Venezuelan authorities raided and confiscated about 4,000 illegal Bitcoin mining machines in Maracay, aiming to reduce the strain on the country's power grid, which recently hit a nine-year peak in electricity demand. The operation, called 'Cazador,' targeted a large facility consuming up to 10 megawatts of power, involving police, military, and energy officials. This crackdown follows a renewed government ban on unauthorized crypto mining amid Venezuela's ongoing electricity crisis. The future of the seized equipment remains unclear, with possibilities including destruction, auction, or government repurposing.
Pump.fun, a Solana-based memecoin launchpad, generated over $10 million in protocol fees during the week of August 3-9, 2026, marking its first time crossing this milestone. This weekly revenue of about $12 million places Pump.fun third among all DeF...
Ledger identified and patched a vulnerability in its Ethereum application that could allow malicious apps to alter transaction data during user review. The fix was deployed about two weeks before a security company publicly disclosed the issue. Ledge...
The Ethereum Foundation is sponsoring the WPPT 2026 workshop in Hong Kong, focusing on privacy-preserving technologies in blockchain. This move highlights the foundation's strategic emphasis on zero-knowledge proofs and enhancing protocol privacy. Su...
A Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland study shows that sharing Bitcoin's past gains increases how much cryptocurrency U.S. households want to own and their likelihood of buying it. Crypto owners expect much higher returns than nonowners, and exposure t...
Ethena (ENA) experienced a significant breakout above its $0.14 resistance, reaching $0.1707, driven by strong buying momentum. A $1.5 million whale deposit of 9.776 million ENA tokens into Binance introduced supply pressure, but was counterbalanced ...
