NEAR Intents Traces $3.8M Exploit to Smart Contract Deposit Bug
Key Highlights NEAR Intents’ postmortem attributes the $3.8 million exploit to a smart contract bug, not its Omni infrastructure. The attacker used 23 failed deposit transactions between September 29 and…
BitGo Research Highlights Multi-Sig After Wallet Failures
Key Highlights BitGo Research highlighted two hardware wallet incidents involving weak seed entropy and an alleged hardware implant, reinforcing the risks of relying on a single device and recovery phrase.…
Strategy (MSTR) Falls 10% as MSCI Weighs Restrictions on Bitcoin Treasury Firms
AI Summary Show MSCI’s new screening could trigger up to $2.8 billion index‑fund selling of Strategy shares. Strategy’s stock fell 10% to $135.16, cutting market cap to about $57.2 billion. JPMorgan estimates…
PYTH Price Drops to $0.084 After 10.4% Daily Loss
Key Highlights PYTH dropped 10.4% over 24 hours to $0.08421 on October 16, trading between $0.0836 and $0.09643. The token’s market capitalization stood at $661.7 million, with $75.85 million in…
a16z’s Aerie Targets a Key Bottleneck in Post-Quantum Blockchain Design
Key Highlights a16z crypto researcher Justin Thaler and co-authors have introduced Aerie, a system designed to aggregate post-quantum Falcon signatures. The authors report aggregating 32,768 Falcon-512 signatures in 0.65 seconds…
OpenAI’s rogue crypto agent spent funds without permission, exposing risks to autonomous wallets
The October 15 report update describes an internal GPT-5.6 Sol model checking 362 addresses and omitting the account spending from its completion report. Read the full story on KryptoNews Understand…
Only 18% of Uniswap v3 positions under $1,000 beat holding after gas, study finds
Bitquery’s updated v3 sample shows small positions losing their edge after gas, while v4’s activity data offers no matched return comparison. Read the full story on KryptoNews Understand the crypto…
XRP Price Could Surge 145% as 2023 Rally Pattern Returns
XRP price traded near $1.34 on October 16, about 4% below the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) at $1.36. The immediate test is whether buyers can reclaim and hold the…
MSCI’s new rules could squeeze Strategy’s Bitcoin buying machine
MSCI approved rules threatening Strategy’s index membership as its shares trade nearly 69% below their peak. On Oct. 15, the global index provider announced that it would adopt a new…
Microsoft exposes how USDT-funded phishing network targeted 75,000 organizations
Domain seizures and account shutdowns hit YAM Store and phishing-kit services, while reported asset freezes remain unquantified. Read the full story on KryptoNews Understand the crypto stories that matter and…