The Ethereum Foundation staked roughly $93 million in ether (ETH) on Thursday in several batches, bringing its total staked position to approximately $143 million and nearly completing the 70,000 ETH… [+2365 chars]

The foundation deposited the bulk of its planned staking commitment in a single session, completing a program announced in February to turn dormant treasury holdings into a yield-generating position.

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Ethereum Foundation stakes another $93 million ether, reaching its 70,000 ETH target

The crypto market continued to exhibit signs of choppiness on Friday, with bitcoin BTC
$66,776.66 trading at $67,000 in the middle of a trading range that spans back to early February.
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Bitcoin holds a tight range as altcoins rally on low liquidity, but derivatives data and options skew suggest traders are bracing for downside.

Crypto consolidates as volatility cools and futures markets tilt bearish

Naoris Protocol debuted its quantum-resistant blockchain Thursday, which it says is designed to stay secure even against future powerful quantum computers that could break modern day cryptography.
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Naoris debuts its quantum-resistant mainnet, which uses algorithms approved by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Naoris Protocol's quantum-resistant blockchain goes live as Bitcoin and Ethereum face 'Q-Day' threats

The U.S. Department of Justice will be helmed by Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, after removing Attorney General Pam Bondi from the position.
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U.S. President Donald Trump named Todd Blanche, his former personal attorney and deputy attorney general, as the interim top prosecutor.

Todd Blanche, author of DOJ crypto enforcement memo, is now interim AG

El ataque al Protocolo Drift no fue un hackeo en el sentido tradicional. 
Nadie encontró un error ni descifró una clave privada. Tampoco hubo un exploit de préstamo instantáneo ni un oráculo manipul… [+8144 chars]

La explotación no involucró un error en el código de Drift. Se utilizaron "nonces duraderos", una característica legítima de las transacciones en Solana, para pre-firmar transferencias administrativas semanas antes de ejecutarlas, eludiendo la seguridad multi…

Aquí se explica cómo los atacantes de Drift drenaron más de $270 millones utilizando una función de Solana diseñada para la conveniencia

The attack on Drift Protocol was not a hack in the traditional sense. 
Nobody found a bug or cracked a private key. There wasn't a flash loan exploit or manipulated oracle either.
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The exploit did not involve a bug in Drift's code. It used "durable nonces," a legitimate Solana transaction feature, to pre-sign administrative transfers weeks before executing them, bypassing the protocol's multisig security in minutes.

How a Solana feature designed for convenience let attackers drain more than $270 million from Drift

Elliptic said Thursday the $285 million Drift Protocol exploit, the largest this year, carries multiple indicators of North Koreas state-sponsored DPRK hacker group involvement.
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The blockchain analytics firm pointed to cross-chain laundering patterns and Solana-specific tracing challenges that mirror prior North Korean state-linked operations.

North Koreans hackers likely behind $286 million Drift Protocol exploit: Elliptic

A U.S. enforcement case against alleged crypto market manipulation is once again putting the spotlight on wash trading and the blurry line between market makers and market manipulators.
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Prosecutors and experts reveal how firms engineer trading activity to inflate prices, highlighting how pervasive this criminal activity is and how it affects investors