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Polygon Patched Security Flaws in Austin and Kyoto Hard Forks Before Disclosure

Polygon deployed the Austin and Kyoto hard forks on its Bor and Heimdall clients and patched denial-of-service and conse...

Aug 31, 2026, 10:04 PM

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Fogo Mainnet Halted 46+ Hours After 400M Token Drain From Foundation

Fogo's mainnet stopped producing blocks Saturday following unauthorized activity that drained approximately 400 million ...

Aug 31, 2026, 07:03 PM

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XRP Ledger Validators Near Decision on Lending Protocol Amendments

XRP Ledger validators are approaching a deadline to vote on two amendments—XLS-65 and XLS-66—that would introduce native...

Aug 31, 2026, 10:06 AM

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Cosmos EVM Vulnerability Drained $5.7M Across Six Chains in August

Attackers exploited a critical Cosmos EVM bug between August 20 and 25 to steal nearly $6 million across MANTRA, TAC, Ki...

Aug 31, 2026, 09:03 AM

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Zcash Targets 93% Cut to Private Transaction Wait Times

Zcash developer Zakura says a new cryptography stack will reduce proof generation time for private transactions from rou...

Aug 31, 2026, 06:12 AM

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Aave Deploys V4 Lending Protocol to Avalanche in First Expansion Beyond Ethereum

Aave has launched its V4 lending protocol on Avalanche, marking the first deployment of the latest version beyond Ethere...

Aug 31, 2026, 01:05 AM

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Bitwise Solana Staking ETF Crosses $1 Billion in Assets

Bitwise's Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) reached $1 billion in net inflows in under a year, making it the largest Solana ETF ...

Aug 30, 2026, 01:03 AM

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Cardano Hands Core Development to Outside Teams in Decentralization Push

Input Output is transferring control of Cardano's core infrastructure—including the Haskell node, Plutus smart contract ...

Aug 30, 2026, 01:02 AM

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Hyperliquid Expands HIP-3 with Permissioned Perpetual Futures Markets

Hyperliquid introduced a HIP-3 testnet upgrade enabling independent deployment teams to control access to perpetual futu...

Aug 29, 2026, 03:04 PM

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Cardano Completes First Community-Voted Hard Fork With Van Rossum Upgrade

Cardano activated the Van Rossum hard fork on Saturday, advancing the network to version 11 and marking the first major ...

Aug 29, 2026, 09:07 AM

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Solana Stablecoin Market Cap Reaches $15B Amid Record Tokenized Asset Growth

Solana's stablecoin market cap has reached $15 billion as the network's liquidity deepens, while tokenized assets on the...

Aug 29, 2026, 05:06 AM

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Ripple Prepares XRP Ledger for Quantum Computing Threats

Ripple is implementing quantum-resistant cryptography on XRP Ledger ahead of potential cryptographically relevant quantu...

Aug 29, 2026, 03:03 AM

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