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Blockaid disclosed on X that the Alephium TokenBridge Ethereum cross-chain bridge was attacked. The attacker compromised three out of four Guardian private keys, forged a Verified Action Approval (VAA) message, and executed the attack within approximately seven minutes, stealing roughly $815,000 worth of assets. During the attack, the attacker minted 13.76 million Wrapped ALPH tokens out of thin air—exceeding the pre-attack circulating supply by over 100%—and simultaneously unlocked and withdrew assets including USDT, USDC, WBTC, and WETH from the custody pool. As of now, the attacker’s address still holds approximately $815,000 in stolen assets and 13.76 million uncollateralized Wrapped ALPH tokens; the largest anomalous transaction involved the out-of-thin-air minting of 13.76 million Wrapped ALPH tokens.
Odaily Odaily founder Rand posted on platform X, stating that with the assistance of on-chain detective ZachXBT, the team has identified the root cause of the recent cUSDC freeze incident, which is unrelated to the Zama protocol itself or privacy technology. The incident originated when a wallet address associated with the Overnight Finance hack deposited over $12.5 million USDC into Zama's cUSDC wrapper contract. Since the address was not on any sanctions list at the time of deposit and was not flagged by KYT (Know Your Transaction) tools, the funds were able to enter the protocol.Rand stated that law enforcement agencies recently issued asset restriction orders against several wallets linked to the hacker. At that time, the cUSDC wrapper contract held relatively small funds, with over 99% coming from the aforementioned hacker address. Consequently, the court ordered the freezing of the entire wrapper contract to restrict the movement of the related funds. Rand emphasized that this measure is not a sanction against Zama or privacy protocols, but a common judicial freezing measure in the DeFi space.To cooperate with the investigation, Zama has suspended the operation of the cUSDC, cUSDT, and cWETH contracts until the investigation is complete, all involved addresses are identified, and corresponding measures are taken. Rand reiterated that Zama adheres to the principle of "compliant confidentiality" and will not tolerate any illegal activities. He also indicated that a more detailed post-mortem of the incident and a plan for handling similar requests in the future will be released subsequently.
the market for Bitcoin treasury companies is becoming increasingly polarized. On one side are firms with genuine financial strategies, and on the other are companies that rely more heavily on publicity and hype.Sean Bill, co-founder of BSTR (alongside Adam Back), stated: “Many of these companies lack an appropriate capital structure and the actual capability to deploy Bitcoin. They primarily depend on Bitcoin's own performance to attract investment.” Sean Bill described such firms as “carnival barkers,” noting that this strategy might work if companies can easily obtain leverage at a low cost. Otherwise, companies must add value through other means, or investors will choose simpler products like ETFs instead.According to data from BitcoinTreasuries, there are currently 198 publicly listed companies holding approximately 1.25 million BTC. Michael Saylor's Strategy holds the largest amount, with 843,738 BTC. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto (NAKA) has seen its stock price decline approximately 67% year-to-date, with a cumulative drop of over 99% from its peak of $34 per share in May 2025. After hitting a low of $0.16 in April, the company implemented a reverse stock split last week. Nasdaq warned the company in December 2025 that it faced potential delisting risk due to its stock price trading below $1 for 30 consecutive days (per SEC filings). (Cointelegraph)
prediction market Polymarket has released its platform update for this week, which includes: launching the World Cup page with feature testing; introducing perpetual contract functionality (featuring 5 traditional financial trading pairs and BTC perpetual contracts); optimizing CLOB performance with plans to release a version next week to address queue congestion issues; open-sourcing the SDK; launching a unified API; and implementing Gamma fixes and improvements (including stricter key set pagination and high-traffic read path indexing, as well as production correctness fixes for users, profiles, comments, and sports summaries).
: Axe Compute (NASDAQ: AGPU) has announced that the underlying infrastructure provider for its $260 million enterprise-level contract is Aethir, a globally distributed GPU infrastructure network. It is reported that Axe Compute has confirmed receipt of the first payment of $43 million under this contract. Aethir has officially initiated the compute delivery process for the corresponding cluster of 2,304 NVIDIA B300 GPUs, with a target go-live date set for the third quarter of 2026.The contract adopts a 36-month take-or-pay structure, and is expected to generate approximately $21 million in revenue per quarter after going live.
Robinhood has announced it will serve as the core technology and service provider for the "Trump Account" investment plan, with the application officially launching this Thursday.Analysts suggest that while the "Trump Account" may offer limited short-term returns, the plan essentially functions as a long-term user acquisition mechanism driven by U.S. government funds. In the future, it could drive expansion into areas such as brokerages, crypto, credit cards, and AI-powered financial services. This holds significant strategic importance for Robinhood. By co-building infrastructure with institutions like BNY, it has the potential to become the "first investment entry point" for millions of underage users, thereby reducing customer acquisition costs and strengthening long-term user stickiness. (FinanceFeeds)
the U.S. Department of State announced the designation of two Brazilian organizations, Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), as "Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs)." They plan to officially designate them as "Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)" starting June 5, 2026. These organizations have been accused of using digital currencies for money laundering, with PCC reportedly using Bitcoin mining as a cover for laundering funds.Previously, Brazil passed a new law in March of this year allowing confiscated crypto assets to be used for public safety expenditures. This move marks Brazil's shift in viewing crypto assets from a potential reserve tool to law enforcement resources, strengthening efforts to combat crimes by PCC, CV, and other organizations, while advancing the judicial system's capabilities in regulating and disposing of digital assets.
Circle has released a post-quantum security white paper, proposing a phased upgrade plan covering Arc, USDC, smart contracts, and the validator system to address potential security risks posed by future quantum computing.
xAI has recently rolled out frequent updates to its AI-powered programming tool, Grok Build. The latest version introduces new capabilities including search, file processing, and agent collaboration, while delivering comprehensive improvements in compatibility, performance, and developer experience.
Circle has released a "Post-Quantum Security Whitepaper," proposing a phased post-quantum resilience roadmap centered on the long-term security of the Arc blockchain ecosystem.The roadmap covers multiple technical areas, including quantum-safe signatures, private execution environments, validator hardening, infrastructure migration, and account recovery, applicable to core components such as the Arc network, USDC, smart contracts, and validators.Circle stated that it plans to provide post-quantum signature support at the launch of the Arc mainnet (2026) to enhance the ecosystem's ability to withstand future quantum computing threats.
ChatGPT introduces a conversation table-of-contents navigation feature. Once a single conversation reaches a certain length, the system automatically generates a table of contents to help users quickly jump to and browse historical content.
Trust Wallet has integrated Hyperliquid’s perpetual contracts and HIP-4 prediction markets, enabling users to seamlessly switch between different trading scenarios directly within the wallet—no need to navigate to external platforms.
Sui announced that the mainnet has resumed normal operations and user transactions are being processed again. The official attributed this outage to an anomaly in random number initialization and issues related to state persistence during the epoch transition.
The U.S. Congress is advancing bipartisan digital asset tax legislation. The newly introduced PARITY Act aims to update tax rules for crypto assets and is viewed as another key crypto-related bill following the CLARITY Act.
The Sui mainnet encountered an issue during the epoch transition and has temporarily halted user transactions. The core team is investigating the root cause.
U.S. SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins stated at the 2026 Reagan National Economic Forum that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is advancing a "New Era SEC" regulatory reform, focusing on modernizing digital asset regulation, promoting on-chain capital market development, and supporting the U.S. in becoming a "global crypto hub."Paul Atkins criticized the SEC's previous "regulatory hostility" towards the digital asset industry, alleging that much crypto innovation was forced to relocate overseas. He stated that with the support of the Trump administration, the SEC has launched "Project Crypto" and is collaborating with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to promote on-chain market infrastructure and harmonize crypto regulation. The SEC has recently clarified which digital assets are securities and which are not, and is advancing an innovative exemption mechanism for "tokenized listed securities," while studying how on-chain trading systems can fit within existing regulatory frameworks.Additionally, Paul Atkins emphasized that the SEC will reduce "over-disclosure" and regulatory burdens, promote "Make IPOs Great Again" reforms, including lowering compliance costs for listed companies, increasing IPO flexibility, and formally proposing to repeal the climate disclosure rules introduced under the previous administration. The future of U.S. capital markets should be built on a "free market and innovation-driven" foundation, where the regulator's role is to provide clear rules and legal certainty, not to suppress technological development.
: Sui announced on the X platform that its mainnet has resumed normal operations, and transaction flow has stabilized. The official confirmed that both network outages yesterday and today were caused by an interaction issue between the Address Balances feature introduced in version 1.72 and the Gas billing logic. The fix deployed yesterday was a temporary measure aimed at quickly restoring network functionality, but it had a known issue with a "low probability of triggering an outage." Today, a variant of that issue was triggered on the mainnet, causing the network to pause again.Currently, validators have completed the deployment of a long-term fix. The official stated that the known issue has been thoroughly resolved, and network activity has fully recovered. The Sui team said a more detailed post-mortem report will be released subsequently.
Michael Saylor posted on platform X, stating that CFTC guidelines are driving the development of the Bitcoin capital market, including 24/7 trading, BTC collateral, perpetual futures, options, and regulated access. This will benefit BTC holders, power the MSTR engine, and support the development of STRC as Bitcoin-backed digital credit.
According to Forbes, Western Union will launch its stablecoin USDPT on the Solana blockchain in May 2026. Issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, USDPT will be accompanied by a digital asset network designed to connect crypto wallets and exchanges. Analysts note that this move represents Western Union’s deliberate disruption of its core profit model: traditionally, the company relies heavily on foreign exchange spreads in cross-border remittances, but near-instant settlement via stablecoins will render such spreads transparent and unsustainable. At the same time, Western Union must still bear substantial fixed costs associated with its extensive offline agent network—a burden absent from crypto-native remittance firms from day one. The company’s Q1 financial report already reflects mounting pressure, with net income halved year-on-year to $65 million.
private equity giants Apollo Global Management and Blackstone Group are bringing in more investors for a debt financing deal worth approximately $36 billion to help Anthropic build its artificial intelligence infrastructure.According to insiders, this debt financing will be used to purchase Google's custom TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) chips, which will then be leased by Anthropic. Broadcom, which assisted Google in developing the chip, will provide guarantees for the majority of this deal. This move is expected to become one of the largest private credit transactions in history and potentially the biggest debt financing deal for chips to date. The plan aims to leverage Broadcom's credit standing to provide computing power support for Anthropic.