Old DxSale Lockers Drained for $7.3M Across 1,400 BNB Chain Pools as Owner-Privilege Exploits Pile Up
DeFiThe Defiant Explainers2026-06-03 15:00
A dormant launchpad contract from 2021 was emptied this week through a quiet ownership transfer and a one-wei fee reset — the latest in a string of BN...
A dormant launchpad contract from 2021 was emptied this week through a quiet ownership transfer and a one-wei fee reset — the latest in a string of BNB Chain drains that turn admin keys into the attack surface.
Polymarket Books First On-Chain Institutional Block Trade
DeFiThe Defiant Explainers2026-06-02 23:00
A six-figure trade settled against the Ornn Compute Price Index pushes the world's largest prediction market into TradFi-style risk transfer, with Fal...
A six-figure trade settled against the Ornn Compute Price Index pushes the world's largest prediction market into TradFi-style risk transfer, with FalconX signing on as a dedicated market maker for future blocks.
Franklin Templeton Wires BENJI Money-Market Fund Into MoonPay Trade for Onchain Stablecoin Swaps
DeFiThe Defiant Explainers2026-06-02 23:00
The $1.74 trillion asset manager is letting institutions move directly between stablecoins and shares of its tokenized US government money fund throug...
The $1.74 trillion asset manager is letting institutions move directly between stablecoins and shares of its tokenized US government money fund through MoonPay's new institutional rails, marking one of the first listings of a US-registered tokenized MMF on a third-party onchain trading venue.
US Treasury Adds Nobitex and Three Other Iranian Exchanges to OFAC SDN List Under 'Economic Fury'
DeFiThe Defiant Explainers2026-06-02 22:40
The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin and Ramzinex, along with their leadership, naming the exchanges as the digital...
The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin and Ramzinex, along with their leadership, naming the exchanges as the digital-asset rails for Iran's central bank and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Sui Blames Triple Mainnet Halt on Gas-Charging Bug and a Known-Risk Patch That Backfired
DeFiThe Defiant Explainers2026-06-02 22:01
The Sui Foundation's post-mortem ties two of three outages to an edge case in the v1.72 address-balances feature, and the third to a randomness-state ...
The Sui Foundation's post-mortem ties two of three outages to an edge case in the v1.72 address-balances feature, and the third to a randomness-state bug exposed by an interim fix the team shipped knowing it carried halt risk.
Coinbase Ventures Buys ENA on the Open Market as Coinbase and Ethena Strike Distribution Deal
DeFiThe Defiant Explainers2026-06-02 18:00
The exchange's venture arm bought ENA tokens directly on the open market rather than through a private round, the first such disclosed purchase, along...
The exchange's venture arm bought ENA tokens directly on the open market rather than through a private round, the first such disclosed purchase, alongside a partnership to push Ethena's onchain dollar and savings products into Coinbase's userbase.
Bad Sentiment, Strong Fundamentals: the Institutional Turn | Chris Perkins, Franklin Crypto
DeFiThe Defiant Explainers2026-06-02 18:00
Crypto is entering a new phase — and institutions, not retail, are driving it. As regulatory clarity arrives, the largest institutions in the world ar...
Crypto is entering a new phase — and institutions, not retail, are driving it. As regulatory clarity arrives, the largest institutions in the world are moving from the sidelines into the market. The thesis from our guest: sentiment is poor, but fundamentals are improving; a coiled spring.
US Court Lifts Circle Freeze on Zama's $12.5M cUSDC Contract After Three-Day Lockout
DeFiThe Defiant Explainers2026-06-02 16:40
A federal judge in the Northern District of California reversed the temporary restraining order that had pushed Circle to blacklist the privacy protoc...
A federal judge in the Northern District of California reversed the temporary restraining order that had pushed Circle to blacklist the privacy protocol's wrapper, restoring funds to depositors caught in a civil dispute they were not party to.
The Dallas-based payments company is now the issuer of a U.S. dollar token on a public chain, with Stripe-owned Bridge as the regulated minter, M0 sma...
The Dallas-based payments company is now the issuer of a U.S. dollar token on a public chain, with Stripe-owned Bridge as the regulated minter, M0 smart contracts handling supply, and Fireblocks holding the float.
Galaxy Launches Institutional OTC Prediction-Markets Desk With $10M Arca Trade on the CLARITY Act
DeFiThe Defiant Explainers2026-06-02 16:20
Galaxy is bringing block-size, principal-counterparty execution to Kalshi and Polymarket event contracts, anchored by a $10 million swap that lets cry...
Galaxy is bringing block-size, principal-counterparty execution to Kalshi and Polymarket event contracts, anchored by a $10 million swap that lets crypto hedge fund Arca hedge regulatory exposure to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.