DappRadar Shuts Down After 7 Years as RADAR Token Crashes 36%

DappRadar announced Monday it’s closing after seven years of tracking decentralized applications across dozens of blockchains. The platform’s team said operations became “financially unsustainable in the current environment” after exploring every option to keep the business alive. The RADAR token dropped 36% following the announcement, according to CoinMarketCap. Token holders are waiting for details on…

DappRadar Shuts Down After 7 Years as RADAR Token Crashes 36%

New Amatera Stealer Targets 149+ Crypto Wallets Using Fake CAPTCHA Trick

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign using fake CAPTCHA to deploy Amatera Stealer, an information-stealing tool specifically designed to target cryptocurrency wallets. The malware, tracked by eSentire as part of the EVALUSION campaign, compromises 149+ browser-based crypto wallets and 43+ password managers through advanced evasion techniques that bypass standard security tools. Amatera represents a…

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Binance Adds BlackRock BUIDL Tokenized Treasuries as Institutional Collateral

Binance integrated BlackRock’s $2.5 billion tokenized Treasury fund BUIDL as off-exchange collateral on Friday, letting institutional clients use the yield-bearing asset to back trading positions while keeping funds with third-party custodians. A new BUIDL share class also launched on BNB Chain, extending the token beyond Ethereum into Binance’s native DeFi ecosystem. The move bridges traditional…

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Zcash Surge Reignites Bitcoin Privacy Debate Over OP_CAT Soft Fork

StarkWare founder Eli Ben-Sasson thinks Zcash’s recent surge might finally get Bitcoin developers to care about privacy. After years of watching the community ignore the issue, he’s pointing to ZEC’s 30% jump and renewed institutional interest as proof that demand for private transactions isn’t going away. Bitcoin’s transparency is both its strength and weakness. Every…

Zcash Surge Reignites Bitcoin Privacy Debate Over OP_CAT Soft Fork

Jack Dorsey’s Square Rolls Out Bitcoin Payments for 4 Million Merchants

Square officially launched Bitcoin payments on Monday, enabling four million merchants to accept BTC at checkout. Jack Dorsey’s payment processor integrated the feature directly into its point-of-sale system, making Bitcoin a payment option at potentially millions of physical locations across eight countries. Sellers can choose how they handle BTC transactions; either by receiving Bitcoin directly,…

Jack Dorsey’s Square Rolls Out Bitcoin Payments for 4 Million Merchants

Tempo Leads $25M Round for Commonware in First Strategic Investment

Crypto infrastructure startup Commonware has raised $25 million in a funding round led by Tempo, the payments-focused blockchain network launched by Stripe and Paradigm in September. The deal marks Tempo’s first venture investment since its public debut. Commonware develops open-source software that allows companies to build and deploy custom blockchains. The startup, founded in 2024,…

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Tom Lee’s $11B Digital Asset Treasury Teeters as ETH Dips 14%, But He Urges Investors to ‘Buy the Dip’

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee has told investors to “BTFD” this week while BitMine Immersion, the digital asset treasury company he chairs, faces mounting pressure from the same market volatility he’s urging others to buy into. BitMine Immersion holds the world’s largest public Ethereum stockpile valued at $11.36 billion, consisting of 3,395,422 ETH and 192 BTC. The…

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RedStone Fires Back at DeFi Contagion With New Risk Ratings After $20B Wipeout

In a move that’s resonating across a bruised and battered DeFi landscape, modular oracle network RedStone has officially launched Credora, a DeFi-native risk ratings platform. The launch is just weeks after a brutal market crash on October 10 liquidated over $20 billion in leveraged positions, sending a stark reminder that high yields often hide catastrophic…

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