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Ethereum Foundation finalizes sale of 10,000 ether to BitMine as part of its treasury strategy
The latest transaction follows a similar March deal in which the foundation sold 5,000 ETH to BitMine, raising roughly $10.2 million.
The Protocol: Mythos forces crypto industry to rethink security practices
Also: Aave’s $300 million recovery effort, crypto for AI agents, and Bitcoin proposal for Satoshi-linked tokens.
A crypto coalition releases technical proposal to save Aave users from a massive token exploit
DeFi United, a coalition of multiple blockchain projects and crypto ecosystem individuals, has laid out a detailed plan to restore the backing of rsETH after this month’s Kelp DAO hack sent shockwaves through lending markets.
Industry leaders are pouring hundreds of millions into a rescue plan for Aave users after massive crypto hack
The response to the DeFi recovery fund has quickly extended beyond Aave, and in some cases began with direct outreach.
Solana developers outline plan to protect network from quantum threats
Two of the network’s core developer teams, Anza and Jump Crypto’s Firedancer, have landed on the same solution: a new type of digital signature called Falcon.
How Anthropic’s Mythos model is forcing the crypto industry to rethink everything about security
DeFi leaders say that AI will arm both attackers and defenders, and widen the gap between projects that prioritize security and those that do not.
Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak says AI agents are the next big wave for crypto payments
Pollak, who will be speaking at Consensus Miami 2026 next month, also sees the open-source protocol x402 as a key part of that wave.
Inside the $71 million freeze on Arbitrum that has the crypto world questioning what decentralization really means
The emergency response prevented stolen funds from moving, but sparked debate over governance, control and the limits of decentralization on Layer 2s.
The Protocol: Kelp DAO exploited for $292 million
Also: DPRK hacking crypto, Aave contagion and Coinbase on quantum computing.
The $292 million Kelp DAO exploit shows why crypto bridges are still one of the industry's weakest links
The problem is structural and as long as bridges depend on complex systems with shared infrastructure and hidden trust assumptions, they will remain vulnerable.
