Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis.Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC,…
In June 2025, the quantum industry reached a historic milestone. Oxford University announced a world record with a quantum gate achieving an error rate of only 0.000015 %, meaning one…
Conflict between Israel and Iran spurred a crypto market sell-off on Friday, with NEAR Protocol experiencing significant price volatility despite impressive adoption metrics. The protocol has emerged as a leading…
Key Points:Cetus relaunches operations with financial support and recovery efforts.Invested $7M in reserves and secured $30M loan.Legal action pursued to recover remaining stolen assets.
Cetus Protocol resumed operations today at 9…
Alex Protocol, a Bitcoin decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on the Stacks blockchain, suffered an exploit on June 6, resulting in $8.3 million in digital asset losses. In an X announcement, Alex…
On June 6, 2025, ALEX, the leading Bitcoin DeFi platform on Stacks, was exploited because of a bug in its self-listing verification process. They managed to steal assets worth more…
Key Points:ALEX Protocol suffered a $8.37 million loss from a security attack.Flaws in self-listing logic led to exploit, affecting STX, sBTC, USDC, and WBTC.A full compensation plan using USDC is…
CoinDesk Analytics is CoinDesk's AI-powered tool that, with the help of human reporters, generates market data analysis, price movement reports, and financial content focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain markets. All…
Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, just made a notable move on-chain. At around 5:08 PM UTC+8, an address linked to Buterin (vitalik.eth) transferred 693.91 ETH, worth around $1.83 million, along with…
The latest round of tariffs between economic superpowers has particularly affected technology-related assets, with NEAR Protocol's NEAR experiencing significant price volatility amid the uncertainty. Meanwhile, central banks are navigating…