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6 days ago | 
crypto.news | Denis Omelchenko
Share Bank of Japan officials are beginning to acknowledge what once seemed outlandish: that cryptocurrencies could one day become a major part of everyday payments in Japan—and perhaps even challenge the yen itself. While they stress that such a shift won’t happen overnight, the notion that digital assets could reshape the country’s payment landscape is no longer mere speculation; it’s increasingly being treated as a plausible scenario.
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1 week ago | 
crypto.news | Denis Omelchenko
Share Sanctioned crypto exchange Garantex might have lost $26 million in frozen Tether, but another $15 million in crypto is still moving, or at least quietly sitting. Weeks after the United States led a high-profile freeze of $26 million in Tether (USDT) assets tied to sanctioned Russian crypto exchange Garantex, a new investigation suggests the enforcement may have only scratched the surface.
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1 week ago | 
thedefiant.io | Denis Omelchenko
Chinese crypto rig makers’ U.S. expansion to dodge tariffs could redirect mining capital, but won’t threaten Bitcoin’s core, Luxor’s COO says. As Chinese crypto mining rig makers Bitmain, Canaan, and MicroBT look to set up factories in the U.S. to avoid rising tariffs, Ethan Vera, Chief Operations Officer at crypto mining infrastructure provider Luxor, says the move won’t hurt Bitcoin’s network, but it could change where miners choose to invest in the future.
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1 week ago | 
thedefiant.io | Denis Omelchenko
ICP-based smart contracts can now send and receive data from the Solana network without relying on bridges or third-party tools. Blockchain developers on the Internet Computer (ICP), which raised $80 million from prominent venture firms like a16z and Polychain Capital, can now connect directly to the Solana blockchain.
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1 week ago | 
thedefiant.io | Denis Omelchenko
Decentralized finance protocol Hyperwave has launched a new liquid token that accrues yield from Hyperliquid’s market-making vault. Hyperwave, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol built on Layer 1 blockchain Hyperliquid, has launched hwHLP, the first liquid token that earns yield from the perpetuals exchange’s Hyperliquidity Provider vault (HLP).
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1 week ago | 
crypto.news | Denis Omelchenko
Share The DAO era may be closing for ApeCoin, with community members signaling a cautious but clear desire to hand the reins to a new, more centralized structure called ApeCo. ApeCoin DAO appears poised for a major shakeup as many members rally, though not without some hesitation, behind a plan from Yuga Labs’ Greg “Garga” Solano to potentially replace the current system with a more focused, founder-led model called ApeCo. At its core, AIP-596 proposes sunsetting the ApeCoin DAO by ending...
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1 week ago | 
f.mtr.cool | Denis Omelchenko |Anna Akopian
The DAO era may be closing for ApeCoin, with community members signaling a cautious but clear desire to hand the reins to a new, more centralized structure called ApeCo. ApeCoin DAO appears poised for a major shakeup as many members rally, though not without some hesitation, behind a plan from Yuga Labs’ Greg “Garga” Solano to potentially replace the current system with a more focused, founder-led model called ApeCo. At its core, proposes sunsetting the ApeCoin DAO by ending tokenholder...
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1 week ago | 
thedefiant.io | Denis Omelchenko
Jump Crypto, a firm best known for quietly repegging TerraUSD without disclosing it, has reintroduced itself on X as a pioneer of decentralized finance. Jump Crypto, the trading and venture arm of multi‑billion‑dollar firm Jump Trading that played a central role in underpinning Terra’s roughly $40 billion stablecoin ecosystem, has reintroduced itself and is apparently ready to build again.
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1 week ago | 
thedefiant.io | Denis Omelchenko
Following the October 2024 attack on 1inch, a proposed compensation plan requires users to verify their identities, but only those who reported the theft to authorities will qualify. The 1inch Foundation, the organization behind 1inch.exchange, one of the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregators by trading volume, has proposed a $768,000 reimbursement plan for users affected by a supply chain attack in October 2024.
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1 week ago | 
thedefiant.io | Denis Omelchenko
Crypto wallets linked to Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex suffered more than $80 million in outflows amid claims of a targeted attack by the hacker group Gonjeshke Darande. Nobitex, one of the largest crypto exchanges in Iran, has lost $81.7 million in a crypto hack tied to the growing cyber front in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.
