Bitcoin’s complexity paradox: How layer-2 scalers became AI's main target
A string of incidents involving Coldcard, Lightning and Liquid highlights how AI is changing the economics of finding bugs in bitcoin infrastructure.
Circle to acquire Tazapay to expand USDC cross-border payments
Tazapay processes $25 billion in annualized volume and offers payout rails across 100-plus markets, extending Circle’s USDC payments reach.Circle has agreed to acquire Singapore-based cross-border payments platform Tazapay in a deal expected to close in 2027.The transaction will also require customary closing conditions and approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Circle said in a…
Bitcoin ETFs are still $1 billion shy of breaking even in 2026
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 8, 2026
How Curve's soft liquidation model lets borrowers survive market drawdowns
Data tracked by lending platform Curve data tracked 704 soft-liquidation instances lasting a median 14.5 days, showing how some DeFi loans can survive for weeks after entering the ‘danger zone.’
Cronos executes controversial blockchain rollback to recover crypto worth $111 million
Validators rolled back nearly two hours of blockchain history to recover user assets. But the attackers still managed to get away with $9.19 million before Cronos halted the network.
Bitcoin slips to $78,800 as BNB and DeFi tokens buck the selloff
Bitcoin fell 0.42% since midnight UTC to $78,874, but the CoinDesk 20 rose 0.2% and the memecoin index gained 0.41% as BNB Chain tokens rallied.
Uzbekistan begins government bond-backed stablecoin payment pilot
Humo Digital will test HUMO payments with more than 20 merchants under a sandbox jointly overseen by NAPP and Uzbekistan’s central bank.Uzbekistan has launched a pilot to test payments with a som-pegged stablecoin backed by government securities. On Monday, the National Agency for Prospective Projects (NAPP) said it had registered Humo Digital as a participant in…
Ledger CTO urges AI bug hunter responsibility, warns against ‘attention farming’
Ledger and Trezor said researchers have a responsibility to publish their findings if vendors fail to fix bugs within an agreed disclosure window.Hardware wallet makers Ledger and Trezor called for more responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilities.In a Monday post on X, Ledger chief technology officer Charles Guillemet said artificial intelligence has made bugs easier to…
Robinhood chain to generate $160M in annual fees by 2028: Bernstein
Growing demand for tokenized stock trading may drive the Robinhood chain’s annual fees to $160 million by 2028, predicted analysts from Bernstein.Trading platform Robinhood’s blockchain network is expected to generate as much as $160 million in annual fees by 2028, Bernstein analysts forecast in a Tuesday report shared with Cointelegraph.The analysts cited growing demand for…
Stablecoins could save South Korean merchants up to $3.8 billion a year, budget office says
South Korea’s budget office warned that stablecoin adoption could reduce banks’ roles as credit intermediaries and potentially destabilize token pegs during mass redemptions.
