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Martti Malmi, who coded Bitcoin alongside Satoshi, has shipped a new Nostr VPN that replaces central servers with cryptographic keys.

The exchange will freeze suspect accounts, pause promotions and report wash trading to regulators under its new integrity rules.

AI trading assistant Bankr paused operations after an attacker drained roughly $150,000 from 14 user wallets on the Base network.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says Hyperliquid's HYPE token is the most mispriced asset in crypto, even after a 77% climb so far in 2026.

Sundar Pichai opened Google I/O 2026 with an agentic Gemini pivot, launching a 24/7 personal agent, Gemini 3.5 Flash, and a new world model.

Market maker Wintermute called Ethereum the wrong asset for this macro after a 10.2% weekly drop dragged ETH/BTC to a 10-month low.

Solana fell below $88 this week and printed a low at $83.35 as a bearish trend line at $85 caps any rebound and $82 stands as the key floor.

A tentative recovery wave lifted ETH back above $2,100, but a bearish trend line and weak hourly indicators keep the bounce vulnerable.

AI startup Viktor has raised $75 million to build a virtual coworker for Slack and Microsoft Teams, hitting a $15M revenue run rate in roughly 10 weeks.

New research claims Drift Protocol would need 737.5 years at $400K annual revenue, and 983.3 years at $300K, to fully repay users after its $295M exploit, raising major questions about the protocol’s recovery plan.