unable to…

JPMorgan, Mastercard Make US Treasury Transfer on XRP Ledger

Wall Street bank JPMorgan and credit card giant Mastercard said they have completed the first cross-border, cross-bank redemption of a tokenized US Treasury fund, working with Ripple’s XRP Ledger and interbank settlement rails. The pilot transaction involved blockchain tokenization platform Ondo Finance redeeming the US Ondo Short-Term US Government Treasuries (OUSG) fund for Ripple on…

ETH Stuck Below $2.4K Despite Wider Crypto Market Recovery

Key takeaways: A sharp fifty percent drop in exchange activity and decentralized application revenue is stalling Ether price growth. Institutional investor interest in Ether remains under pressure as major holders like Bitmine face billions in unrealized losses.  Ether (ETH) has failed to sustain levels above $2,400 for the past three months, consistently lagging behind most…