High-throughput Layer 1 known for cheap transactions, meme-coin culture, and a deep validator network. Home to many of 2025-26's most active protocols.https://news.cryptogrind.com/en-ushttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-wallet-engineer-salary-2026/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-wallet-engineer-salary-2026/Discover Wallet Engineer salaries in 2026, ranging from $110K to $250K. See what crypto protocols are paying for this crucial role.Thu, 21 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTcareerssalariesjobsblockchainwallet engineerhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/intesa-sanpaolo-235m-crypto-dumped-solana/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/intesa-sanpaolo-235m-crypto-dumped-solana/Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank with ~$1 trillion in assets, more than doubled its crypto exposure from $100M to $235M in Q1 2026, added Ethereum and XRP for the first time, bought Bitcoin call options — and slashed its Solana position by 99%.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinstitutional-adoptionbitcoinethereumsolanabanksbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-crypto-holdings-bitcoin/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-crypto-holdings-bitcoin/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.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinregulationfederal-reservestablecoinsjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/visa-7-billion-stablecoin-settlement-nine-blockchains/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/visa-7-billion-stablecoin-settlement-nine-blockchains/Visa'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's Tempo. TradFi isn't coming to crypto. It's already here.Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsstablecoinvisapaymentsinstitutionalbasepolygonhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/north-korea-ai-defi-hacker-april-625m-record/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/north-korea-ai-defi-hacker-april-625m-record/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's $5M multi-chain drain may be its latest hit.Fri, 01 May 2026 09:00:00 GMTbreaking-newshackdefinorth-koreasecuritywasabi-protocolhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/shinhan-card-solana-28m-users-stablecoin/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/shinhan-card-solana-28m-users-stablecoin/Shinhan Card — South Korea'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.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMTsolanastablecoinspaymentssouth-koreadefibreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/western-union-dumps-swift-solana-usdpt/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/western-union-dumps-swift-solana-usdpt/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.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsstablecoinssolanatradfiregulationremittancehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/pumpfun-370m-burn-pump-token-backlash/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/pumpfun-370m-burn-pump-token-backlash/Pump.fun burned 36% of PUMP's entire circulating supply overnight — $370M vaporized in two transactions. Then came the twist: those tokens were supposed to be airdrops. Now Solana's biggest meme coin launchpad is at war with its own community.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newssolanamemecoinsdefitokenomicspump-funhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/defi-united-300m-aave-rseth-rescue-kelpdao/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/defi-united-300m-aave-rseth-rescue-kelpdao/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.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefisecurityaaveethereumnorth-korealazarushttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-x402-ai-agents-crypto-payments/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-x402-ai-agents-crypto-payments/Coinbase'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.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMTbreaking-newscoinbaseaidefiinfrastructurebasestablecoinshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/april-defi-bloodbath-606m-18-days-congress-hearing/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/april-defi-bloodbath-606m-18-days-congress-hearing/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's what broke.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMTdefisecurityhacksregulationbreaking-newslazarus-grouphttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/vercel-breach-crypto-frontend-context-ai/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/vercel-breach-crypto-frontend-context-ai/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.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newssecuritydefiweb3infrastructurehackshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/warsh-fed-chair-crypto-defi-senate-hearing/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/warsh-fed-chair-crypto-defi-senate-hearing/Kevin Warsh — Trump's pick to replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair — heads into his Senate confirmation hearing tomorrow with 30+ crypto investments in his portfolio. Here's what it means for rates, regulation, and the entire industry.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationfeddefibitcoinjobsinstitutionalhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-tether-148m-rescue-usdc-dethroned/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-tether-148m-rescue-usdc-dethroned/Tether is bailing out Drift Protocol with $148M after North Korea's $285M heist — but the real play is quietly replacing Circle's USDC as Solana DeFi's settlement currency.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefisolanatetherusdtusdccirclenorth-koreahacksstablecoinshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fake-ledger-apple-app-store-9-million-theft/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fake-ledger-apple-app-store-9-million-theft/A fraudulent Ledger Live app slipped through Apple's review process, stayed live for roughly two weeks, and drained $9.5 million from 50+ victims before ZachXBT blew the whistle.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newssecurityhackappleledgerwalletzachxbthttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-msbt-bitcoin-etf-blackrock/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-msbt-bitcoin-etf-blackrock/MSBT debuted on NYSE Arca at 0.14% — nearly half BlackRock's IBIT fee — making Wall Street's biggest wealth manager the most aggressive new entrant in the Bitcoin ETF war.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbitcoinetfmorgan-stanleywall-streetbreaking-newsjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperliquid-fartcoin-suicide-liquidation/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperliquid-fartcoin-suicide-liquidation/A whale built a $15M leveraged Fartcoin position across four wallets, then intentionally imploded it — weaponizing Hyperliquid's auto-deleveraging system to dump losses onto the exchange's own vault.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newshyperliquiddefiexploitmemecoinon-chain-dramahttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/better-money-company-a16z-stablecoin-clearinghouse/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/better-money-company-a16z-stablecoin-clearinghouse/You can'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.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsstablecoinsa16zdefiinfrastructurehiringfundraisinghttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-north-korea-six-month-infiltration/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-north-korea-six-month-infiltration/Drift Protocol confirmed today that the April 1 exploit wasn't opportunistic — DPRK-linked hackers spent six months attending crypto conferences, building real relationships, and depositing real money before draining $270M.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefisecuritynorth-koreadprksolanahacksjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/circle-usdc-freeze-zachxbt-drift-hack/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/circle-usdc-freeze-zachxbt-drift-hack/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's part of a pattern spanning $420M across 15 cases since 2022.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefisecurityregulationstablecoinssolanahttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/franklin-templeton-franklin-crypto-benji-acquisition/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/franklin-templeton-franklin-crypto-benji-acquisition/Franklin Templeton launched 'Franklin Crypto' and acquired 250 Digital — paying part of the deal in BENJI tokens from its own tokenized money fund. TradFi just ate its own dogfood.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsinstitutionaltradfitokenizationhiringdefihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/oracle-layoffs-crypto-careers/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/oracle-layoffs-crypto-careers/Oracle cut 18% of its workforce overnight to fund a $156B AI buildout. If you're one of the 30,000, crypto infrastructure needs your exact skill set.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMToraclelayoffsjobscrypto-careersinfrastructureaihiringweb3https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-protocol-solana-exploit-270m/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-protocol-solana-exploit-270m/Drift Protocol, Solana'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.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefisecuritysolanaexploithacksjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/defi-vs-cefi-career-2026/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/defi-vs-cefi-career-2026/Choosing between DeFi and CeFi for your crypto career? We break down the real differences in compensation, culture, and long-term prospects.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMTdeficeficrypto jobsweb3 developerblockchain careercrypto salarycrypto hiringhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/solidity-vs-rust-crypto-career-2026/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/solidity-vs-rust-crypto-career-2026/Solidity or Rust — which language should you invest in if you want a high-paying crypto job in 2026? We break down the real trade-offs.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMTsolidityrustcrypto jobsweb3 developersmart contractsblockchain developerlearn to codehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/how-to-get-a-crypto-job-2026/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/how-to-get-a-crypto-job-2026/A practical guide to landing a Web3 or crypto job in 2026 — what skills companies are actually hiring for, how to stand out, and where to apply.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMTcrypto jobsweb3 jobssolidityblockchain developerhow to get hiredDeFihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/ai-jobs-next-five-years/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/ai-jobs-next-five-years/AI is reshaping the crypto job market fast. Here's what's in demand, what's compressing, and what skills get you hired at a Web3 company in 2026.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMTAIjobscryptoweb3hiring