Year: 2026

Kraken is deprecating its cross-chain provider and migrating to Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive infrastructure for its wrapped assets. Summary Kraken chose Chainlink CCIP for its ISO 27001 and SOC…

Solana’s Jupiter Lend has launched its first institutional lending market, with Bitwise Asset Management curating a dedicated USDe pool. Summary The partnership marks the first time an institutional asset manager…

Blockchain security firm Blockaid flagged an active smart contract exploit draining $132,700 from ShapeShift’s FOX Colony on Arbitrum. Summary The attacker targeted the executeMetaTransaction function in FOX Colony’s contracts, using…

The company said the program is designed to promote institutional yield generation and cross-chain returns for a wider range of users through stablecoin-based lending and liquidity strategies. Summary TownSquare launched…

Bitcoin briefly pushed to about $82,007 on Gate with a 3.5% daily gain, but derivatives and spot flows show it is still stuck in a grinding $80k–$82.5k range trade, not…

Aptos says it is the first L1 to support AI‑assisted formal verification for dynamically scheduled Move contracts, pitching Move Prover as an “oracle” between markets and machine agents. Summary Aptos…

Strive’s SATA stock will become the first U.S. listed security to pay cash dividends every business day. Summary Strive’s SATA preferred stock will begin daily cash payments on June 16,…

Crypto wallet infrastructure firm Turnkey has raised $12.5 million backed by Circle Ventures and Sequoia Capital. Summary The round brings Turnkey’s total funding to over $65 million and will primarily…

Grove’s Basin liquidity network can supply up to $1 billion in daily stablecoin liquidity to support redemptions for tokenized U.S. Treasury funds. Summary Grove introduced a liquidity facility capable of…

Dune Analytics has laid off 25% of its staff, with CEO Fredrik Haga citing AI tools as the primary driver. Summary Haga announced the restructuring on X, saying the company…