The most important insight to come out of the NEAR Day security session at Consensus Miami 2026 was not about any particular exploit. It was about where the security community has been looking at the wrong thing entirely. For the…
AI Agents Will Break Brand Loyalty in Financial Markets, NEAR Day at Consensus Miami Made the Case
At Consensus Miami 2026, NEAR Protocol hosted a full-day side event that put one argument front and center: AI agents are not going to care about your brand, your UX, or your lobby app. They will route to the cheapest,…
DeFi’s $292M KelpDAO Stress Test: Standard Chartered Says ‘Bent Not Broken,’ JPMorgan Disagrees
At 17:35 UTC on April 18, 2026, an attacker tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group sent a single forged cross-chain message through KelpDAO’s LayerZero bridge. The bridge accepted it, releasing 116,500 rsETH tokens, roughly 18% of the entire restaked-Ethereum supply,…
Vitalik Buterin Unveils Kohaku: The Game-Changing Privacy Framework Revolutionizing Ethereum Wallets in 2025-2026
Buenos Aires, Argentina – In a highly anticipated keynote at Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2 on November 16, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin introduced Kohaku, a bold new privacy framework designed to make private transactions the default experience for Ethereum wallet users.…
