The Defiant

433 articles in the TruthFoundry index. Each links out to the original.

• Eric Trump Denies New Coin Launch Amid 38% Price Surge · Eric Trump called fraudulent claims of a new Trump coin as the token jumped 38% in value.
• The Sandbox Bridge Exploit Minted Billions of Unbacked SAND Tokens · The Sandbox contained a bridge exploit that minted unbacked SAND tokens on Base and BSC, prompting exchange freezes.
• Solana Activates 350-Millisecond Slots on Mainnet · Solana has activated a mainnet feature reducing its target slot time from 400 to 350 milliseconds.
• Bitcoin Hits Highest Level in Three Months as Trump Pushes CLARITY Act · Bitcoin surged 22.6% in a week after President Trump urged Congress to pass the CLARITY Act.
• Circle Targets Sept. 16 Launch for Arc Public Mainnet · Circle plans a September 16 public launch for its Arc blockchain with permissioned validators.
• Illuvium Co-Founder Cuts Wages to Extend Studio Runway to 12 Months · Illuvium co-founder Kieran Warwick announced wage cuts to extend the studio's financial runway beyond August 2027.
• MANTRA Halts Chain After Cosmos EVM Module Incident · Dubai-licensed MANTRA blockchain halted after security incident in its Cosmos EVM module affected two managed wallets.
• Judge Keeps Justin Sun's Crypto Dispute in Public Court · A federal judge in San Francisco rejected World Liberty Financial's request to move Justin Sun's individual claims to private arbitration.
• Optimism Governance Moves $49.7M Airdrop Reserve to Strategic Fund · Optimism governance approved moving 546.9 million OP tokens to a Strategic Ecosystem Fund after a late vote.
• Arbitrum Activates Elara Upgrade with Optional Compliance Filters · Arbitrum launches ArbOS 61 Elara, enabling optional compliance screening and priority fees for dedicated chains.
• Trump Praises CFTC Chair for Efforts to Onshore Hyperliquid · President Trump stated CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring the geoblocked Hyperliquid platform into the US legally.
• Sid Powell Explains Maple Finance's Rise as Top Crypto Lender · Maple Finance CEO Sid Powell discusses the platform's growth to become the second-largest crypto lender behind Tether.
• Bitcoin Surges Past $68,000 Following U.S. Treasury Bond Buyback Expansion · Bitcoin surpassed $68,000 as the U.S. Treasury announced doubled bond buybacks, triggering massive short liquidations.
• HSBC and Standard Chartered Complete First Live Transaction on Swift Blockchain · HSBC and Standard Chartered executed the first live cross-border tokenized-deposit transaction on Swift's blockchain ledger.
• Maya Protocol Exploit Drains $1.7 Million via Subsidy Bug · A Maya Protocol vulnerability allowed an attacker to drain $1.7 million in shared liquidity.
• Gnosis Chain to Abandon Validators and Settle on Ethereum · GnosisDAO approves transition from standalone Layer 1 to an Ethereum-settled rollup, retiring its validator set.
• Hayden Adams Predicts AMMs Will Dominate Markets; Ex-XTX Trader Disputes · Uniswap founder Hayden Adams argues AMMs will dominate equities, while former trader Brian Huang predicts their failure.
• Aligned cancels public sales 20 months after airdrop terms · Aligned Layer cancels its public token sales 20 months after announcing airdrop terms.
• Robinhood CEO Urges US Tokenized Stocks After SEC Exemption Delay · Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev advocates for US equity tokenization following SEC delays to innovation exemption.
• SEC Proposes Crypto Token Offering Rules With $75 Million Exemption · The SEC proposed Regulation Crypto Assets on Aug. 18 to exempt token offerings up to $75 million and create a safe harbor for non-securities.
• Printr Launchpad Shuts Down, Cancels Token Launch After Failed Fundraising · Printr, an omnichain token launchpad, is ceasing operations and cancelling its planned token launch and airdrop.
• Crypto Influencer Ansem Launches Platform for Token Teams to Buy Promotion · Zion Thomas launched ansem.io, a platform where crypto teams buy promotion by airdropping tokens to his memecoin holders.
• Deel Expands DLUSD Stablecoin Wallet to 80 Countries Excluding US and EU · Deel launches its DLUSD stablecoin wallet in over 80 countries, excluding the US, UK, EU, and Australia.
• Neynar Sells Farcaster Protocol and Clanker Token After Revenue Collapse · Neynar seeks a new owner for Farcaster and Clanker after protocol fees plummeted from $35 million to $377,000.
• Prediction Market Interest Plummets 83% Post-World Cup as Kalshi Overtakes Polymarket · Global search interest in prediction markets dropped 83% after the 2026 World Cup, while trading volume shifted to Kalshi.
• Compound Foundation Hires Coinbase Alumni for $52M Institutional Push · Compound Foundation appoints executives from Coinbase and Anchorage to lead a $52 million budget for institutional credit infrastructure.
• TokenWorks Launches FWAir to Let Artists Issue NFTs Directly into Fake World Assets Pool · TokenWorks co-founder Adam announces FWAir, a mechanism allowing artists to issue NFT collections into Fake World Assets' randomized pool.
• Stripe to Acquire AI Gateway OpenRouter for $7 Billion · Bloomberg reports Stripe finalized a $7 billion agreement to acquire AI model marketplace OpenRouter.
• SafePal Breach Exposes 39,798 Customers' Data to Phishing · SafePal disclosed a plug-in flaw exposing personal data of nearly 40,000 customers to cybercriminals.
• Tempo Launches Yield Product for Deel Amid US Interest Ban · Tempo launches Tempo Earn, allowing Deel to pay up to 4% APY on stablecoin balances via Morpho vaults to bypass US interest prohibitions.