Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Sen. Cynthia Lummis warned this week that Congress may lose its best chance to pass a federal crypto framework for years if the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act stalls — potentially not getting another real opportunity until 2030. In a post on X, the Wyoming Republican said lawmakers face a narrow

Bitcoin sits at a pivotal juncture as it hovers around the $70,000 level. A failed hold near this threshold could open a downside path toward the February yearly low, potentially pulling prices toward the mid-$60,000s. Traders are weighing whether the recent $60,000 bottom was the cycle’s low or if

Flash loans have cost DeFi protocols hundreds of millions of dollars. The XRP Ledger’s answer to this problem is elegant in its simplicity: make them impossible in the first place.A new draft amendment called AMM Swappable Curves, filed on May 26, 2026, by developers Denis Angell and Roman Thpt, exp

Gravity Bridge, a cross-chain bridge connecting Ethereum and the Cosmos ecosystem, has reportedly been drained of $5.4 million in what investigators suspect was a key compromise.What the report says happened at Gravity BridgeThe incident involved the apparent unauthorized removal of approximately $5

The two biggest DeFi exploits of the past two months have one thing in common. They used a tool that does not exist on the XRP Ledger.Thorchain lost roughly $10.8 million on May 15 to a cross-chain attack that drained funds across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BSC, and Base. Drift Protocol, a Solana-based dece

Odaily Planet Daily report: Aave has released a post-incident investigation into the rsETH event on April 18, revealing that Kelp’s rsETH LayerZero V2 cross-chain bridge accepted forged messages during the cross-chain transfer from Unichain to Ethereum, resulting in the release of 116,500 rsETH on t

Aave released a post-mortem of the rsETH event on April 18, 2026, stating that due to a RPC pollution attack on the verification network, the LayerZero V2 cross-chain bridge transferring rsETH from Unichain to Ethereum accepted forged cross-chain messages, resulting in the anomalous release of 116,5

ME News reports that on May 31 (UTC+8), Aave released a post-incident investigation into the rsETH event on April 18, revealing that Kelp’s rsETH LayerZero V2 cross-chain bridge accepted forged messages during the cross-chain transfer from Unichain to Ethereum, resulting in the release of 116,500 rs

In a single night, Anthropic completed a $65 billion Series H funding round, pushing its valuation to $965 billion and surpassing OpenAI to become the world's most valuable AI company.Article author and source: AI New EraAt dawn on Friday, Beijing time, a muffled sound echoed through Silicon Valley.

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on May 31, Aave released a post-incident investigation into the rsETH event on April 18, revealing that Kelp’s rsETH LayerZero V2 cross-chain bridge accepted forged messages during the cross-chain transfer from Unichain to Ethereum, resulting in the Ethereum-side adapt

The clean water you're drinking, the electricity you're using, the medical care you're receiving—most of the 11.7 billion people on Earth can only dream of accessing these. And Opus 4.8, which calculated these odds, knocked GPT-5.5 off the global throne just the day before yesterday.Article author a

Bitcoin’s return to $100,000 is still a popular target across the market for 2026, but one bearish outlook argues that the move is becoming less realistic with the price action weakening below the $80,000 price level.This bearish outlook came from a crypto analyst known as Alex Mason on the social m

ExxonMobil’s senior vice president Neil Chapman told attendees at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference that dated Brent crude could rocket to between $150 and $160 per barrel. The timeline he gave was not months or quarters. It was two to three weeks.The catalyst, according to Chapman, is so

A notable shift is underway in the top 50 crypto rankings.While some assets have slipped, others have climbed the market cap ladder, giving a clear picture of where liquidity may be flowing. This shift stands out because the market remains in a risk-off phase. During these periods, traders typically

Texas will require the firm it hires to custody its Bitcoin to publish a live, public dashboard showing the state’s holdings and valuations — a transparency requirement that sets the Lone Star State apart from most institutional crypto investors. What happened - The Texas Comptroller’s office annou