Decred said an inflation bug on its mainnet was exploited between Aug. 16 and Aug. 17, resulting in the creation of about 2,077.97 DCR. The L1 blockchain said the flaw had been present in its consensus code since the mainnet launch in February 2016. According to the project, the issue stemmed from improper handling of an edge case involving interactions between the regular transaction tree and the stake transaction tree, which allowed double-spent inputs. Decred said the bug was submitted through its bounty program on Aug. 12, but it was exploited before a fix was deployed. The team decided not to roll back the chain in order to reduce the impact on users. It also said the roughly 2,000 newly minted DCR do not affect the network’s 21 million hard cap and remain far below more than 215,000 DCR in subsidies that were historically not issued because of missed votes and other reasons. The team has since developed an additional double-spend monitoring service and said it plans to improve its emergency upgrade signaling mechanism.

The crypto market cap fell to $2.41 trillion with the Fear & Greed Index dropping to 8. SIREN surged 160.09%, while the SEC removed ETF options limits for Bitcoin and Ethereum funds.

The global crypto market cap fell to $2.42 trillion, down 2% in 24 hours. BTC slipped to $68,971, ETH fell to $2,019.26, and the Fear and Greed Index remained deep in extreme fear at 11.

The crypto market cap rose to $2.5 trillion on March 25, up 0.4% in 24 hours. Bitcoin held above $70,000, Ethereum posted a small gain, and the Fear & Greed Index remained in Extreme Fear at 14.

24-hour crypto market update: BTC falls 2.09% to $67,586, ETH drops 2.73% to $1,966; MYX crashes 46.43%, PIPPIN surges 32.43%; Fear & Greed Index hits 5 (Extreme Fear), market cap $2.38T.

Bitcoin gained 1.3% to $96,326.87 with $66.4 billion in 24-hour volume, while Ethereum, XRP, Solana, BNB, and Wrapped stETH posted declines. Smaller tokens including LGCT and KLED led the day’s gains.

On April 8, total crypto market cap hit $2.52T, BTC rose 4.12% to $71,546.84, and ETH climbed 5.62%. ZEC topped gainers at 24.66%. Fear & Greed index remained at 17, still in extreme fear. SEC shifts to fraud-focused enforcement; Rayls mainnet set for April 30.

Crypto market cap dipped 0.4% to $2.5T on April 13, with BTC falling to $71,094 and ETH to $2,202. Extreme fear index at 12. RAVE led gainers with a 174% surge. WLFI loan risks, Aave DAO approved $25M, ClearBank secured MiCA license.