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How a Solana feature designed for convenience let attackers drain more than $270 million from Drift
The exploit did not involve a bug in Drift's code. It used "durable nonces," a legitimate Solana transaction feature, to pre-sign administrative transfers weeks before executing them, bypassing the protocol's multisig security in minutes.

Startup lets researchers mine blockchain tasks on a quantum computer for the first time
Built with advice and hardware access from D-Wave, the testnet has drawn 13,000 sign-ups and early work from six research teams, but remains an experimental environment rather than a live mainnet.

Ripple Treasury puts XRP and RLUSD inside corporate finance for the first time
The treasury management system, built on Ripple's 2025 acquisition of GTreasury, lets CFOs view and manage digital assets alongside fiat in a single dashboard without separate custody or wallet infrastructure.

Oil trader takes $17 million hit as tokenized crude rivals bitcoin liquidations
Brent crude futures on Hyperliquid recorded $46.6 million in liquidations, behind only ether and bitcoin. The single largest liquidation was a $17.17 million oil position.

Bitcoin, ether, solana slide further as Trump threatens to hit Iran 'extremely hard'
Crypto and equities sold off after the president's national address undermined a two-day rally built on expectations the war was ending. Oil jumped 5% to above $106.

Bitcoin’s crashes are shrinking, and Wall Street is starting to notice
Not all analysts agree that further drawdowns are over, as Bloomberg Analyst Mike McGlone insists the crypto bubble is over and bitcoin could still revisit $10,000.

OpenAI raises a record $122 billion as revenue crosses $2 billion per month
The funding round, anchored by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, is the largest private funding in history.

Bitcoin ETFs post first monthly inflows since October as price stabilizes
ETF AUM fell just 7% from the October highs, highlighting resilience despite a 50% price decline.

Uniswap Foundation held $85.8M at year-end, committed $26M in grants during 2025
Unaudited financials show the DeFi protocol's foundation had runway through January 2027 before the UNIfication governance overhaul passed in late December.

These catalysts could bump bitcoin as Trump hands three-week target to end Iran war
Asian stocks surged 4% and S&P 500 futures jumped after Trump said the conflict could conclude without a deal with Tehran, while Morgan Stanley's newly approved bitcoin ETF at 14 basis points opens a $6.2 trillion advisory channel.

