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Ethereum Dust Attacks Rise After Fusaka Upgrade

Stablecoin-related dust activity is now estimated to make up 11% of all Ethereum transactions and 26% of active addresses on an average day, after the Fusaka upgrade made transactions cheaper, according to Coin Metrics. “Dusting” attacks are a form of address poisoning in which attackers send tiny crypto transfers from look-alike wallet addresses to trick

Website Lets AI Agents Hire Humans for Real-World Tasks

In what some may see as a unique and slightly dystopian use of artificial intelligence, a crypto developer has launched a website that enables AI agents to rent humans to do tasks in “meatspace.”  In a post via X on Monday, user Alex, or @AlexanderTw33ts, an engineer at decentralized finance platform Uma Protocol and layer-2

Payward Revenues Rise 33% as Traders Flock to Kraken

Crypto exchange Kraken’s parent company, Payward, reported 33% revenue growth in 2025 as transaction volumes rose and the business capitalized on its acquisitions. The company’s revenues rose to $2.2 billion last year, up from $1.6 billion in 2024 due to “broad-based performance across trading and asset-based businesses,” with total transaction volumes rising 34% over the

Buterin Urges Shift From L2s to Mainnet and Native Rollups

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the original vision of layer-2 scaling “no longer makes sense,” arguing that many L2s have failed to properly inherit Ethereum’s security and that scaling should increasingly come from the mainnet and native rollups. “We need a new path,” Buterin said in a post to X on Tuesday, arguing that many

Why ETH’s Negative Funding Rates Aren’t A Clear Buy Signal

Key takeaways: Ether dropped 28% in a week to $2,110 as investors cut risk and markets wiped out leveraged traders. Spot ETH ETF outflows reached $447 million as Ethereum network activity fell by 47%. Ether (ETH) plummeted to $2,110 on Tuesday, signaling fragility following a brutal 28% price correction over seven days. Investors retreated into

Nevada Sues Coinbase Over Alleged Unlicensed Sports Wagers

The enforcement action over wagers on sports event contracts followed Coinbase announcing the launch of prediction markets in all 50 US states. The Nevada Gaming Control Board announced that it had filed a civil enforcement action against Coinbase over wagers on sports event contracts. In Monday filings in the First Judicial District Court of the

How US Credit and Debt Could Shape Bitcoin’s Next Move

Bitcoin (BTC) scratched new lows below $73,000 on Tuesday as data shows troubling macroeconomic challenges bubbling below increasingly volatile markets. New data highlights tightening credit conditions, even as the US debt and borrowing costs stay elevated, and one analyst said this gap between credit pricing and credit market stress may define Bitcoin’s price trajectory for

Tian Ruixiang: Investor Pledges 15,000 BTC for Equity

Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd (Nasdaq: TIRX) said it has entered a strategic agreement under which an unidentified investor would contribute 15,000 Bitcoin in exchange for an equity stake in the company.  At Bitcoin’s (BTC) price of about $75,000 at the time of writing, the proposed contribution would be valued at about $1.1 billion. Tian Ruixiang

House Approves Funding; Trump Expected to Reopen Government

The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday that will fund most of the government through the end of September. The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday to reopen most of the federal government after a four-day partial shutdown. In a 217–214 vote, the chamber passed a $1.2 trillion funding

Bitcoin Drops Below $73K; Analyst Calls Move Normal

Bitcoin fell under $73,000 as futures liquidations soared and worries over this week’s US corporate earnings triggered a stock sell-off. Will traders step in to buy “discounted” BTC? Bitcoin (BTC) tumbled to a new 2026 low of $72,945 on Tuesday after bulls failed to defend the $73,000 level, extending a broader risk-off move across crypto
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