DEX volume hit $1B+ in under two weeks, with 306K daily active users and 37K addresses now holding tokenized equities, per Token Terminal.
Hedera lending protocol Bonzo Lend lost ~$9.05M after a Supra oracle verifier accepted manipulated SAUCE prices, enabling overcollateralized borrows. A white hat returned $1M.
Prime Intellect closed a $130M Series A led by Radical Ventures, joining Gauntlet’s $125M Series C in a $370M+ funding week.
Coinbase Ventures topped crypto VC deal count in H1 2026 with 30 investments, followed by Animoca (19), a16z (18), and Tether (15).
Tokenized equities/ETFs on Robinhood Chain hit 37K holders in 1.5 weeks, now 6.9% of all tokenized stock holders.
Chronicle Protocol rebuilt BlackRock’s BUIDL oracle infrastructure post-launch, securing $5B+ across Maker and Spark with zero exploits in a decade.
Lighter permanently burned 15.5M tokens (6%+ supply) using trading revenue, marking its first step in a new tokenomics model.
Ethereum’s AI security agents uncovered a remotely triggerable crash bug in gossipsub that could have taken validators offline across the network.
Anthropic's rapid ascent to a near-$1T valuation in 2026, driven by explosive revenue growth and a $65B raise, is now under severe pressure from US government export controls, Pentagon supply-chain bans, and intensifying Chinese AI competition. Despite near-term profitability, structural risks—regulatory, competitive, and valuation-driven—threaten its narrative.
Joseph Chalom argues Ethereum must shift to an offensive strategy to capture a $10–20T+ on-chain real-world asset opportunity, backed by institutional adoption, staking dynamics, and new ecosystem initiatives like ETH Labs and Ethereum Institutional.
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