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Key Takeaways It’s official: Nifty Gateway is closing its doors. The Winklevoss-owned platform, which basically paved the way for the NFT boom, just announced its final sunset date for February 23, 2026. It’s a tough blow for the digital art world, marking the end of a long struggle to stay afloat after the 2021 hype … Read more

Key Takeaways Elliptic Report: Iran’s $507M Secret Stablecoin Play It looks like Iran’s central bank has been playing a high-stakes game of “financial chess” with stablecoins. According to Elliptic, the bank managed to quietly hoard over $507 million in Tether just as the Iranian rial was in a total freefall—losing half its value in just … Read more

Key Takeaways Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Denies White House Fallout Brian Armstrong is officially setting the record straight: there is no “war” between Coinbase and the White House. After whispers began circulating that the Trump administration was livid over Coinbase’s last-minute decision to pull support for the CLARITY Act, Armstrong hit back, calling the rumors … Read more

Key Takeaways Sui Foundation Confirms Full Recovery After Network Stall Sui is back up and running, but it was a rough Wednesday for the “Solana Killer.” For nearly six hours, the entire blockchain just… stopped. Starting at 2:52 PM UTC, transaction processing hit a wall, freezing $1 billion in assets and leaving users totally locked … Read more

Key Takeaways The Three Critical Flaws of Modern Decentralized Stablecoins In an insightful X post on Sunday, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin reopened the debate on the long-term viability of the stablecoin market. While the sector has ballooned to over $300 billion, Buterin argues that the current “dollar-centric” model is not resilient enough for the future. … Read more

Key Takeaways X Enhances Financial Infrastructure with Smart Cashtags Elon Musk’s social media giant, X, is preparing to launch a major financial update known as “Smart Cashtags” next month. Announced by Head of Product Nikita Bier on Sunday, the feature will transform how users interact with financial data on the platform. Unlike the previous, more … Read more

Key Takeaways Uganda Targets Bitchat Ahead of National Elections Uganda’s government is currently in a “tech war” with a messaging app called Bitchat, and things are getting heated. With elections around the corner, the UCC is threatening to flip the switch and kill the app, claiming they’ve got plenty of software engineers ready to make … Read more

Key Takeaways Kraken CSO Debunks Fraudulent Dark Web Listing Kraken, one of the world’s largest and most secure cryptocurrency exchanges, has moved quickly to silence rumors of a significant data breach. Concerns arose after a monitoring service flagged a post on a Russian-language dark web forum—likely Exploit or RAMP—advertising internal “panel access” to Kraken’s customer … Read more

Key Takeaways MetaMask Users Targeted by Fraudulent Security Alerts Cybersecurity experts have identified a dangerous new wave of phishing attacks specifically designed to exploit the growing demand for account security. Scammers are getting way more professional. According to the security team at SlowMist, there’s a new wave of fake emails going around that look exactly … Read more

Key Takeaways Flow Restores Network Functions After $3.9M Breach The Flow blockchain is moving forward with a phased remediation plan following a high-profile $3.9 million exploit on December 27, 2025. After initially considering a “rollback” of the blockchain to reverse the theft, the Flow Foundation pivoted due to intense community pushback. Developers and bridge operators, … Read more