The developers of Zcash have proposed launching a new shielded pool called Ironwood following the recent discovery of a vulnerability that raised concerns in the community about the possible existence of undetected counterfeit ZEC coins. The Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL) team reported that it is working on a network upgrade together with Tachyon, Valar…
MetaMask has introduced a non-custodial wallet for autonomous programs that can interact with on-chain markets on behalf of the user. The new tool allows such agents to perform operations in DeFi, but with spending limits, a list of approved protocols, and verification of risky transactions. The launch shows how quickly the crypto market is changing…
Pump.fun has launched an open task platform where users can post rewards for performing any public actions. In the first days, offers appeared for ticker tattoos, quitting jobs live on air, and other provocative stunts to promote memecoins. The new service works like a bounty marketplace. The task creator deposits funds in escrow, the participant…
After a recent rally, bitcoin consolidated around $63,000. Despite the recovery, the market is still searching for the answer to the main question: where could the bottom of the current cycle be. One of the benchmarks analysts are now watching is the Electrical Cost indicator. It reflects the average electricity cost to mine one BTC…
Crypto exchange HTX has decided to remove USD1 from trading after a conflict with the stablecoin issuer. The platform stated that its associated on-chain addresses were unilaterally restricted following a sanctions review. For users, this means a quick transition to another dollar-pegged asset. Deposits and conversion of USD1 are no longer supported, and account balances…
The H token lost about 85% in a few hours after reports of private key compromise within the Humanity Foundation structure. Preliminary estimates suggest the attacker withdrew assets worth more than $30 million and began moving them through decentralized platforms. The asset’s price dropped from around $0.70 to $0.08, according to CoinGecko. For a project…
ZachXBT criticized the United Kingdom’s sanctions against HTX, considering them excessive. He believes that the consequences of the sanctions affected not only HTX itself. Problems have also started to arise for users who previously just used the exchange. The main dissatisfaction is that not only the addresses of the platform itself are under suspicion. Checks…
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the bankrupt exchange FTX, is currently in federal prison. He is serving a 25-year sentence for one of the most high-profile financial frauds in U.S. history. But the crypto market is once again discussing his future. The reason was an application for a presidential pardon, which the former head of FTX…
