NFT sales fell to $74.86 million over the past week, down 7.91%, while buyer and seller counts dropped 73.46% and 61.18%, signaling weaker market participation.
District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. ruled that Caitlyn Jenner's JENNER meme coin fails the 'common enterprise' prong of the Howey Test, dismissing all federal securities claims with prejudice. State fraud claims are dismissed without prejudice for possible refiling in state court.
RSK chief scientist Sergio Demian Lerner re-mined early Bitcoin blocks to show that Satoshi Nakamoto likely used a single high-end PC to mine ~1.1 million BTC, not a multi-computer farm.
The Solana Foundation and Asymmetric Research launched STRIDE, a layered security program for DeFi protocols, featuring continuous assessments, threat monitoring, and formal verification. Protocols with TVL over $10M qualify for 24/7 support, while those above $100M get formal verification. The Solana Incident Response Network (SIRN) with five founding firms also debuted.
Greenidge Generation, a New York-based Bitcoin miner, announced it will achieve carbon neutrality from June 1, 2021, by purchasing verified offset credits and investing in renewables, responding to recent environmental concerns from Tesla and Square.
Albert Castellana, co-founder of Yeager.ai, explains how decentralized AI with multiple models and validators can mitigate bias and manipulation. He also introduces GenLayer, a blockchain with intelligent contracts.
London-based 12-year-old developer Benyamin Ahmed earned about $350,000 in ether from his Weird Whales NFT project and expects total proceeds to approach $400,000. The 3,350-piece collection reportedly launched with only about $300 in ETH fees.
Certik officially opens AI Auditor to developers, achieving 88.6% detection rate in 35 real-world incidents, shifting from reactive audits to proactive always-on defense.
