Murtuza is a seasoned finance journalist with extensive experience covering cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
Disclosure: Murtuza holds ATOM, AKT, TIA, INJ, and OSMO.
Ratings agency KBRA assigned a BBB investment-grade credit rating to Ripple's prime brokerage arm, citing $5 billion in cash reserves and rapid growth.
Japanese firm Metaplanet added 5,075 Bitcoin for $405 million in Q1 2026, surpassing MARA Holdings to become the third-largest public corporate BTC holder.
A $200 million exploit on Drift Protocol used a fake token, manipulated oracle pricing and a compromised admin key to drain funds. Here’s how the attack unfolded step by step.
Solana-based Drift Protocol is investigating unusual activity after more than $270M in crypto drained from its vaults, sending its DRIFT token down 11%.
Glassnode's Apr. 1 report finds Bitcoin trapped in a months-long range with 8.4M coins underwater, $200M in daily long-term holder losses, and fragile derivatives positioning signaling no imminent breakout.
Google's quantum computing team highlighted Algorand's post-quantum security in a white paper, triggering a 22% ALGO price surge toward the $1 billion market cap mark.
AI agents are beginning to transact autonomously, driving a new wave of machine-to-machine payments that could reshape global commerce and redefine how money moves across the internet.
Quantum computing is advancing at a pace that could challenge Bitcoin and Ethereum security sooner than expected. Experts say the threat is not immediate, but the urgency to prepare is growing as new breakthroughs reduce the barriers to potential attacks.