On April 1, 2026, Solana’s largest DeFi perpetuals exchange, Drift Protocol, lost $285 million in 12 minutes. The team posted on X to confirm it was real, not an April Fool’s joke. By the time most users saw the warning,…
North Korea Stole $1.5 Billion From Bybit. One Year Later, Only 3% Is Recovered. Here Is Where the Money Went.
On February 21, 2025, 401,347 Ethereum tokens worth approximately $1.5 billion disappeared from Bybit in under two minutes. It remains the largest theft in the history of cryptocurrency, surpassing every bank heist ever recorded including the $1 billion Saddam Hussein…
FTX Paid Out $2.2 Billion. Here Is Exactly How Much Creditors Actually Got.
The FTX Recovery Trust launched its fourth creditor distribution on March 31, 2026, as scheduled. Payments are now arriving in accounts. Eligible creditors should receive funds by April 2 or 3 at the latest, within the one to three business…
From McDonald’s to the World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange to Federal Prison. CZ’s Untold Story.
The Changpeng Zhao prison chapter is one of the most consequential untold stories in crypto. In February 2026, CZ sat down with Chamath Palihapitiya on the All-In Podcast for nearly two hours and said things he had never said publicly…
BlackRock’s ETHB: The First ETF That Pays You to Hold Ethereum. Here Is Exactly How It Works
Before March 12, 2026, every crypto ETF did one thing: tracked a price. You bought the fund, you owned a claim on a digital asset, and if the price went up you made money. BlackRock changed that on March 12…
Saylor at Blockworks 2026: Bitcoin Is Digital Capital. STRC Is How You Turn It Into Income.
Michael Saylor walked onto the Blockworks Digital Asset Summit stage and opened with a number that sets the frame for everything that follows: $400 trillion. That is the size of the global capital market currently sitting in traditional credit and…
Nasdaq Gets SEC Approval to Trade Tokenized Stocks. NYSE Is Right Behind It. The $126 Trillion Race Has Begun.
On March 18, 2026, the same day the SEC and CFTC published their joint token taxonomy, the Securities and Exchange Commission quietly approved a second landmark rule. Under Release No. 34-105047, the agency greenlit Nasdaq’s proposal to allow certain stocks…
Goldman Sachs Says the Crypto Bottom Is In. Its Three Stock Picks and the Caveat You Need to Read.
Goldman Sachs analyst James Yaro published a note on Thursday March 26 saying the crypto market decline has “approximately reached the historical peak-to-trough average” for this cycle. Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $126,000 in October 2025. By late March…
DAO Governance Attack 2026: How Flash Loans Turn Your Vote Into a Weapon (and What Stops Them)
3 Key Facts $22.5 billion sits in DAO treasuries governed by token-based voting systems, per 2025 data. Voter turnout across major DAOs averages below 10%. The Compound GoldenBoyz governance capture attempt in 2024 demonstrated that attackers needed only slightly more…
CLARITY Act Update: Stablecoin Yield Deal Reached, What the Compromise Means and What Happens Next
Regulation Update CLARITY Act CN CryptoNewsBytes Editorial Team Our editorial team covers institutional crypto adoption, blockchain regulation, and digital asset markets. All articles are reviewed for accuracy against primary sources including SEC filings, press releases, and authoritative financial media. What…