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EU law enforcement agencies urged developers, exchanges, and users to initiate phased post-quantum migrations immediately to prevent future unauthorized fund transfers.
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Europol warns quantum threats could expose crypto wallets and stored encrypted data, urging early moves toward post-quantum security.
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App users follow approval prompts, while integrations must keep CTF support and add V2 identifiers and permissions. The post Polymarket’s upgrade won’t automatically move existing bets to new contracts appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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The EU police agency expects blockchains to adapt to the threat, while a second report weighs the risk of data stolen now and cracked later.
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Abstract will shut down on Dec. 15 despite onboarding more than 400,000 users, hosting 144 apps, and landing brands including Disney and Red Bull Racing. The consumer-focused Ethereum layer-2 (L2) cited stagnant growth, thin liquidity, restricted DeFi activity, and limited institutional crossover. Igloo CEO Luca Netz said the company had lost “tens of millions of […] The post Why Abstract is killing its Ethereum L2 instead of launching a token to save it appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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The consumer-focused blockchain will close Dec. 15 after Igloo spent tens of millions supporting it, days after Blast said its own network was no longer worth operating.
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The new standard is aimed at regulated stablecoins, funds and bonds whose issuers need identity checks, sanctions controls and other transfer rules built into the asset itself.
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A developer posted metadata for about 5.6 billion public TikTok videos, scraped through the app's private API in a way TikTok's terms prohibit. The free dataset also doubles as a storefront.
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OKX brought Circle, Ripple and Standard Chartered’s venture arm onto its cap table as the crypto exchange broadens its push into stablecoin-based financial services. On Oct. 6, the exchange's Chief Executive Officer, Star Xu, confirmed that the company completed a strategic investment from Circle, Qube Research & Technologies, Ripple and SC Ventures by Standard Chartered […] The post Ripple and Circle backs OKX as it targets the next wave of stablecoin users appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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Under proposed CIP-113, separating bundled assets requires holder authorization and the restricted token’s permission hook. The post Cardano just added the kind of token controls Wall Street wants and DeFi may hate appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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One of Ethereum’s main validator clients updated its software hours before a Sepolia test that will raise the amount of work each block can hold to 200 million gas.
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Ether waiting to enter staking has fallen by more than a quarter since early September, while the exit queue hit its longest of 2026.
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NU7 cuts the target block time from 75 seconds to 25, giving exchanges, wallets and developers a live rehearsal before a planned November mainnet launch.
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A missing-output SIGHASH_SINGLE request can leave recipients unbound; Core’s merged PSBT repair has no confirmed fixed-release destination. The post Bitcoin Core’s new fix closes gap that could redirect funds without stealing keys appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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The firm says the Sept. 24 breach pushed North Korea's 2026 crypto haul past $1 billion, and detailed how it used in-house AI to trace the stolen funds across four blockchains in a race against the attackers.
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Existing programs keep running, while a separate proof-conflict guard can delay unconfirmed withdrawals to Ethereum. The post Arbitrum pauses new Stylus activations over AI-assisted attack risks appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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Companies building AI applications can rent powerful computers instead of buying the equipment themselves, paying for access to the graphics processing units, or GPUs, that run their software. Lower rental prices make those applications cheaper to operate, but they can also make life harder for the company that bought the machines and needs the rent […] The post Plunging GPU prices threaten AI hosts, and new hedges step in appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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Users face a temporary withdrawal pause before an Oct. 26 deadline to exit through Blast’s normal interface. The post Blast shuts down $20M layer-2 network, forcing Oct. 26 exit deadline appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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Ethereum's zkAPI lets users prepay in USDC and query AI models through cryptographic proofs, so no single party sees both who they are and what they ask.
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Once home to more than $2 billion in crypto assets, Blast is shutting down as activity fades, costs rise, and bigger platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood build networks of their own.