<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>the daily grind — Base</title><description>Coinbase&apos;s L2 built on the OP Stack. One of the fastest-growing L2s by daily transactions.</description><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Wallet Engineer Salary in 2026: What Crypto Protocols Are Actually Paying</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-wallet-engineer-salary-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-wallet-engineer-salary-2026/</guid><description>Discover Wallet Engineer salaries in 2026, ranging from $110K to $250K. See what crypto protocols are paying for this crucial role.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>careers</category><category>salaries</category><category>jobs</category><category>blockchain</category><category>wallet engineer</category></item><item><title>You Can Now Bet on SpaceX&apos;s $2 Trillion IPO on Binance — Without Owning a Single Share</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/binance-spacex-pre-ipo-perpetual-futures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/binance-spacex-pre-ipo-perpetual-futures/</guid><description>Binance just launched Pre-IPO Perpetual Contracts, letting anyone on earth speculate on SpaceX&apos;s valuation before it goes public. Wall Street just got disintermediated.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>binance</category><category>spacex</category><category>derivatives</category><category>defi</category><category>ipo</category><category>perpetual-futures</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>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. 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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>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>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. 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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>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 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>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>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>Oracle Just Fired 30,000 People via 6 AM Email to Build AI Data Centers. 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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. 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