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Humanity Protocol has attributed a roughly $36 million token theft to hackers linked to North Korea after an investigation found that attackers gained access to critical private keys through a compromised developer device. Summary Quantstamp linked Humanity Protocol’s $36 million exploit to tactics associated with North Korea-linked hackers. Attackers gained access to seven private keys stored on a malware-infected developer machine and drained 141 million H tokens. Humanity Protocol said no smart contracts were exploited, with the breach resulting from compromised credentials instead. According to Humanity Protocol’s June 13 disclosure of a security investigation conducted by Quantstamp, attackers obtained control…

Tony Kim Jun 12, 2026 21:58 NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 leads AgentPerf benchmark, running 20x more AI agents per megawatt than Hopper. Here’s why it matters for AI infrastructure. NVIDIA’s Blackwell GB300 NVL72 platform has emerged as the top performer in the inaugural AgentPerf benchmark, designed by Artificial Analysis to evaluate infrastructure for agentic AI workloads. According to results published on June 12, 2026, the GB300 NVL72 runs up to 20 times more agents per megawatt of power compared to NVIDIA’s Hopper architecture. This efficiency leap underscores Blackwell’s potential to redefine AI infrastructure for…

I tried to join the SpaceX IPO. I failed. More on that disaster in a minute.But first, a confession. This isn’t even my first failed attempt at buying SpaceX. Back in 2017, I was taking profits on crypto and wanted to rotate some gains into something different. SpaceX shares on the OTC markets seemed like the move. I went hunting for a seller with about $10K to deploy.I found nothing. Pre-IPO shares were nearly impossible to source for a ticket that small. After a few days of dead ends, I gave up and moved on.That $10K would have done roughly…

Standard Chartered’s head of digital asset research, Geoff Kendrick, declared Friday that the crypto market has seen its cycle low, with Bitcoin’s recent dip to approximately $59,000 marking the bottom of the latest downturn — a 53% drawdown from its October all-time high of $126,000.  “Winter is over. Welcome back to crypto spring,” Kendrick wrote in a Friday note, adding, “I think we have now seen the low in crypto asset prices for the cycle.” Bitcoin had recovered to around $64,000 at the time of Kendrick’s note, representing a roughly 5% gain over the prior week. The bank maintains a…

Equity markets sleep; crypto doesn’t. For traders who want Apple- or S&P-style exposure on a Saturday afternoon, the rise of real‑world asset (RWA) perpetual futures is a practical bridge, offering synthetic equity exposure with 24/7 liquidity on-chain.The catch: these markets trade on oracles and funding rates, not centralized exchange clocks. Getting the benefits without avoidable errors means understanding how RWA perps are built, what moves their basis, and where the legal and liquidity lines are drawn.This guide unpacks the surge in RWA perp volumes, the mechanics behind 24/7 “equity-like” exposure in DeFi, and a concrete playbook for evaluating venues and…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Deribit Insights, using Block Scholes analytics, says crypto derivatives risk appetite fell sharply after a near-20% spot market drop last week. The Risk Appetite Index dropped below 0.05, while BTC options skew recovered from much deeper bearish levels. The report says the move coincided with the longest spot Bitcoin ETF outflow streak since launch. ETH funding rates have traded negative since June 5, pointing to bearish perpetual swap positioning. Crypto derivatives traders have pulled back sharply after last week’s sell-off, with Deribit Insights reporting that…

Across a handful of regulated crypto venues in May, traders matched tokenized Apple and Tesla shares against stablecoins and closed in seconds—no correspondent bank in sight. The settlement clock didn’t blink.At the same time, derivatives desks posted a record month for real‑world‑asset (RWA) perpetuals, while tokenized stocks quietly set a new all‑time high in circulating value. Liquidity is no longer just about ETH or wrapped BTC.The rails of decentralized finance are widening, and they’re carrying securities that live far beyond crypto’s native assets.Tokenized assets reached a new all‑time high market capitalization of $28.9 billion in May 2026, led by tokenized…

Blockworks, the New York-based crypto data and investor relations platform, has acquired rival Messari in a deal that underscores the growing consolidation pressure reshaping the digital asset industry — and the steep valuation resets facing once high-flying crypto startups. The acquisition brings together two of the industry’s largest crypto information businesses. Messari, founded in 2018, built a comprehensive data platform covering more than 40,000 digital assets, along with APIs, market intelligence, research tools, and AI-powered workflows used by funds, exchanges, regulators, and developers.  Blockworks, also founded in 2018, has focused on the issuer side of crypto capital markets, offering standardized…

Prediction markets are crossing from crypto-native niches into mainstream football. With the 2026 World Cup on home soil for the U.S., the timing of Polymarket’s push with LIGA MX and major distribution partners could reshape how fans price outcomes, follow matches, and hedge opinions in real time.This piece unpacks what the LIGA MX agreement actually enables, how official data and integrity services change the user experience, and how these markets compare to sportsbooks and fantasy. It also flags the risks and the practical checks to run before trading.Whether you’re crypto-curious, a soccer diehard, or a market maker hunting new edges,…

Securitize has revealed the expansion of its STAC tokenized AAA CLO Fund to Solana in partnership with BNY Mellon as custodian. Ethena is planning to allocate $250 million for the fund, which is one of the biggest institutional backings to tokenized funds on Solana till now. STAC is providing on-chain exposure to a diversified portfolio of USD-denominated AAA-rated Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs).  On June 12, Securitize, a leading platform for tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs), announced that it is expanding its Securitize Tokenized AAA CLO Fund (STAC) to the Solana blockchain network. The fund will be launched on Solana in…