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CZ Warns of API Key Risks Amid Investigation into Unauthorized GitHub Access

BlockBeats news, on May 20, CZ posted that if an API key exists in the code, even in a private repository, it should be immediately checked and replaced to prevent potential security risks. This alert follows an official notice from GitHub this morning. GitHub stated that it is investigating an unau...

Bankr Confirms Wallet Hacks: 14 Wallets Compromised, Trading Paused, and Full Compensation Promised

BlockBeats report: On May 20, the AI project Bankr on the Base chain announced that its system confirmed an attacker accessed 14 Bankr wallets. The project stated that it has temporarily frozen related functions and is conducting further investigation and verification of details. The official also c...

Lighter Completes Verification of the L2 Exit Mechanism, Enabling Withdrawals During Sequencer Outages

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that Lighter officially posted on X, stating that it has completed the escape mechanism verification by third-party L2BEAT. This means that even if the sequencer on the L2 layer fails, users can withdraw their funds from Lighter’s L2 back to Ethereum without permission—maki...

Mastercard Withdraws from Zerohash Investment, Shifts Focus to BVNK for Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure

BlockBeats report, on May 20, Mastercard has abandoned its investment plan in the crypto infrastructure company Zerohash, following the company’s earlier agreement in March to acquire the UK stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for $1.8 billion.In January this year, Mastercard considered a strategic ...

Mastercard Withdraws from Zerohash Investment, Shifts Focus to BNVK for Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure

ChainCatcher report: Mastercard has abandoned its investment plan for cryptocurrency infrastructure company Zerohash, following Zerohash’s March agreement to acquire UK stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for $1.8 billion. In January this year, Mastercard had considered a strategic investment in Chi...

Lighter Completes L2 'Escape Mechanism' Verification, Enabling Withdrawals During Sequencer Outages

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Lighter's official account on X announced it has completed the "escape mechanism" verification conducted by third party L2BEAT, meaning users can withdraw funds from Lighter’s L2 to Ethereum without permission, even if the L2 sequencer fails—making it the first L2 pe...

US SOL Spot ETFs Record $3.78M Net Inflow on May 19

PANews, May 20: According to SoSoValue data, on yesterday (May 19 Eastern Time), the total net inflow for SOL spot ETFs amounted to $3.7829 million. The SOL spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was the Fidelity Solana Fund ETF (FSOL), with a daily net inflow of $3.2227 million, bringing it...

Zcash Rallies 14.9% in Three Days, Eyes $600 Local High

Zcash [ZEC] has rebounded from the $500 round-number support and rallied 14.9% in three days, from $386 to $559 at the time of writing. In the past 24 hours, it has gained 7.85%.Source: CoinalyzeThe Open Interest surged 18.3% in a day, and the OI was nearing the $958 million high from earlier in May...

SOL Spot ETFs See $3.78M Net Inflow on May 19

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to SoSoValue data, the total net inflow for SOL spot ETFs yesterday (May 19 Eastern Time) was $3.7829 million.The SOL spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was the Fidelity Solana Fund ETF (FSOL), with a single-day net inflow of $3.2227 million, bringi...

U.S. crypto stocks fall amid market decline

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to data from msx.com, at the close of U.S. equities trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.65%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.67%, the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.84%, and the VIX volatility index rose 1.35%. Cryptocurrency-related stocks broadly declined, wi...

Grafana Confirms Supply Chain Attack, No Impact on Customer Systems

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Grafana Labs posted on X, stating that on May 16, it confirmed a targeted cyberattack. The attackers gained unauthorized access to its GitHub repository and downloaded the codebase via a TanStack npm supply chain attack (Mini Shai-Hulud campaign), followed by a ranso...

Google Search upgrades to an AI-powered app builder and task automation tool

According to Beating Monitor, search engines are evolving from one-way web link directories into intelligent agent workshops capable of writing code and executing tasks in real time. At the Google I/O conference on May 19, 2026, Google officially announced a major evolution of Search: the AI Mode, w...

Grafana Labs Confirms GitHub Ransomware Attack; Customer Systems Unaffected

BlockBeats report: On May 20, Grafana Labs released a security update stating that on May 16, the company confirmed a targeted cyberattack in which attackers gained unauthorized access to its codebase via a GitHub repository and subsequently made a ransom demand.The company stated that the incident ...

Grafana Confirms Recent Security Incident Did Not Affect Customer Systems

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that the open-source data visualization tool Grafana has released an update on its investigation into the security incident on May 16. The investigation found that the incident was limited to Grafana Labs’ GitHub environment, including both public and private source code an...

Whale sells 50,000 HYPE and opens a 10x short position of 223,404 HYPE

Huo Xing Finance reports that, on May 20, according to LookonChain monitoring, the whale address 0xde42 sold 50,000 HYPE tokens (approximately $2.41 million) over the past 10 hours and opened a 10x leveraged short position of 223,404 HYPE tokens (approximately $10.55 million).

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