Solana cuts slot time to 250 milliseconds in latest SIMD-0525 stage
Solana cut its target slot time to 250 milliseconds at the start of epoch 1037, trading per-slot compute limits for fresher data rather than higher throughput.
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The job interview was the attack: how WaterPlum turned hiring into a malware channel
WaterPlum posed as recruiters for AI, crypto and NFT companies and planted malware in fake interviews and coding tasks, draining wallet keys from more than 7,000 crypto wallets.
$345 Million Liquidated as Zcash Short Squeeze Rips Through Leveraged Traders
Zcash jumped to roughly $1,350 and $345 million in crypto liquidations followed, with shorts bearing $208 million of the pain after Matt Huang disclosed Paradigm's ZEC holdings.
Ripple’s XRPL AI Starter Kit v1.1 backs both rival AI payment standards
Ripple's XRPL AI Starter Kit v1.1 adds Stripe-Tempo MPP, x402, and Open Wallet Standard support, letting AI agents pay with XRP and RLUSD.
Real stocks only: why the SEC just outlawed the offshore token model
The SEC's Innovation Exemption only covers tokens that carry real shareholder rights, shutting price-tracking synthetic tokens out of the US framework.
HBO Max Reddit hijack: the fake Ledger and Exodus apps were built to steal recovery phrases
Hijacked HBO Max Reddit ads pushed fake Ledger, Trezor Suite and Exodus apps built to steal recovery phrases, researchers say.
Circle Mints 10 Billion ARC Tokens but Stops Short of Promising a Public Launch
Circle minted the full 10 billion ARC supply at the launch of its Arc blockchain but says the mint is not a commitment to publicly launch the token.
CLARITY Act fails Senate vote, stalling crypto industry’s US regulatory push
The Senate rejected the CLARITY Act 49-50 on September 15, and an estimated $100M-$225M in crypto lobbying could not bridge the gap between a May committee win and a September floor defeat.
MEV bot yoink front-runs $7.8M Gnosis Safe exploit; Kelp DAO pauses receiving address
An MEV bot called yoink front-ran a $7.8M rsETH hack from a Gnosis Safe, and Kelp DAO paused the receiving address for 24 hours.
Injective activates IIP-677 upgrade with SEC-compliant tokenized securities platform
Injective activated its IIP-677 upgrade to v1.20.3, headlined by Injective Mint, a platform for issuing tokenized equities and bonds built for SEC rules.