<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>the daily grind</title><description>Crypto news, Web3 hiring trends, and industry insights from Cryptogrind.</description><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>The New Fed Chair Owns $100M in Crypto — And Nobody at the Fed Has Ever Said That Before</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-crypto-holdings-bitcoin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-crypto-holdings-bitcoin/</guid><description>Kevin Warsh just replaced Jerome Powell as Fed Chair on May 15, 2026. He holds Solana, dYdX, Bitcoin Lightning equity, and a stablecoin stake. The most crypto-native person to ever run the Federal Reserve is now in charge of US monetary policy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>regulation</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Hackers Hit THORChain on 4 Blockchains at Once — $10.8M Gone, Trading Halted, No One Knows How</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/thorchain-10m-exploit-four-chains-rune-halted/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/thorchain-10m-exploit-four-chains-rune-halted/</guid><description>THORChain was drained across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base simultaneously on May 15. RUNE dropped 12%, all trading and signing was halted, and the team still hasn&apos;t explained the attack vector.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>defi</category><category>exploit</category><category>security</category><category>thorchain</category><category>hack</category><category>breaking-news</category></item><item><title>One Republican Vote Stood Between Crypto and Real US Law — He Just Flipped</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/clarity-act-senate-committee-passed-kennedy-crypto-law/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/clarity-act-senate-committee-passed-kennedy-crypto-law/</guid><description>Senator Kennedy was the last holdout who could kill the CLARITY Act. Today he voted yes. The most comprehensive crypto market structure bill in US history just cleared the Senate Banking Committee and is headed to the Senate floor.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>clarity-act</category><category>legislation</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>ethereum</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Hyperliquid Just Killed Its Own Stablecoin — and Handed the Keys to Coinbase</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperliquid-kills-usdh-coinbase-usdc-5-billion-treasury/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperliquid-kills-usdh-coinbase-usdc-5-billion-treasury/</guid><description>Less than a year after launching USDH, Hyperliquid is sunsetting its native stablecoin and making Coinbase the official treasury deployer for $5 billion in USDC. The hottest DeFi exchange just went full centralized on its settlement layer.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>defi</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>hyperliquid</category><category>coinbase</category><category>usdc</category><category>breaking-news</category></item><item><title>40% of the CEOs Trump Flew to China Have Crypto Ties — and Bitcoin Just Noticed</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-china-summit-bitcoin-40-percent-ceo-crypto-delegation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-china-summit-bitcoin-40-percent-ceo-crypto-delegation/</guid><description>Trump boarded Air Force One to Beijing with Elon Musk, Larry Fink, Jensen Huang, and Tim Cook. Nearly 40% of the 16-CEO delegation has direct crypto exposure. Bitcoin is watching every minute of these talks.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>regulation</category><category>institutional</category><category>geopolitics</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>The $12 Trillion Brokerage Just Handed 35 Million Retail Investors Direct Bitcoin Access</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/schwab-spot-crypto-35-million-clients-bitcoin-ethereum/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/schwab-spot-crypto-35-million-clients-bitcoin-ethereum/</guid><description>Charles Schwab launched spot BTC and ETH trading for retail clients today — no new exchange account, no seed phrase, 0.75% flat fee. The largest non-bank brokerage in the US just went full crypto.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>institutional</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>ethereum</category><category>trading</category><category>adoption</category></item><item><title>Senate Drops 309-Page Crypto Law at Midnight — Democrats Are Blocking It to Stop Trump From Cashing Out</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/senate-clarity-act-309-page-ethics-trump-may-14/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/senate-clarity-act-309-page-ethics-trump-may-14/</guid><description>The most comprehensive crypto regulation in US history goes to a Senate committee vote Thursday. Republicans left out the one clause that would stop senior government officials from personally profiting off the industry they&apos;re regulating. Democrats say no ethics, no votes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>clarity-act</category><category>legislation</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>defi</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Blind Signing Has Drained Crypto of Billions. Ethereum Just Launched the Kill Switch.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/ethereum-clear-signing-erc-7730-blind-signing-bybit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/ethereum-clear-signing-erc-7730-blind-signing-bybit/</guid><description>The Ethereum Foundation, Ledger, MetaMask, Trezor, Fireblocks and WalletConnect just launched Clear Signing — an open standard that replaces the hex garbage users blindly approve with human-readable transaction descriptions. Bybit&apos;s $1.5B hack started with a blind signing. So did most of yours.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ethereum</category><category>security</category><category>defi</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>wallets</category><category>erc-7730</category></item><item><title>For 18 Months, Any Miner Could Have Crashed Bitcoin&apos;s Network. 43% of Nodes Still Haven&apos;t Patched.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-core-cve-2024-52911-43-percent-nodes-vulnerable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-core-cve-2024-52911-43-percent-nodes-vulnerable/</guid><description>Bitcoin Core quietly patched its first-ever memory safety bug in late 2024, disguising the fix as a logging improvement. The vulnerability — now public — let miners remotely crash nodes running versions 0.14.0 through 28.x. Nearly half the network is still exposed.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>security</category><category>bitcoin-core</category><category>infrastructure</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Circle Built a Blockchain Where Gas Fees Cost Dollars — BlackRock &amp; a16z Just Paid $222M to Get In</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/circle-arc-222m-blackrock-usdc-gas-blockchain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/circle-arc-222m-blackrock-usdc-gas-blockchain/</guid><description>Circle raised $222M from BlackRock, a16z, and Apollo for Arc, a Layer 1 where USDC is the native gas token. $3B valuation, 100+ institution testnet, and a direct shot at Ethereum&apos;s institutional market.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>fundraising</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>layer-1</category><category>institutional</category><category>circle</category><category>usdc</category><category>blackrock</category><category>breaking-news</category></item><item><title>Wall Street Built a VIX for Bitcoin — And It Goes Live June 1</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cme-bitcoin-volatility-futures-bvi-vix-crypto/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cme-bitcoin-volatility-futures-bvi-vix-crypto/</guid><description>CME Group is launching Bitcoin Volatility futures (BVI) on June 1, giving institutional traders the first CFTC-regulated way to bet on how wild Bitcoin gets — not just where it goes. The VIX just got a crypto twin.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>institutional</category><category>derivatives</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>cme</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category></item><item><title>Congress Banned Stablecoin Yield. BlackRock Just Filed Two Funds That Give It Back.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/blackrock-stablecoin-yield-tokenized-funds-clarity-loophole/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/blackrock-stablecoin-yield-tokenized-funds-clarity-loophole/</guid><description>The world&apos;s largest asset manager quietly filed SEC paperwork for two tokenized money-market funds specifically designed to let stablecoin holders earn Treasury yield — the same yield that Congress just voted to ban stablecoins from paying. The loophole is elegant. The implications are massive.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>blackrock</category><category>stablecoin</category><category>rwa</category><category>ethereum</category><category>tokenization</category><category>regulation</category><category>defi</category><category>institutional</category></item><item><title>In 48 Hours, Kraken Dropped $600M and Applied to Become a Federal Bank</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-600m-reap-occ-charter-banking-empire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-600m-reap-occ-charter-banking-empire/</guid><description>Kraken parent Payward acquired Hong Kong stablecoin firm Reap for $600M on May 7, then filed for a federal OCC trust charter on May 8. That&apos;s $2.65 billion in acquisitions and a banking license application in a single year. Here&apos;s the empire they&apos;re building.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>kraken</category><category>regulation</category><category>stablecoin</category><category>institutional</category><category>hiring</category><category>crypto-careers</category></item><item><title>Tether Froze $515 Million in USDT Last Month — Using a Kill Switch You Didn&apos;t Know Existed</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/tether-515m-usdt-freeze-kill-switch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/tether-515m-usdt-freeze-kill-switch/</guid><description>In 30 days, Tether silently blacklisted 371 wallets and froze $515 million in USDT across Tron and Ethereum — no court order required. That&apos;s 40% of everything they froze in all of 2025, done in a single month. Here&apos;s how the kill switch works, who&apos;s using it, and what it means for crypto.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>tether</category><category>usdt</category><category>stablecoin</category><category>regulation</category><category>enforcement</category><category>defi</category><category>compliance</category></item><item><title>Oil Crossed $100 Last Night and Crypto Just Lost $300 Million</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/iran-oil-100-bitcoin-300m-liquidations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/iran-oil-100-bitcoin-300m-liquidations/</guid><description>Geopolitical escalation in the Middle East sent Brent crude above $100 a barrel overnight, wiping out $300 million in leveraged crypto bets by morning. This is what war does to 24/7 markets.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>markets</category><category>geopolitics</category><category>liquidations</category><category>macro</category></item><item><title>The Hottest Job in Crypto Didn&apos;t Exist a Year Ago: Meet the AI Agent Manager</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/web3-ai-agent-manager-jobs-53-percent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/web3-ai-agent-manager-jobs-53-percent/</guid><description>More than half of all Web3 job postings now require AI skills — up from 23% just 12 months ago. The classic individual contributor is being replaced by something new: the AI Agent Manager. Here&apos;s what that means for your crypto career.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>jobs</category><category>ai</category><category>crypto-careers</category><category>web3</category><category>hiring</category></item><item><title>Coinbase Fired 700 People and the CEO Says Your Company Is Next</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-700-layoffs-ai-armstrong-every-company/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-700-layoffs-ai-armstrong-every-company/</guid><description>Coinbase just cut 14% of its workforce — 700 jobs gone in a single day. CEO Brian Armstrong didn&apos;t just explain the layoffs. He warned every company in America that AI is coming for their headcount too.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>layoffs</category><category>coinbase</category><category>ai</category><category>jobs</category><category>crypto-careers</category></item><item><title>Someone Sent Grok a Morse Code Tweet — Then Walked Away With $175K in Crypto</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/grok-morse-code-200k-ai-agent-hack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/grok-morse-code-200k-ai-agent-hack/</guid><description>A single obfuscated tweet tricked xAI&apos;s Grok into executing a $175K on-chain transfer — no private keys stolen, no smart contract exploit. Just a chatbot doing what it was told.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>security</category><category>ai-agents</category><category>defi</category><category>web3</category><category>hacks</category></item><item><title>A Bitcoin Miner Dumped Its Mining Ops for AI — Then Signed a $9.8B Deal and Hit an All-Time High Stock Price</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hut8-9-billion-ai-pivot-bitcoin-miner-all-time-high/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hut8-9-billion-ai-pivot-bitcoin-miner-all-time-high/</guid><description>Hut 8 sold its Bitcoin mining rigs to Eric Trump&apos;s American Bitcoin, pivoted hard to AI data centers, and just inked a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease in Texas. The stock is up 30% and at an all-time high. The playbook just changed.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>bitcoin-mining</category><category>ai</category><category>hut8</category><category>data-centers</category><category>nvidia</category><category>eric-trump</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Pavel Durov Just Killed the TON Foundation and the Market Pumped 36% — Welcome to &apos;Decentralization&apos;</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/telegram-ton-takeover-mtonga-durov/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/telegram-ton-takeover-mtonga-durov/</guid><description>Telegram is replacing the TON Foundation, becoming the blockchain&apos;s largest validator, and slashing fees sixfold. TON surged 36%. Decentralization theater is officially dead — and the market loves it.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>ton</category><category>telegram</category><category>durov</category><category>defi</category><category>layer1</category><category>staking</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>A Crypto Exchange Just Bought Wall Street&apos;s Back Office for $4.2 Billion</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bullish-equiniti-4-billion-tokenized-securities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bullish-equiniti-4-billion-tokenized-securities/</guid><description>Bullish, the Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange, is acquiring Equiniti — the transfer agent behind 20 million shareholders and $500 billion in annual payments — in one of the largest crypto deals ever. Wall Street&apos;s plumbing is going on-chain.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>tokenization</category><category>institutional</category><category>defi</category><category>wall-street</category><category>acquisitions</category></item><item><title>JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and the CFTC Chair All Showed Up to Crypto&apos;s Biggest Conference — on the Same Day Bitcoin Hit $81K</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/consensus-miami-wall-street-bitcoin-81k/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/consensus-miami-wall-street-bitcoin-81k/</guid><description>Consensus Miami 2026 opened with a jaw-dropper: Wall Street didn&apos;t just attend — they sponsored. Institutional attendance doubled to 35% of the crowd, representing $10 trillion in AUM. Bitcoin noticed.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>consensus</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>institutional</category><category>wall-street</category><category>hiring</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>The Ethereum L2 That Processed a Billion Transactions Just Turned Off Forever — $34M Is Still Inside</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/zksync-lite-shutdown-ethereum-l2-dead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/zksync-lite-shutdown-ethereum-l2-dead/</guid><description>ZKsync Lite shut down permanently today, May 4, 2026. The original ZK-rollup that helped prove the technology works is gone. $33.9 million in user funds are still bridged to a dead network — and this is only the beginning of L2 consolidation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>ethereum</category><category>layer-2</category><category>zksync</category><category>defi</category><category>infrastructure</category></item><item><title>Kraken&apos;s Banker Was Allegedly Running a Ponzi Scheme With Client Funds — And Covered It Up for a Year</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-etana-25m-ponzi-custody-fraud/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-etana-25m-ponzi-custody-fraud/</guid><description>Kraken&apos;s parent Payward just sued its former custodian Etana for misappropriating $25 million in client funds in what it calls a &apos;Ponzi-like&apos; scheme. Etana allegedly stalled withdrawals with fake reconciliation issues while plugging holes with new deposits.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>enforcement</category><category>fraud</category><category>kraken</category><category>custody</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>defi</category></item><item><title>276 People Just Got Arrested Running the Same Crypto Scam Type That Ensnared Trump&apos;s Own Venture</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fbi-276-arrests-pig-butchering-crypto-bust/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fbi-276-arrests-pig-butchering-crypto-bust/</guid><description>The FBI coordinated with Dubai Police and Thai authorities to bust 276 people across 9 pig butchering scam centers — the same fraud method that put Trump&apos;s World Liberty Financial in headlines last week.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>enforcement</category><category>fraud</category><category>pig-butchering</category><category>fbi</category><category>doj</category><category>world-liberty-financial</category></item><item><title>Coinbase Just Agreed to Kill Passive Stablecoin Yield — And They&apos;re Calling It a Win</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-clarity-act-stablecoin-yield-ban/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-clarity-act-stablecoin-yield-ban/</guid><description>The CLARITY Act stablecoin yield compromise bans &apos;hold and earn&apos; stablecoin rewards in the US. Coinbase backed the deal anyway. Here&apos;s the multi-billion dollar calculation behind that decision.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>coinbase</category><category>clarity-act</category><category>legislation</category><category>usdc</category></item><item><title>Gemini Just Beat Every Crypto Exchange in the World — It Now Controls Its Entire Derivatives Pipeline, Legally</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/gemini-cftc-full-derivatives-stack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/gemini-cftc-full-derivatives-stack/</guid><description>Gemini quietly assembled the full CFTC regulatory stack — a DCM license to list derivatives and a DCO license to clear them in-house. No other purely crypto-native exchange has pulled this off. Futures, perps, and prediction markets are next.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>derivatives</category><category>gemini</category><category>cftc</category><category>futures</category><category>perps</category></item><item><title>500 Ethereum Wallets That Hadn&apos;t Moved in 8 Years Were Just Drained — And Nobody Knows How</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/dormant-ethereum-wallets-drained-coordinated-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/dormant-ethereum-wallets-drained-coordinated-attack/</guid><description>A coordinated attacker swept over 500 long-dormant Ethereum addresses, stealing ~$800K and routing funds through ThorChain. The compromise vector is still unknown — and your old wallets may not be safe.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>ethereum</category><category>security</category><category>defi</category><category>hacks</category></item><item><title>Visa Just Settled $7 Billion in Stablecoins — and Quietly Doubled Its Blockchain Network</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/visa-7-billion-stablecoin-settlement-nine-blockchains/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/visa-7-billion-stablecoin-settlement-nine-blockchains/</guid><description>Visa&apos;s stablecoin settlement pilot hit a $7B annualized run rate — up 50% in a single quarter — and just expanded to 9 blockchains including Base, Polygon, and Stripe&apos;s Tempo. TradFi isn&apos;t coming to crypto. It&apos;s already here.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>stablecoin</category><category>visa</category><category>payments</category><category>institutional</category><category>base</category><category>polygon</category></item><item><title>Is North Korea Running an AI That Automatically Hacks DeFi? April&apos;s $625M Record Says the Theory Isn&apos;t Crazy</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/north-korea-ai-defi-hacker-april-625m-record/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/north-korea-ai-defi-hacker-april-625m-record/</guid><description>April 2026 was the worst month in crypto hack history: 30 attacks, $625M drained, North Korea behind 76% of it. Now a developer is claiming DPRK trained an AI to autonomously exploit DeFi — and the Wasabi Protocol&apos;s $5M multi-chain drain may be its latest hit.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>hack</category><category>defi</category><category>north-korea</category><category>security</category><category>wasabi-protocol</category></item><item><title>Vitalik&apos;s $470M Ethereum L2 Launched Its Token Today — Hit ATH and Dumped 20% in the Same Hour</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/megaeth-mega-token-launch-470m-pump-dump/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/megaeth-mega-token-launch-470m-pump-dump/</guid><description>MegaETH&apos;s $MEGA token went live April 30, 2026. Backed by Vitalik Buterin and Joe Lubin with $470M in funding, claiming 100,000 TPS — and airdropping to 500,000 wallets on day one. Here&apos;s the full breakdown.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>ethereum</category><category>layer2</category><category>defi</category><category>token-launch</category><category>airdrop</category></item><item><title>South Korea&apos;s Biggest Credit Card Company Just Chose Solana to Power Payments for 28 Million Users</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/shinhan-card-solana-28m-users-stablecoin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/shinhan-card-solana-28m-users-stablecoin/</guid><description>Shinhan Card — South Korea&apos;s largest card issuer with $145B in annual transaction volume — signed an MOU with the Solana Foundation to build a stablecoin payment stack. They already completed six proof-of-concept projects alongside Visa, Mastercard, and Fireblocks.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>solana</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>payments</category><category>south-korea</category><category>defi</category><category>breaking-news</category></item><item><title>Western Union, Founded in 1851, Just Killed SWIFT With a Solana Stablecoin</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/western-union-dumps-swift-solana-usdpt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/western-union-dumps-swift-solana-usdpt/</guid><description>The 175-year-old money transfer giant confirmed its USDPT stablecoin launches on Solana in May — replacing SWIFT for global agent settlements. The first real-world partner went live this week.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>solana</category><category>tradfi</category><category>regulation</category><category>remittance</category></item><item><title>Pump.fun Just Lit $370 Million on Fire — and the Community Is Furious</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/pumpfun-370m-burn-pump-token-backlash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/pumpfun-370m-burn-pump-token-backlash/</guid><description>Pump.fun burned 36% of PUMP&apos;s entire circulating supply overnight — $370M vaporized in two transactions. Then came the twist: those tokens were supposed to be airdrops. Now Solana&apos;s biggest meme coin launchpad is at war with its own community.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>solana</category><category>memecoins</category><category>defi</category><category>tokenomics</category><category>pump-fun</category></item><item><title>Bitcoin Has Crashed After 8 of Powell&apos;s Last 9 Fed Meetings. He Has One Left.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-fomc-powell-last-meeting-sell-the-news/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-fomc-powell-last-meeting-sell-the-news/</guid><description>Tomorrow is Jerome Powell&apos;s final FOMC press conference before Kevin Warsh takes the chair on May 15. Bitcoin is up 21% since early April — and history says the 48 hours after a Fed decision are the most dangerous window in crypto.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>markets</category><category>fed</category><category>macro</category><category>trading</category></item><item><title>Ethereum&apos;s Biggest Rivals Just Pooled $300M to Bail Out a North Korean Hack — and It Might Actually Work</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/defi-united-300m-aave-rseth-rescue-kelpdao/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/defi-united-300m-aave-rseth-rescue-kelpdao/</guid><description>DeFi United drops its technical rescue blueprint today, with Consensys, Aave, Compound, the Solana Foundation and 14 other protocols pledging $300M+ in ETH to re-collateralize rsETH after the $292M Lazarus-linked KelpDAO exploit. This is the most coordinated cross-protocol rescue in DeFi history.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>defi</category><category>security</category><category>aave</category><category>ethereum</category><category>north-korea</category><category>lazarus</category></item><item><title>US Traders Have Been Using Illegal Offshore Exchanges for Crypto Perps for Years. That Ended Today.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kalshi-polymarket-crypto-perps-us-regulated/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kalshi-polymarket-crypto-perps-us-regulated/</guid><description>Kalshi launched CFTC-regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures on April 27 — and Polymarket panicked and launched theirs first to beat them. The race to own America&apos;s $100B crypto derivatives market is on.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>derivatives</category><category>regulation</category><category>cftc</category><category>kalshi</category><category>polymarket</category><category>defi</category><category>markets</category></item><item><title>Solidity Developer Salary in 2026: What Crypto Protocols Are Actually Paying</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-solidity-developer-salary-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-solidity-developer-salary-2026/</guid><description>Discover Solidity Developer salaries in 2026: $90k-$350k. Get the numbers and insights on what crypto protocols are offering.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>careers</category><category>salaries</category><category>jobs</category><category>solidity</category><category>developer</category></item><item><title>The Weekly Grind (Apr 21–Apr 27): $606M DeFi Hack Frenzy &amp; U.S. Crypto Derivatives Race</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-weekly-roundup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-weekly-roundup/</guid><description>DeFi hacks hit $606M in 18 days, while Kalshi and Polymarket battle for the U.S. crypto derivatives market.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>weekly-roundup</category><category>DeFi</category><category>crypto-derivatives</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>AI</category></item><item><title>The FBI Director Just Walked Into a Bitcoin Conference to Say the War on Bitcoin Is Over</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fbi-director-bitcoin-2026-code-is-free-speech/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fbi-director-bitcoin-2026-code-is-free-speech/</guid><description>Kash Patel and Acting AG Todd Blanche take the stage at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas today — the nation&apos;s top law enforcement officials declaring &apos;Code is Free Speech&apos; at the world&apos;s biggest Bitcoin event.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>bitcoin</category><category>regulation</category><category>policy</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>developer-rights</category></item><item><title>Litecoin Just Erased 3 Hours of Its Own Blockchain History — Then Lied About Why</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/litecoin-zero-day-mweb-13-block-reorg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/litecoin-zero-day-mweb-13-block-reorg/</guid><description>A zero-day exploit in Litecoin&apos;s MimbleWimble privacy layer triggered a 13-block chain reorg, wiping three hours of transactions. Litecoin denied it was a zero-day. GitHub commits say otherwise.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>litecoin</category><category>hack</category><category>exploit</category><category>security</category><category>mweb</category><category>defi</category></item><item><title>Morgan Stanley Just Made Itself the Fed for Stablecoins — Tether and Circle Now Pay It Interest</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-stablecoin-reserve-bank/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-stablecoin-reserve-bank/</guid><description>Morgan Stanley&apos;s new MSNXX Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio quietly makes the $200B wealth manager the preferred reserve custodian for the entire stablecoin industry under the GENIUS Act.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>institutional</category><category>regulation</category><category>tradfi</category><category>genius-act</category></item><item><title>69,000 AI Agents Are Already Spending Crypto — And None of Them Asked Permission</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-x402-ai-agents-crypto-payments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-x402-ai-agents-crypto-payments/</guid><description>Coinbase&apos;s x402 protocol just launched an app store where AI agents autonomously buy Bloomberg data, AWS compute, and trading APIs with USDC — no human approval required. 165 million transactions have already settled.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>coinbase</category><category>ai</category><category>defi</category><category>infrastructure</category><category>base</category><category>stablecoins</category></item><item><title>Presidential Access Costs $500 and a 96% Loss: Trump Hosts TRUMP Memecoin Whales at Mar-a-Lago Today</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-luncheon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-luncheon/</guid><description>The sitting U.S. president is meeting the top 297 holders of his personal memecoin at Mar-a-Lago today — while the token sits 96% below its all-time high and Senate Democrats launch a formal investigation.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>memecoins</category><category>regulation</category><category>trump</category><category>politics</category></item><item><title>A Green Beret Helped Plan the Maduro Raid. Then He Bet $33K on Polymarket and Walked Away With $410K.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/green-beret-polymarket-insider-trading-maduro/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/green-beret-polymarket-insider-trading-maduro/</guid><description>U.S. Army Master Sergeant Gannon Van Dyke is the first person charged with using classified military intelligence to insider-trade on a crypto prediction market. The DOJ and CFTC both came for him.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>polymarket</category><category>defi</category><category>regulation</category><category>prediction-markets</category><category>doj</category><category>cftc</category><category>legal</category></item><item><title>Wisconsin Just Called Your Polymarket Trades Illegal Gambling — And Coinbase Is in the Dock Too</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/wisconsin-prediction-markets-coinbase-kalshi-illegal-gambling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/wisconsin-prediction-markets-coinbase-kalshi-illegal-gambling/</guid><description>Wisconsin&apos;s AG filed two separate lawsuits on April 23 targeting Kalshi, Coinbase, Robinhood, Polymarket, and Crypto.com — using the platforms&apos; own marketing copy against them in a case that could reach the Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>prediction-markets</category><category>coinbase</category><category>polymarket</category><category>defi</category><category>legal</category></item><item><title>North Korea Just Sent Your CEO a Fake Zoom Invite — Then Drained Their Crypto Wallet</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/lazarus-mach-o-man-macos-crypto-executives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/lazarus-mach-o-man-macos-crypto-executives/</guid><description>Lazarus Group&apos;s new &apos;Mach-O Man&apos; macOS malware is targeting crypto and fintech executives with convincing fake meeting invites, stealing keychain data and wallet credentials before erasing itself completely.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>security</category><category>north-korea</category><category>lazarus-group</category><category>hacks</category><category>macos</category><category>social-engineering</category></item><item><title>One Publicly Traded Company Now Owns 4% of All Ethereum — and Is 24,000 Tokens from 5%</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-bmnr-4-percent-eth-supply-staking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-bmnr-4-percent-eth-supply-staking/</guid><description>Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) has quietly amassed 4.976 million ETH worth $12.9B, staked 70% of it through Coinbase Prime, and is now printing $221M a year in staking rewards — on autopilot.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>ethereum</category><category>institutional</category><category>staking</category><category>markets</category></item><item><title>Tomorrow, You Can Bet 3x on XRP — and Lose Everything Before Lunch</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/graniteshares-3x-xrp-etf-nasdaq/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/graniteshares-3x-xrp-etf-nasdaq/</guid><description>GraniteShares launches the first-ever triple-leveraged XRP ETFs on Nasdaq April 23. One bad day wipes your position completely.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>xrp</category><category>etf</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>tradfi</category><category>leveraged-etf</category><category>regulation</category></item><item><title>The UK Has Zero Legal Crypto P2P Traders. The FCA Just Raided 8 of Them.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/uk-fca-raids-8-illegal-crypto-p2p-hubs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/uk-fca-raids-8-illegal-crypto-p2p-hubs/</guid><description>Britain&apos;s financial watchdog hit eight London crypto shops in a single day — marking the country&apos;s first-ever coordinated crackdown on illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>enforcement</category><category>uk</category><category>compliance</category><category>aml</category></item><item><title>DeFi Lost More in 18 Days Than All of Q1 — And Congress Just Called an Emergency Hearing</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/april-defi-bloodbath-606m-18-days-congress-hearing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/april-defi-bloodbath-606m-18-days-congress-hearing/</guid><description>April 2026 is already the worst month for crypto hacks since February 2025. $606 million gone in 18 days. 3.7x the entire first quarter. Today, Congress is holding hearings. Here&apos;s what broke.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>defi</category><category>security</category><category>hacks</category><category>regulation</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>lazarus-group</category></item><item><title>One Company Now Controls More Bitcoin Than BlackRock — And It Just Bought $2.54 Billion More</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-815k-btc-blackrock-surpassed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-815k-btc-blackrock-surpassed/</guid><description>Strategy&apos;s 815,061 BTC hoard just eclipsed BlackRock&apos;s ETF holdings after a record $2.54B single purchase. Michael Saylor says he&apos;s not done.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>bitcoin</category><category>institutional</category><category>strategy</category><category>michael-saylor</category><category>breaking-news</category></item><item><title>An AI Tool No One Audited Just Cracked Open Crypto&apos;s Entire Frontend Layer</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/vercel-breach-crypto-frontend-context-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/vercel-breach-crypto-frontend-context-ai/</guid><description>Hackers breached Vercel — the hosting backbone for thousands of DeFi apps — by exploiting a compromised third-party AI platform. API keys, tokens, and source code are on sale for $2M on BreachForums.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>security</category><category>defi</category><category>web3</category><category>infrastructure</category><category>hacks</category></item><item><title>The Man Who Could Set US Interest Rates Owns Solana, dYdX, and Polymarket</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/warsh-fed-chair-crypto-defi-senate-hearing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/warsh-fed-chair-crypto-defi-senate-hearing/</guid><description>Kevin Warsh — Trump&apos;s pick to replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair — heads into his Senate confirmation hearing tomorrow with 30+ crypto investments in his portfolio. Here&apos;s what it means for rates, regulation, and the entire industry.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>fed</category><category>defi</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>jobs</category><category>institutional</category></item><item><title>The NFT-Era L2s Are Dying. Mint Blockchain and Myria Just Killed the Lights.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/nft-l2-graveyard-mint-myria-shutdown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/nft-l2-graveyard-mint-myria-shutdown/</guid><description>Mint Blockchain shut down April 17. Myria is pulling the plug on its L2 with an April 27 asset-bridging deadline. They&apos;re not alone — 20+ crypto projects went dark in Q1 2026. The NFT-era infrastructure bubble is officially over.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>defi</category><category>nft</category><category>ethereum</category><category>layer2</category><category>jobs</category><category>market</category></item><item><title>Someone Forged a Single Message and Walked Away With $292 Million of Restaked ETH</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kelp-dao-rseth-292m-layerzero-bridge-exploit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kelp-dao-rseth-292m-layerzero-bridge-exploit/</guid><description>Kelp DAO&apos;s rsETH bridge was drained in minutes after an attacker forged LayerZero cross-chain messages. Bad debt cascaded across Aave, Compound, and Euler. It&apos;s 2026&apos;s biggest DeFi hack — so far.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>hack</category><category>defi</category><category>layerzero</category><category>aave</category><category>restaking</category><category>security</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Kraken Just Bought the Only Key That Unlocks U.S. Crypto Derivatives — For $550 Million</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-bitnomial-550m-cftc-derivatives-monopoly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-bitnomial-550m-cftc-derivatives-monopoly/</guid><description>Payward&apos;s acquisition of Bitnomial hands Kraken a decade-long regulatory moat: the only full-stack CFTC-licensed crypto derivatives platform in America. No one else has all three licenses.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>acquisitions</category><category>kraken</category><category>cftc</category><category>derivatives</category><category>regulation</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>The Secret Service Mapped 20,000 Crypto Scam Victims — And Your Wallet Might Be on the List</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/operation-atlantic-secret-service-crypto-approval-phishing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/operation-atlantic-secret-service-crypto-approval-phishing/</guid><description>Operation Atlantic, a joint US-UK-Canada law enforcement strike, froze $12M and traced $45M in crypto approval phishing fraud across 30+ countries. Here&apos;s what that means for the industry.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>enforcement</category><category>security</category><category>regulation</category><category>defi</category></item><item><title>France Is Having a Crypto Kidnapping Every 2.5 Days — and the Government Is Finally Cracking Down</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/france-crypto-kidnapping-one-every-2-5-days/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/france-crypto-kidnapping-one-every-2-5-days/</guid><description>41 violent crypto kidnappings in 2026. France now has the worst crypto ransom attack rate in the world, and the interior ministry just admitted they&apos;ve lost control.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>security</category><category>regulation</category><category>crime</category><category>europe</category></item><item><title>The World&apos;s Most Sanctioned Crypto Exchange Just Got Hacked — and It&apos;s Blaming the CIA</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/grinex-hack-garantex-successor-western-spies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/grinex-hack-garantex-successor-western-spies/</guid><description>Grinex — the sanctions-dodging successor to Russia&apos;s notorious Garantex — shut down after a $13M hack and blamed &apos;Western special services.&apos; The irony is too rich.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>hacks</category><category>russia</category><category>sanctions</category><category>enforcement</category><category>defi</category><category>exchange</category></item><item><title>Bitcoin Devs Just Cooked Up a Quantum Tripwire That Would Freeze Satoshi&apos;s $74B in BTC</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-quantum-tripwire-satoshi-coins-freeze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-quantum-tripwire-satoshi-coins-freeze/</guid><description>A new &apos;canary address&apos; proposal would only freeze 6.5 million vulnerable BTC — including Satoshi&apos;s coins — if a quantum computer actually proves it can break Bitcoin first. Adam Back says there&apos;s a better way.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>bitcoin</category><category>quantum</category><category>security</category><category>bip-361</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>developers</category></item><item><title>North Korea Robbed Drift. Tether Wrote the Check — and Just Dethroned Circle on Solana.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-tether-148m-rescue-usdc-dethroned/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-tether-148m-rescue-usdc-dethroned/</guid><description>Tether is bailing out Drift Protocol with $148M after North Korea&apos;s $285M heist — but the real play is quietly replacing Circle&apos;s USDC as Solana DeFi&apos;s settlement currency.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>defi</category><category>solana</category><category>tether</category><category>usdt</category><category>usdc</category><category>circle</category><category>north-korea</category><category>hacks</category><category>stablecoins</category></item><item><title>A Fake Ledger App Ran on Apple&apos;s App Store for 2 Weeks and Drained $9.5 Million</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fake-ledger-apple-app-store-9-million-theft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fake-ledger-apple-app-store-9-million-theft/</guid><description>A fraudulent Ledger Live app slipped through Apple&apos;s review process, stayed live for roughly two weeks, and drained $9.5 million from 50+ victims before ZachXBT blew the whistle.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>security</category><category>hack</category><category>apple</category><category>ledger</category><category>wallet</category><category>zachxbt</category></item><item><title>3.4 Million OneCoin Victims Get to Split $40M on $4 Billion Stolen — That&apos;s One Cent on the Dollar</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/onecoin-doj-40m-victims-cryptoqueen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/onecoin-doj-40m-victims-cryptoqueen/</guid><description>The DOJ just opened compensation claims for the biggest crypto fraud in history. The math is brutal: $40 million recovered, $4 billion stolen, Cryptoqueen still on the run.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>fraud</category><category>enforcement</category><category>onecoin</category></item><item><title>Hacker Minted 1 Billion Polkadot Tokens on Ethereum — and Only Got Away With $237K</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperbridge-1-billion-dot-minted-237k-stolen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperbridge-1-billion-dot-minted-237k-stolen/</guid><description>A forged cross-chain proof let an attacker mint 1,000,000,000 fake DOT tokens on Ethereum in a single transaction. Thin liquidity saved Polkadot. Twelve days earlier, Hyperbridge had posted an April Fools&apos; joke about exactly this.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>defi</category><category>hacks</category><category>polkadot</category><category>bridges</category><category>security</category></item><item><title>Congress Wants to Let You Spend Stablecoins Tax-Free — But Bitcoin Still Gets Taxed Every Time You Buy a Coffee</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/parity-act-bitcoin-tax-stablecoin-exemption/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/parity-act-bitcoin-tax-stablecoin-exemption/</guid><description>The PARITY Act gives stablecoins a federal de minimis tax exemption while explicitly leaving Bitcoin behind. Bitcoin Policy Institute calls it a bill that &apos;picks winners and losers.&apos; Coinbase earned $1.35B in stablecoin revenue last year — make of that what you will.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>regulation</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>tax</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>policy</category></item><item><title>Whales Are Spending $7M to Have Dinner with Trump, Senators Call It a Corruption Crisis — and He Might Not Even Show Up</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-gala-whale-senate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-gala-whale-senate/</guid><description>The TRUMP token snapshot deadline is today. Whales have pumped $2.7M in 48 hours to buy their way into a presidential dinner. The Senate wants answers. And buried in the fine print: Trump &apos;may not be able to attend.&apos;</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>trump</category><category>meme-coins</category><category>regulation</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>whale-watch</category><category>defi</category></item><item><title>Coinbase Blocked This Crypto Bill Twice. Now It&apos;s Backing It — and the Senate Has 3 Weeks to Act.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/clarity-act-senate-coinbase-flip-3-week-window/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/clarity-act-senate-coinbase-flip-3-week-window/</guid><description>Brian Armstrong killed the CLARITY Act in January, then blocked it again in February. Today the Senate returned from Easter recess, and Armstrong is suddenly its biggest cheerleader. Here&apos;s what changed, and why the next 3 weeks decide whether US crypto law happens in 2026 or not at all.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>regulation</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>clarity-act</category><category>coinbase</category><category>market-structure</category><category>senate</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Crypto Just Beat Wall Street to SpaceX — Retail Gets Pre-IPO Access Before the Street Does</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitget-spacex-prespax-tokenized-ipo-crypto/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitget-spacex-prespax-tokenized-ipo-crypto/</guid><description>SpaceX filed for the largest IPO in history at a $1.75 trillion valuation. Bitget just launched preSPAX, a tokenized synthetic token giving retail crypto investors exposure before the NYSE opens its doors.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>rwa</category><category>defi</category><category>exchanges</category><category>regulation</category><category>ipo</category></item><item><title>The Banks That Print HK Cash Just Got Licensed to Print Digital Dollars Too</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hsbc-stanchart-hong-kong-stablecoin-license/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hsbc-stanchart-hong-kong-stablecoin-license/</guid><description>Hong Kong granted its first two stablecoin licenses to HSBC and a Standard Chartered–Animoca joint venture — picking just 2 from 36 applicants. The era of bank-issued stablecoins is here.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>stablecoins</category><category>regulation</category><category>hong-kong</category><category>hsbc</category><category>standard-chartered</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>The DEX Doing $200B/Month Just Filed for a Wall Street ETF — And Bloomberg Says Launch Is Imminent</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitwise-bhyp-hyperliquid-etf-imminent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitwise-bhyp-hyperliquid-etf-imminent/</guid><description>Bitwise dropped the Form 8-A for its Hyperliquid ETF (ticker: BHYP) today. Bloomberg&apos;s Eric Balchunas says that&apos;s the last filing before launch. HYPE is up 103% from January lows. Cantor Fitzgerald just called $200B market cap. Here&apos;s what it means.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>etf</category><category>hyperliquid</category><category>hype</category><category>defi</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>crypto-jobs</category></item><item><title>Trump&apos;s DeFi Project Borrowed $75M From Its Own CTO&apos;s Protocol — And the Token Is Collapsing</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/wlfi-trump-75m-insider-loan-dolomite-scandal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/wlfi-trump-75m-insider-loan-dolomite-scandal/</guid><description>World Liberty Financial used nearly 5 billion WLFI tokens as collateral to borrow $75M from Dolomite, a platform co-founded by WLFI&apos;s own CTO. The token is now at an all-time low, down 82% from peak.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>defi</category><category>regulation</category><category>trump</category><category>wlfi</category><category>insider-trading</category><category>stablecoins</category></item><item><title>Japan Just Made Bitcoin Illegal to Trade on Inside Information — And 104 Other Tokens Too</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/japan-crypto-financial-instruments-fiea/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/japan-crypto-financial-instruments-fiea/</guid><description>Japan&apos;s cabinet approved a landmark bill reclassifying crypto as financial instruments under the FIEA, bringing insider trading bans, mandatory disclosures, and 10-year prison sentences to the world&apos;s third-largest economy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>regulation</category><category>japan</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>compliance</category><category>fiea</category></item><item><title>Morgan Stanley Just Launched a Bitcoin ETF That Costs Half as Much as BlackRock&apos;s</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-msbt-bitcoin-etf-blackrock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-msbt-bitcoin-etf-blackrock/</guid><description>MSBT debuted on NYSE Arca at 0.14% — nearly half BlackRock&apos;s IBIT fee — making Wall Street&apos;s biggest wealth manager the most aggressive new entrant in the Bitcoin ETF war.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>bitcoin</category><category>etf</category><category>morgan-stanley</category><category>wall-street</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Every Stablecoin Company Just Got Turned Into a Bank — The U.S. Treasury Made It Official</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/genius-act-stablecoin-aml-compliance-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/genius-act-stablecoin-aml-compliance-jobs/</guid><description>Treasury and FinCEN dropped a joint proposed rule under the GENIUS Act that forces stablecoin issuers to implement full AML programs, freeze bad transactions, and hire compliance officers — by January 2027.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>regulation</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>compliance</category><category>genius-act</category><category>breaking-news</category></item><item><title>Someone Deliberately Blew Up $3M on Fartcoin to Steal $1.5M From Hyperliquid</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperliquid-fartcoin-suicide-liquidation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperliquid-fartcoin-suicide-liquidation/</guid><description>A whale built a $15M leveraged Fartcoin position across four wallets, then intentionally imploded it — weaponizing Hyperliquid&apos;s auto-deleveraging system to dump losses onto the exchange&apos;s own vault.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>hyperliquid</category><category>defi</category><category>exploit</category><category>memecoin</category><category>on-chain-drama</category></item><item><title>One Company Now Owns 4% of All Ethereum — And It&apos;s Listing on the NYSE Tomorrow</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-4-percent-ethereum-supply-nyse-uplisting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-4-percent-ethereum-supply-nyse-uplisting/</guid><description>Bitmine Immersion Technologies quietly accumulated 4.8 million ETH, staked 3.3 million of it, and is now uplisting to the NYSE. The MicroStrategy of Ethereum just went mainstream.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>ethereum</category><category>institutional</category><category>staking</category><category>treasury</category><category>corporate-crypto</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Peace Deal Nukes $427M in Bitcoin Short Bets in 8 Hours</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-iran-ceasefire-short-squeeze-427m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-iran-ceasefire-short-squeeze-427m/</guid><description>A two-week US-Iran ceasefire sent Bitcoin past $72,700 and liquidated nearly half a billion dollars in bearish positions — one of the fastest short squeezes of 2026.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>bitcoin</category><category>markets</category><category>liquidations</category><category>geopolitics</category><category>breaking-news</category></item><item><title>The SEC Just Blinked: A $75M Token Fundraising Safe Harbor Is Now One Step Away</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/sec-reg-crypto-safe-harbor-token-fundraising/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/sec-reg-crypto-safe-harbor-token-fundraising/</guid><description>SEC Chair Atkins confirms &apos;Reg Crypto&apos; has cleared internal review and is at the White House — the first U.S. crypto-specific fundraising framework ever, with a $5M startup exemption and $75M/year cap.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>regulation</category><category>sec</category><category>fundraising</category><category>token-launch</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>policy</category></item><item><title>Aave Just Lost Its Third Key Team in 60 Days — and Nobody Wants to Manage $12B in Risk</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/aave-chaos-labs-exit-defi-governance-meltdown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/aave-chaos-labs-exit-defi-governance-meltdown/</guid><description>Chaos Labs is walking away from Aave after 3 years and &apos;zero material bad debt.&apos; They&apos;re the third core contributor to quit since March. No one knows who&apos;s watching the money.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>defi</category><category>aave</category><category>governance</category><category>risk-management</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Strategy Just Lost $14.5 Billion on Paper — and Bought $330M More Bitcoin Anyway</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-microstrategy-14-billion-bitcoin-loss-q1/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-microstrategy-14-billion-bitcoin-loss-q1/</guid><description>MicroStrategy&apos;s rebranded successor posted the largest Q1 Bitcoin loss since 2018, then spent another $330 million on BTC the following week. This is what conviction looks like — or what it costs.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>strategy</category><category>microstrategy</category><category>institutional</category><category>markets</category><category>hiring</category></item><item><title>Stablecoins Are Broken in a Way Nobody Admits — a16z Just Paid $10M to Fix It</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/better-money-company-a16z-stablecoin-clearinghouse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/better-money-company-a16z-stablecoin-clearinghouse/</guid><description>You can&apos;t swap USDT for USDC at face value without slippage. A former a16z partner just raised $10M to build the clearinghouse that makes stablecoins actually fungible — and Stripe, MetaMask, and Phantom are already signed up.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>a16z</category><category>defi</category><category>infrastructure</category><category>hiring</category><category>fundraising</category></item><item><title>Australia Just Regulated Crypto — Overnight, It Created an Entire New Industry</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/australia-crypto-licensing-law-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/australia-crypto-licensing-law-jobs/</guid><description>Australia&apos;s parliament passed the Digital Assets Framework Bill, the country&apos;s first comprehensive crypto licensing law. Exchanges and custodians must now get licensed like brokers. Here&apos;s what it means for jobs.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>crypto-jobs</category><category>compliance</category><category>australia</category><category>defi</category></item><item><title>North Korea Spent Six Months Pretending to Be a Trading Firm to Steal $270M From Drift</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-north-korea-six-month-infiltration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-north-korea-six-month-infiltration/</guid><description>Drift Protocol confirmed today that the April 1 exploit wasn&apos;t opportunistic — DPRK-linked hackers spent six months attending crypto conferences, building real relationships, and depositing real money before draining $270M.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>defi</category><category>security</category><category>north-korea</category><category>dprk</category><category>solana</category><category>hacks</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>$12 Trillion Charles Schwab Is About to Let Your Grandma Buy Bitcoin Directly</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/charles-schwab-crypto-spot-bitcoin-ethereum/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/charles-schwab-crypto-spot-bitcoin-ethereum/</guid><description>Charles Schwab — the brokerage that manages $12 trillion in client assets — just announced direct spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading. This isn&apos;t Fidelity or a crypto-native firm. This is the brokerage where America&apos;s retirees keep their 401(k)s.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>institutional</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>ethereum</category><category>hiring</category><category>tradfi</category></item><item><title>Circle Watched $232M in Stolen USDC Bridge Out for 6 Hours — and Did Nothing</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/circle-usdc-freeze-zachxbt-drift-hack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/circle-usdc-freeze-zachxbt-drift-hack/</guid><description>ZachXBT just published a damning thread showing Circle had the power to freeze $232M in stolen Drift Protocol funds — during business hours, over 6 hours — and chose not to. It&apos;s part of a pattern spanning $420M across 15 cases since 2022.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>defi</category><category>security</category><category>regulation</category><category>stablecoins</category><category>solana</category></item><item><title>Crypto Job Postings Crashed 80% Since Liberation Day — And It&apos;s Not Just the Market</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/liberation-day-tariffs-crypto-jobs-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/liberation-day-tariffs-crypto-jobs-crash/</guid><description>One year after Trump&apos;s Liberation Day tariffs shook global markets, Bitcoin is down 20%+ from its peak and crypto job postings have collapsed 80% from a year ago. Here&apos;s what&apos;s really happening to crypto careers right now.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>crypto-jobs</category><category>market-analysis</category><category>layoffs</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>tariffs</category></item><item><title>FTX Is Finally, Officially Dead — The CFTC Just Closed Its Last Case</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cftc-ftx-nishad-singh-settlement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cftc-ftx-nishad-singh-settlement/</guid><description>The CFTC settled with Nishad Singh — FTX&apos;s ex-engineering chief who built the backdoor that let Alameda silently drain billions in customer funds. The case is closed. The industry can stop looking over its shoulder. Almost.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>enforcement</category><category>ftx</category><category>regulation</category><category>cftc</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>The US Government Just Handed Coinbase a Federal Banking License (Sort Of)</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-occ-national-trust-charter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-occ-national-trust-charter/</guid><description>Coinbase received conditional OCC approval for a national trust charter — making America&apos;s biggest crypto exchange a federally regulated custodian. This is the regulatory milestone the industry has chased for a decade.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>coinbase</category><category>institutional</category><category>stablecoin</category><category>hiring</category></item><item><title>The Man Who Called Bitcoin a Fraud Just Said JPMorgan Might Build a Prediction Market</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/jpmorgan-dimon-prediction-markets-crypto/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/jpmorgan-dimon-prediction-markets-crypto/</guid><description>Jamie Dimon — Wall Street&apos;s most famous crypto sceptic — has signalled JPMorgan could enter prediction markets. Goldman Sachs is already meeting with Polymarket. The last wall between TradFi and on-chain betting is crumbling.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>tradfi</category><category>prediction-markets</category><category>jpmorgan</category><category>institutional</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>A $1.5 Trillion Asset Manager Just Paid for a Crypto Acquisition Using Crypto Tokens</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/franklin-templeton-franklin-crypto-benji-acquisition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/franklin-templeton-franklin-crypto-benji-acquisition/</guid><description>Franklin Templeton launched &apos;Franklin Crypto&apos; and acquired 250 Digital — paying part of the deal in BENJI tokens from its own tokenized money fund. TradFi just ate its own dogfood.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>institutional</category><category>tradfi</category><category>tokenization</category><category>hiring</category><category>defi</category></item><item><title>SpaceX Just Filed for the Largest IPO in History. It&apos;s Bringing 8,285 Bitcoin With It.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/spacex-ipo-bitcoin-treasury-crypto-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/spacex-ipo-bitcoin-treasury-crypto-jobs/</guid><description>SpaceX has confidentially filed for a $1.75 trillion IPO — potentially the biggest public offering ever. Its Bitcoin treasury is about to go fully transparent, and the ripple effects for crypto hiring are massive.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>spacex</category><category>bitcoin</category><category>ipo</category><category>elon-musk</category><category>crypto-treasury</category><category>breaking-news</category><category>hiring</category></item><item><title>The FBI Created a Fake Cryptocurrency to Catch Market Manipulators. It Worked. 10 Execs Just Got Charged.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fbi-created-fake-crypto-doj-wash-trading-sting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fbi-created-fake-crypto-doj-wash-trading-sting/</guid><description>The DOJ just unsealed charges against 10 crypto executives in a massive wash trading sting called Operation Token Mirrors. The FBI built its own Ethereum token — NexFundAI — to bait them. Here&apos;s the full breakdown and what it means for the industry.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>doj</category><category>fbi</category><category>crypto</category><category>wash-trading</category><category>market-manipulation</category><category>regulation</category><category>nexfundai</category><category>gotbit</category><category>enforcement</category><category>breaking-news</category></item><item><title>Oracle Just Fired 30,000 People via 6 AM Email to Build AI Data Centers. Here&apos;s Where Those Engineers Should Actually Go.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/oracle-layoffs-crypto-careers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/oracle-layoffs-crypto-careers/</guid><description>Oracle cut 18% of its workforce overnight to fund a $156B AI buildout. If you&apos;re one of the 30,000, crypto infrastructure needs your exact skill set.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>oracle</category><category>layoffs</category><category>jobs</category><category>crypto-careers</category><category>infrastructure</category><category>ai</category><category>hiring</category><category>web3</category></item><item><title>Solana&apos;s Biggest Hack Since Wormhole: $270M Drained From Drift Protocol in Minutes</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-protocol-solana-exploit-270m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-protocol-solana-exploit-270m/</guid><description>Drift Protocol, Solana&apos;s leading perpetuals DEX, was drained of up to $285M in a still-unconfirmed exploit on April 1 — and the attacker is still moving funds right now.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>defi</category><category>security</category><category>solana</category><category>exploit</category><category>hacks</category><category>jobs</category></item><item><title>Google Says Quantum Computers Could Crack Bitcoin in 9 Minutes. The Industry Needs Post-Quantum Engineers Yesterday.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/google-quantum-bitcoin-crypto-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/google-quantum-bitcoin-crypto-jobs/</guid><description>Google says breaking Bitcoin may need 20x fewer qubits than thought. 6.9M BTC already exposed. The race to hire post-quantum crypto engineers starts now.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>bitcoin</category><category>quantum-computing</category><category>google</category><category>security</category><category>cryptography</category><category>jobs</category><category>post-quantum</category><category>hiring</category></item><item><title>Anthropic Just Leaked Claude Code&apos;s Entire Source Code. Every Crypto Dev Using AI Should Be Paying Attention.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/claude-code-source-leak-crypto-ai-security/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/claude-code-source-leak-crypto-ai-security/</guid><description>512K lines of TypeScript and 44 feature flags exposed via npm. If your crypto team uses AI coding tools, your threat model just changed.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>security</category><category>ai</category><category>claude-code</category><category>npm</category><category>crypto</category><category>developer-tools</category><category>jobs</category><category>supply-chain</category></item><item><title>North Korea Just Backdoored npm&apos;s Most Popular HTTP Library. Crypto Was the Target.</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/axios-supply-chain-attack-crypto-security-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/axios-supply-chain-attack-crypto-security-jobs/</guid><description>The Axios supply chain attack dropped a crypto-wallet-stealing RAT on 100M weekly installs. What happened, why AI missed it, and the security roles crypto needs now.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>security</category><category>supply-chain</category><category>npm</category><category>axios</category><category>crypto</category><category>north-korea</category><category>jobs</category><category>ai</category><category>vulnerabilities</category></item><item><title>The 20 Millionth Bitcoin Was Just Mined. 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