SpaceX’s market capitalization dropped by over $600 billion in just three trading sessions, nearly half of Bitcoin’s market value, according to CoinDesk. Source: CompaniesMarketCap. On June 22, Elon Musk’s company’s shares fell 16% to $154.60, the lowest since June 12, when SpaceX went public. The sell-off began after reports of the firm’s plans to conduct […]
In the second quarter of 2026, analysts recorded 83 hacks of crypto protocols, marking the highest number of incidents ever observed. The total damage amounted to $755.3 million. Q2 2026 is already the most-hacked quarter on record, with ~70 hacks, 2X the record. But the total amount hacked ($746M) is a fraction of the previous […]
RWA market has grown by 40% since the beginning of the year, reaching $51 billion, according to The Block, citing a Bernstein report. Experts indicate that the sector is expanding despite market corrections. The number of token holders increased by 60%, surpassing 917,000. Leading platforms by asset volume include Figure ($18.9 billion) and Securitize ($4.3 […]
Researchers from King’s College London and the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Germany have suggested that AI, when interacting with humans, tends to mimic human behavior, hyper-personalize responses, and often play along. This behavior can potentially trigger or exacerbate mental disorders, according to an article in Nature. The researchers introduced the term ‘amplification spiral’—a […]
The IBM Institute for Business Value released the report Journey to Quantum Advantage. In it, the company describes quantum advantage not as a single milestone for the entire market, but as the ability to solve specific problems more accurately, cheaply, or efficiently than classical methods. Study Insights The report is based on interviews with representatives […]
The Ethereum Research forum has published a proposal titled Validator Redirected Revenue. The initiative suggests allowing up to 10% of staking rewards to be redirected towards ecosystem funding through a hard fork. If 51% of votes support a rate above 0%, it will become mandatory for all validators. Financial interconnection of ecosystem participants with a […]
On June 20, the “stablecoin” MSUSD from the Main Street project lost its peg to the US dollar. The asset’s price fell significantly below the target mark of $1. #PeckShieldAlert ethereum:0x4ba01f22827018b4772cd326c7627fb4956a7c00 has dropped -85% @Main_St_Finance https://t.co/RLnpvBthg0 pic.twitter.com/hF3bEPk14m — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) June 20, 2026 The collapse was triggered by a conflict with the reserve verification provider […]
Bitcoin rode a roller coaster, Russia recognized digital assets as property subject to theft, the EU regulator reminded businesses about MiCA, and other developments from the week. Bitcoin returned to $64,000 Early in the week, the price of the digital gold jumped from near $64,000 to a local high of $67,278 (on Binance). Reports of […]
On June 19, blockchain project Axelar disclosed a breach of its bridge with the Secret Network protocol. The attacker exploited a vulnerability known as the “infinite mint” to siphon approximately $4.67 million. We analyzed the Secret Network incident. An attacker exploited an infinite-mint bug in a modified CW20-ICS20 token contract on Secret to drain ≈$4.67M. […]
The British literary magazine Granta will no longer publish stories from the winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize following a dispute over the potential use of AI in one of the texts, according to The Guardian. Granta stated it will cease participating in “external publishing partnerships” where the magazine lacks editorial control. The issue […]