A hacker group from China posing as a cybersecurity firm has allegedly stolen 7 million dollars via wallet supply‑chain attacks, targeting Trust Wallet and other clients before an internal dispute triggered a whistleblower leak. Summary Operating under Wuhan Anshun Technology, the group presented itself as a security outfit while allegedly using Electron apps, browser plugins,…
Robinhood Ventures Fund has invested about 35 million dollars across Stripe and ElevenLabs, buying optionality on stablecoin payments and AI‑powered media rails that could plug directly into future trading products. Summary Robinhood Ventures Fund has reportedly deployed around 14.6 million dollars into payments giant Stripe and roughly 20 million dollars into AI audio startup ElevenLabs,…
DAO platform Tally is closing after six years, underscoring how softer U.S. rules and ETF/RWA adoption have eroded demand for DAOs as regulatory armor and squeezed heavy governance tooling. Summary Tally’s core thesis was born in the Gensler era, when projects rushed to wrap themselves in DAOs to look decentralized and dodge enforcement, but that…
GSR is buying its way into the underwriting layer of crypto, spending 57 million dollars to turn itself from a market maker into a full‑stack capital markets and treasury platform for token issuers. Summary GSR is acquiring Autonomous and Architech for a combined 57 million dollars, aiming to control the full lifecycle of digital asset…
Hyperliquid whale positioning hits $3.64B as leverage splits evenly between longs and shorts. Summary Coinglass data via ChainCatcher show total Hyperliquid whale exposure at about 3.644 billion dollars, with 1.821 billion in longs and 1.823 billion in shorts, leaving the long‑short ratio effectively flat at 1:1. Longs are sitting on roughly 57.38 million dollars in…
Aster’s mainnet launch lands into an already crowded derivatives backdrop, with on‑chain data showing a single Hyperliquid wallet running a 20.4 million dollar ASTER long sitting on nearly 3.9 million in unrealized profit. Summary Aster has officially gone live on mainnet with a public block explorer, giving traders immediate transparency into network activity and early…
Citibank has cut its 12‑month Bitcoin target to 112,000 dollars and Ethereum to 3,175 dollars, warning that stalled U.S. legislation and fading ETF enthusiasm are capping upside. Summary In a new note cited by ChainCatcher, Citibank cut its 12‑month Bitcoin target from 143,000 dollars to 112,000 dollars and lowered its Ethereum target from 4,304 dollars…
Arbitrum’s 2025 Transparency Report shows 2.1 billion transactions, 20 billion dollars in TVL, nearly 10 billion in stablecoins, and surging RWA and ETF activity as it courts institutions. Summary Arbitrum’s 2025 Transparency Report highlights more than 2.1 billion cumulative transactions, around 20 billion dollars in TVL, and stablecoin supply up 80% year‑on‑year to nearly 10…
U.S. spot crypto exchanges have nearly doubled market share to 15% as ETF-driven flows and institutional venue consolidation pull liquidity back onshore. Summary U.S. spot exchanges’ global market share has jumped from about 8% to 15% over the past year, signaling a sharp onshoring of liquidity. Spot Bitcoin ETFs and institutional best-execution standards are concentrating…
Bitcoin’s derivatives market is pinned between billion‑dollar long and short liquidation bands, leaving BTC one clean breakout away from a violent, forced‑flow volatility spike. Summary Coinglass data show that if BTC falls below 70,180 dollars, cumulative long liquidations on major centralized exchanges would climb to about 1.79 billion dollars, exposing crowded leverage built on the…
