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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.
Coinbase advisory board says quantum computing threat is on the horizon, crypto needs a plan
The 50-page paper concludes that while today’s blockchains remain secure, a future “fault-tolerant quantum computer” capable of breaking widely used encryption is increasingly plausible, and preparation must begin now.
North Korea’s crypto heist playbook is expanding and DeFi keeps getting hit
More than $500 million was siphoned across the Drift and Kelp exploits in just over two weeks. What once looked like isolated breaches now resembles a sustained campaign, likely driven by the financial needs of a sanctioned state.
Aave could face up to $230 million in losses after Kelp DAO bridge exploit triggers DeFi chaos
Aave published a report outlining two possible outcomes: around $123 million in losses if damage is shared across all rsETH, or up to $230 million if confined to Layer 2s, with the final impact depending on how Kelp DAO allocates the shortfall.
Kelp DAO claims LayerZero’s 'default' settings are what actually caused the massive $290 million disaster
The liquid restaking protocol said the compromised verifier was LayerZero's own infrastructure, and the setup it was faulted for running was LayerZero's onboarding default.
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin warns of the dangers of AI being controlled by a few big tech firms
In an interview with CoinDesk, the Ethereum co-founder spoke also about Ethereum’s evolution through MetaMask, stablecoins and tokenization, while downplaying quantum computing as a long-term, manageable issue.
Sam Altman’s World project launches major upgrade to fight deepfakes and bots
The project is also expanding its partnerships with Tinder, Zoom and Docusign.
