Crypto

Ethereum's $1 trillion security initiative aims to attract institutional capital, but the chain’s transparent mempool enables $1.8 billion in malicious MEV extraction. Opinion by: Loring Harkness, Head of Commercial at brainbot GmbH and Shutter Earlier this year, the Ethereum Foundation launched a $1 trillion security initiative, a development in its wider campaign to tailor the chain’s image for its new audience of non-crypto retail investors, Wall Street and traditional financial institutions.  On paper, the initiative is nothing but a good thing. Ethereum, recognizing its shortcomings, is refreshing. The proposed approach also offers a clear path to being “far greater” regarding security — a direction that will provide the industry we hope to attract to crypto with peace of mind. For Ethereum’s security problem, however, too much transparency is fundamentally the problem. Read more

A viral run on Zora pushed Base ahead of Pump.fun and LetsBonk, but Solana still leads in users, transactions and overall activity. Base is testing Solana’s dominance in token launches, with a recent burst of SocialFi activity pushing the Ethereum layer-2 network to the top of the industry’s leaderboard. In recent years, Solana has been the go-to chain for new tokens. Its low fees and high throughput are drawing traders away from Ethereum. It’s become a hub for memecoins, with launchpads like Pump.fun spawning tens of thousands of tokens daily. The surge on Coinbase’s Base is coming from a different kind of token economy, built on social media posts, viral moments and a new wave of creator tools. Coinbase recently introduced the Base App by rebranding its wallet, sparking a surge in SocialFi activity on applications like Zora. Read more

Ethereum nears its record high as analysts point to institutional buying and stablecoin growth as catalysts for the next rally.

Solana (SOL) was also among the top performers, up 6.4% from Tuesday.

Sentient is rolling out The GRID, an open-source AGI network designed to let developers build, share, and monetize AI agents.

The TGE will unlock 25% of the total 1 billion SAPIEN tokens.

Jimmy Su, chief security officer at Binance, explains how the exchange detects North Korean hackers masquerading as job applicants.

Analyst Geoff Kendrick cited surging institutional demand, favorable regulation and network upgrades.

Solana (SOL) has reclaimed the $200 mark after falling to around $155 in late July, following the renewed interest in the market amid the ongoing altcoin season rally. According to CryptoSlate’s data, the digital asset rose by more than 14% in the last 24 hours from $175 to as high as $202 as of press […] The post Solana soars past $200 as institutional confidence boosts crypto momentum appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BTC price gains may be around the corner as institutional Bitcoin demand puts in a classic bullish move. Key points: Coinbase’s institutional Bitcoin trading volume hits 75%, something that has always seen the BTC price rise a week later. Institutions are buying a lot more Bitcoin than is being mined daily. Read more

ETH touched $4,700 in the move, but it's not even the top mover on the day as SOL and several alts and memes are up even more.

Ethereum core dev Zak Cole lost funds after a malicious Cursor extension stole his private key, highlighting increasing wallet drainer attacks on builders. A core Ethereum developer said he was hit by a cryptocurrency wallet drainer linked to a rogue code assistant, underscoring how even seasoned builders can be caught by increasingly polished scams. Core Ethereum developer Zak Cole fell victim to a malicious artificial intelligence extension from Cursor AI, which enabled the attacker to access his hot wallet for three days before draining the funds, he said in a Tuesday X post. The developer installed the “contractshark.solidity-lang” that appeared legitimate with a professional icon, descriptive copy and more than 54,000 downloads, but it silently exfiltrated his private key. The plugin “read my .env file” and sent the key to an attacker’s server, giving access to a hot wallet for three days before funds were drained on Sunday, he said. Read more

Substantial volume expansion and technical resistance breach signal continued upward momentum towards $5.00 target zone.

The American Bankers Association, the Bank Policy Institute, and over 50 state banking groups warned of massive deposit flight risk.

Metaplanet has outperformed the Topix Core 30 index year-to-date, a benchmark tracking corporate giants like Toyota, Sony and Mitsubishi. Bitcoin-focused investment company Metaplanet has surged almost 190% year-to-date (YTD), leaving Japan’s largest and most liquid blue-chip companies in its wake.  On Wednesday, Metaplanet released its earnings report for the second quarter of 2025. The report showed that the company’s YTD performance dwarfed the 7.2% average gain posted by the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) Core 30, a benchmark tracking giants like Toyota, Sony and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Metaplanet’s standout performance in 2025 comes amid its aggressive Bitcoin (BTC) pivot, with the Tokyo-listed company expanding its treasury through regular purchases.  Read more

The growing role of platforms like BitGo in spot Bitcoin products worldwide is a double-edged sword, according to market observers. BitGo, a US-regulated crypto custodian, will safeguard assets for Central Asia’s first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), which debuted Wednesday on the Astana International Exchange in Kazakhstan. The Astana International Exchange (AIX), a stock exchange operating within the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) framework, announced the listing of the Fonte Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (BETF) on Wednesday. Managed by AIFC-registered asset manager Fonte Capital, BETF offers indirect investment access to Bitcoin (BTC) to a wide range of investors, including retail participants, AIX said. Read more

Tempo is described as a high-performance, payments-focused layer 1 blockchain compatible with Ethereum.

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 13, 2025

Ether inches closer to all-time highs as several bullish indicators align to support a rally into price discovery in the coming days. Key takeaways: ETH’s price jumped 10% today, inching toward its all-time high of $ 4,867. Over $2.3 billion flows into spot Ethereum ETFs over six days. Read more

Japan’s largest public bitcoin holder aims to expand its treasury operations and integrate BTC into the country’s fixed income markets.