After a spectacular crash and burn, they're dusting off the ashes and trying to rise like a phoenix. But this is one bird that should stay grounded.
You've probably heard the news: FTX, the failed crypto company, is planning a comeback.
The exchange's CEO, John J. Ray III, who took over the reins in November when the exchange filed for bankruptcy, is now spearheading the reboot. He's quoted as saying, "The company has begun the process of soliciting interested parties to the reboot of the FTX.com exchange." Now, I don't know about you, but that sounds like a desperate plea for a lifeline to me.
A hack turns into a courtroom stress test: when “decentralized” systems reveal their control points, long-settled property law – not crypto norms – decides who gets paid, and who gets exposed.
Draft rules for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act are exposing contradictions at the heart of web3 lobbying, as industry players push back against the very DeFi exemptions and developer protections they once demanded.
Crypto audits have evolved from catching real bugs to listing quantum computing risks and noting that "code quality could be improved." As programmers got better at avoiding basic mistakes, auditors started padding reports with generic warnings, leaving the actual risks buried or ignored entirely.
RWA tokenization isn’t waiting for adoption; it’s waiting for demand. The winners are emerging where yield, efficiency, and balance-sheet logic already exist, not where narratives are loudest.
The token is at a 14-month low, ETF outflows are at a record streak, and the 'Ethereum not ETH' argument is gaining ground. Bankless co-founder Ryan Adams says that argument is precisely the problem.
HYPG debuted with a 0.29% gross fee – the lowest among US HYPE products – as Grayscale, Bitwise, and 21Shares compete for investors in a token that hit its all-time high the day before listing.
A soundness bug in Zcash's core zero-knowledge proof circuit – present since 2022 – could have enabled double-spending within the Orchard pool; ZEC dropped more than 30% after the disclosure went public.
The Clearing House – owned by the banks themselves – will run the network as a direct counter to stablecoins, keeping deposits on blockchain rails while keeping them inside the regulated banking system.
