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US law firm attempts to block transfer of frozen ETH from Kelp exploit

Gerstein Harrow has filed similar cases in the past, arguing its clients have a claim to funds stolen by the DPRK and frozen by crypto firms.

Tokenized RWA market grows 420% since 2025 on regulatory clarity, access

Tokenized US Treasurys were one of the biggest growth areas of the RWA market, rising from a market capitalization of $3.9 billion at the start of 2025 to more than $15 billion.

AI drives surge in ‘bug bounty’ reports, but the ‘slop’ is rising too

HackerOne, one of the largest bug bounty platforms in the world, reported there were 85,000 valid bounty submissions in 2025, up 7% from the previous year.

Hackers impersonated eth.limo team to hijack its domain: Post-mortem

EasyDNS CEO Mark Jeftovic said the social engineering attack was highly sophisticated and the company is conducting further investigation to determine how the breach occurred.

Saylor teases 'bigger' BTC buy days after floating semi-monthly dividends

Strategy’s Michael Saylor posted “Think Even Bigger” on Sunday, coming just a week after it disclosed $1 billion of Bitcoin buying.

Chainalysis claims stablecoin volumes could hit over a quadrillion by 2035

Adjusted stablecoin volume could reach $719 trillion by 2035, but the projection could be far higher if two macro catalysts come to pass, said Chainalysis.

Crypto hackers steal $169M from 34 DeFi protocols in Q1: DefiLlama

January saw the largest attack against a DeFi protocol of the quarter, the $40 million private key compromise of portfolio management platform Step Finance.

Canada proposes crypto political donation ban over foreign interference fears

A similar bill was proposed in 2024 but it failed to advance past the second reading in the House of Commons and ultimately died before it could become law.

Future US governments could crack down on crypto without clear rules: Coin Center

The CLARITY Act stalled in the Senate after banks, crypto firms, and lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on key provisions like allowing stablecoin yields.

Court rejects dev’s bid to shield software from money transmitter laws

Pharos developer Michael Lewellen said his lawyers are exploring all options for a path forward after a Texas judge dismissed the case without prejudice.