Decentralized finance — DEXs, lending, perps, yield, stablecoins. The protocols building open financial infrastructure and the engineers building them.https://news.cryptogrind.com/en-ushttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/binance-spacex-pre-ipo-perpetual-futures/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/binance-spacex-pre-ipo-perpetual-futures/Binance just launched Pre-IPO Perpetual Contracts, letting anyone on earth speculate on SpaceX's valuation before it goes public. Wall Street just got disintermediated.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbinancespacexderivativesdefiipoperpetual-futureshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/genius-act-senate-passes-stablecoin-law/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/genius-act-senate-passes-stablecoin-law/The US Senate passed the GENIUS Act 68-30, creating America's first federal stablecoin regulatory framework. 68 senators just decided the future of USDC, Tether, and every dollar-pegged token in crypto.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationstablecoindefipolicyhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-fed-master-accounts-crypto-payment-rails/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-fed-master-accounts-crypto-payment-rails/Trump's new executive order directs the Federal Reserve to evaluate giving crypto firms direct access to Fedwire — the same payment rails that process trillions in bank transfers daily. Ripple, Anchorage, and Coinbase are next in line.Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTregulationbreaking-newspolicybitcoincoinbaserippledefihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/echo-protocol-76m-ebtc-monad-admin-key-exploit/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/echo-protocol-76m-ebtc-monad-admin-key-exploit/Echo Protocol on Monad was exploited via a compromised admin key — minting 1,000 fake eBTC worth $76.7M. The attacker could only cash out $816K before the team burned the rest. Here's what actually happened.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newssecuritydefibtcfimonadexploithttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cme-ice-hyperliquid-cftc-wall-street-lobby/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cme-ice-hyperliquid-cftc-wall-street-lobby/CME Group and ICE — the corporate parents of the world's biggest futures and stock exchanges — just told the CFTC to regulate Hyperliquid out of existence. HYPE dropped 9%. Arthur Hayes said to get bent.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThyperliquiddefiregulationcftcbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/thorchain-10m-exploit-four-chains-rune-halted/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/thorchain-10m-exploit-four-chains-rune-halted/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't explained the attack vector.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdefiexploitsecuritythorchainhackbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperliquid-kills-usdh-coinbase-usdc-5-billion-treasury/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperliquid-kills-usdh-coinbase-usdc-5-billion-treasury/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.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdefistablecoinshyperliquidcoinbaseusdcbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/senate-clarity-act-309-page-ethics-trump-may-14/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/senate-clarity-act-309-page-ethics-trump-may-14/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're regulating. Democrats say no ethics, no votes.Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationclarity-actlegislationstablecoinsdefijobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/ethereum-clear-signing-erc-7730-blind-signing-bybit/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/ethereum-clear-signing-erc-7730-blind-signing-bybit/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's $1.5B hack started with a blind signing. So did most of yours.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTethereumsecuritydefibreaking-newswalletserc-7730https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/blackrock-stablecoin-yield-tokenized-funds-clarity-loophole/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/blackrock-stablecoin-yield-tokenized-funds-clarity-loophole/The world'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.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsblackrockstablecoinrwaethereumtokenizationregulationdefiinstitutionalhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/tether-515m-usdt-freeze-kill-switch/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/tether-515m-usdt-freeze-kill-switch/In 30 days, Tether silently blacklisted 371 wallets and froze $515 million in USDT across Tron and Ethereum — no court order required. That's 40% of everything they froze in all of 2025, done in a single month. Here's how the kill switch works, who's using it, and what it means for crypto.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newstetherusdtstablecoinregulationenforcementdeficompliancehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/grok-morse-code-200k-ai-agent-hack/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/grok-morse-code-200k-ai-agent-hack/A single obfuscated tweet tricked xAI'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.Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newssecurityai-agentsdefiweb3hackshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/telegram-ton-takeover-mtonga-durov/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/telegram-ton-takeover-mtonga-durov/Telegram is replacing the TON Foundation, becoming the blockchain's largest validator, and slashing fees sixfold. TON surged 36%. Decentralization theater is officially dead — and the market loves it.Wed, 06 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newstontelegramdurovdefilayer1stakingjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bullish-equiniti-4-billion-tokenized-securities/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bullish-equiniti-4-billion-tokenized-securities/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's plumbing is going on-chain.Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newstokenizationinstitutionaldefiwall-streetacquisitionshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-etana-25m-ponzi-custody-fraud/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-etana-25m-ponzi-custody-fraud/Kraken's parent Payward just sued its former custodian Etana for misappropriating $25 million in client funds in what it calls a 'Ponzi-like' scheme. Etana allegedly stalled withdrawals with fake reconciliation issues while plugging holes with new deposits.Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsenforcementfraudkrakencustodylawsuitdefihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/zksync-lite-shutdown-ethereum-l2-dead/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/zksync-lite-shutdown-ethereum-l2-dead/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.Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsethereumlayer-2zksyncdefiinfrastructurehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/dormant-ethereum-wallets-drained-coordinated-attack/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/dormant-ethereum-wallets-drained-coordinated-attack/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.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsethereumsecuritydefihackshttps://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/megaeth-mega-token-launch-470m-pump-dump/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/megaeth-mega-token-launch-470m-pump-dump/MegaETH'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's the full breakdown.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsethereumlayer2defitoken-launchairdrophttps://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/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/kalshi-polymarket-crypto-perps-us-regulated/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kalshi-polymarket-crypto-perps-us-regulated/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's $100B crypto derivatives market is on.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsderivativesregulationcftckalshipolymarketdefimarketshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-weekly-roundup/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-weekly-roundup/DeFi hacks hit $606M in 18 days, while Kalshi and Polymarket battle for the U.S. crypto derivatives market.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTweekly-roundupDeFicrypto-derivativesstablecoinsAIhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/litecoin-zero-day-mweb-13-block-reorg/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/litecoin-zero-day-mweb-13-block-reorg/A zero-day exploit in Litecoin'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.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newslitecoinhackexploitsecuritymwebdefihttps://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/green-beret-polymarket-insider-trading-maduro/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/green-beret-polymarket-insider-trading-maduro/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.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newspolymarketdefiregulationprediction-marketsdojcftclegalhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/wisconsin-prediction-markets-coinbase-kalshi-illegal-gambling/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/wisconsin-prediction-markets-coinbase-kalshi-illegal-gambling/Wisconsin's AG filed two separate lawsuits on April 23 targeting Kalshi, Coinbase, Robinhood, Polymarket, and Crypto.com — using the platforms' own marketing copy against them in a case that could reach the Supreme Court.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationprediction-marketscoinbasepolymarketdefilegalhttps://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/nft-l2-graveyard-mint-myria-shutdown/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/nft-l2-graveyard-mint-myria-shutdown/Mint Blockchain shut down April 17. Myria is pulling the plug on its L2 with an April 27 asset-bridging deadline. They're not alone — 20+ crypto projects went dark in Q1 2026. The NFT-era infrastructure bubble is officially over.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefinftethereumlayer2jobsmarkethttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kelp-dao-rseth-292m-layerzero-bridge-exploit/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kelp-dao-rseth-292m-layerzero-bridge-exploit/Kelp DAO's rsETH bridge was drained in minutes after an attacker forged LayerZero cross-chain messages. Bad debt cascaded across Aave, Compound, and Euler. It's 2026's biggest DeFi hack — so far.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newshackdefilayerzeroaaverestakingsecurityjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/operation-atlantic-secret-service-crypto-approval-phishing/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/operation-atlantic-secret-service-crypto-approval-phishing/Operation Atlantic, a joint US-UK-Canada law enforcement strike, froze $12M and traced $45M in crypto approval phishing fraud across 30+ countries. Here's what that means for the industry.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsenforcementsecurityregulationdefihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/grinex-hack-garantex-successor-western-spies/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/grinex-hack-garantex-successor-western-spies/Grinex — the sanctions-dodging successor to Russia's notorious Garantex — shut down after a $13M hack and blamed 'Western special services.' The irony is too rich.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newshacksrussiasanctionsenforcementdefiexchangehttps://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/hyperbridge-1-billion-dot-minted-237k-stolen/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperbridge-1-billion-dot-minted-237k-stolen/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' joke about exactly this.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefihackspolkadotbridgessecurityhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-gala-whale-senate/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-gala-whale-senate/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 'may not be able to attend.'Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTtrumpmeme-coinsregulationbreaking-newswhale-watchdefihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitget-spacex-prespax-tokenized-ipo-crypto/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitget-spacex-prespax-tokenized-ipo-crypto/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.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsrwadefiexchangesregulationipohttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitwise-bhyp-hyperliquid-etf-imminent/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitwise-bhyp-hyperliquid-etf-imminent/Bitwise dropped the Form 8-A for its Hyperliquid ETF (ticker: BHYP) today. Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas says that's the last filing before launch. HYPE is up 103% from January lows. Cantor Fitzgerald just called $200B market cap. Here's what it means.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTetfhyperliquidhypedefibreaking-newscrypto-jobs