After the KelpDAO exploit caused $300M in direct losses and a $14.1B TVL drop, Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov called for industry-wide DeFi safety standards. Dragonfly's Haseeb Qureshi views failures as part of DeFi's evolution.

Anchorage Digital acquires Securitize For Advisors, integrating an RIA-focused digital asset platform. Securitize refocuses on tokenization infrastructure after divesting the wealth management unit. The deal highlights the maturing division of roles in the RWA tokenization ecosystem.

Based rollups, proposed by Ethereum researcher Justin Drake, return sequencing to L1, enhancing decentralization and simplicity. Vitalik Buterin pledges to only mention Stage 1+ L2s from 2025, spotlighting this new paradigm. This article explains the mechanics, benefits, and trade-offs of based rollups.

Ripple has completed its acquisition of Rail, aiming to turn Ripple Payments into a compliant end-to-end stablecoin platform for global B2B money movement across fiat and digital asset rails.

Li Rongbin, founding partner of SevenX Ventures, discussed market trends on the Bitcoin.com News Podcast and highlighted the firm’s long-term, research-driven approach to Web3, NFTs, and decentralized networks.

Ex Populus has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in the U.S. Northern District of California against Elon Musk's AI company xAI, alleging that xAI's use of the 'Xai' mark, particularly its moves into gaming and blockchain, has caused widespread consumer confusion and brand dilution.

Chinese ASIC manufacturer Microbt announced two new Whatsminer models – M30S++ (112 TH/s, 31 J/TH) and M30S+ (100 TH/s, 34 J/TH), priced at $3,900 and $2,800 respectively. Shipping expected June 2020, but COVID-19 delays loom.

Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov calls for industry-wide security standards after the KelpDAO exploit, which caused over $300M in direct losses and a $14.17B drop in DeFi TVL. Aave was heavily impacted.