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The decentralized lending protocol removed over 170 million JST tokens from circulation ahead of a planned deflationary upgrade. JustLend DAO, the decentralized lending platform built on the TRON network, has finished its fifth round of JST token buybacks and burns.

The blockchain project paused operations following a drain that stripped funds from more than a thousand wallets. Qubic, a blockchain network known for its proof-of-useful-work design, has suspended mainnet activity after a wallet drain cost users an estimated $1.3 million.

A public dispute has emerged between Ledger's chief executive and the former head of collapsed exchange Mt. Gox over a $90 million wallet theft case. A public disagreement has broken out between Ledger's chief executive and the former head of Mt. Gox over a wallet theft scandal involving approximately $90 million.

Law enforcement arrested 28 people as the exchanges helped trace illicit crypto flows tied to online fraud schemes. Binance and Coinbase joined a law enforcement operation in West Africa that flagged approximately $11 million tied to suspected online scams.

Blockchain analysts flag transfers linked to Ledger and Bitget incidents moving into Zcash's privacy-focused network Blockchain investigators have traced a batch of stolen cryptocurrency into Zcash, according to onchain data reviewed by crypto.news and AMBCrypto. The funds are reportedly linked to prior security incidents involving hardware wallet maker Ledger and exchange Bitget.

The companies have pushed back against tokenized versions of their shares trading on the OKXICE platform Nine publicly traded companies in the United States have raised objections over tokenized versions of their stock trading on OKXICE. Broadcom and UnitedHealth are among the firms named in reports describing the pushback.

The project paused its bridge infrastructure after detecting an unapproved token creation event involving its native CYS asset. Cysic has paused its crypto bridge after identifying an unauthorized mint of 10 million CYS tokens, the project's native asset.

The Bored Ape creator rolls out a new NFT-linked card set on Solana, offering APE token rewards to BAYC and MAYC holders. Yuga Labs has introduced Mudwater, a trading card collection deployed on Solana. The project incorporates artwork drawn from the Bored Ape Yacht Club, one of the company's flagship NFT franchises.

Authorities in Bangkok detained a man accused of running a crypto exchange linked to a 500 million yuan laundering network. Thai authorities have arrested a Chinese national in Bangkok on suspicion of running a cryptocurrency exchange tied to a large-scale money laundering operation. The case involves roughly 500 million yuan, equivalent to about $75 million.

Blockchain analytics firm reports the three countries dominate a market that has grown 125% over the past year Chainalysis has identified a sharp geographic concentration in the market for tokenized US Treasuries. The blockchain analytics firm found that Italy, Portugal and Singapore together account for 66.9% of all such holdings.

The Ethereum co-founder’s new project is drawing institutional attention to the intersection of AI and blockchain security. Vitalik Buterin has built a new AI-focused tool that reporting describes as almost untraceable. The project has been referred to as 'Paranoid Mode' across coverage of the development.

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The collaboration aims to give institutional traders more privacy around order flow and position sizing on digital asset markets. Shield Swap has announced a partnership with Flowdesk to broaden access to confidential trading services for institutional clients.

Officials say police seized $7.15 million in assets and six cold wallets during the operation. Turkey's Justice Minister has publicly confirmed that Richard Heart, the founder of the HEX cryptocurrency, was arrested in Istanbul. The confirmation came after reports of the arrest first circulated among crypto news outlets.

The group aims to set shared post-quantum security standards as an estimated 6 million bitcoin remain vulnerable to future quantum attacks. A group of nine crypto firms has launched the Quantum Alliance, a coalition focused on building shared standards for post-quantum security. The announcement was reported Friday by Decrypt and CryptoBriefing.

Two legacy financial giants are expanding digital asset efforts as traditional finance warms further to Bitcoin. Deutsche Bank and Charles Schwab are stepping up their cryptocurrency efforts, according to a report from AMBCrypto. The outlet links the renewed push to Bitcoin's growing acceptance among traditional finance firms, often shorthanded as TradFi.

The asset manager's analysis finds Solana holding up structurally but points to stake, hosting, and client concentration as ongoing concerns. Fidelity has issued a report evaluating the health of the Solana network, according to Cointelegraph and CryptoBriefing. The asset manager concluded that Solana has demonstrated resilience across key operational measures.

The lender plans to fold digital assets, stocks and gold into its mobile banking app as traditional banks widen crypto access. Postbank, ranked as Bulgaria's fourth-largest bank by assets, intends to add cryptocurrency trading to its mobile banking application. The feature is expected to launch alongside access to exchange-traded funds, individual stocks and gold investing.