SPCX Perpetual Liquidations Top $76 Million as SpaceX-Linked Derivative Slides

SPCX perpetual contract liquidations topped $76M in 24h, placing third behind BTC and ETH, as the linked derivative fell below its $150 opening price. дальше »

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SeerDEX Stage 11 Is Here — Is This Still the Best Crypto Presale Entry Before the Price Jumps Again?

SeerDEX is at Stage 11. Ten price increases cleared, contract audited. How much ROI is left in the best crypto presale before TGE? дальше »

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JaredFromSubway MEV Bot Drained of $7.5M in Token Approval Trick

JaredFromSubway MEV bot lost $7.5M after being tricked into granting token approvals. Blockaid says the exploit used logical trickery, not a smart contract bug. дальше »

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JaredFromSubway MEV bot gets drained in $7.5m approval trap

JaredFromSubway MEV bot was drained after attacker approvals let a wallet pull WETH, USDC and USDT from its Ethereum contract, records show. дальше »

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What is a smart contract? The code that runs crypto

A smart contract is not smart, and it is barely a contract. It is a small program that lives on a blockchain and runs itself when its conditions are met, with no person to enforce it and no way to… дальше »

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Aztec Connect loses $2.1m after old contract exploit

Aztec Connect lost $2.1m after an old immutable smart contract was exploited, while Aztec Labs said the current network stayed safe from it. дальше »

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Circle unveils Arc Privacy to bring confidential smart contracts to institutions

Circle has unveiled new privacy capabilities for its Arc blockchain, introducing a confidential smart contract engine designed to keep sensitive financial data hidden while preserving access for compliance and audit functions. дальше »

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Gold Options Reveal a Wager on Another 40% Collapse by 2028

Options traders in the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) ETF have turned sharply bearish. One popular contract now bets gold will fall another 40% by June 2028. The fund has dropped 25% from its February intraday record. дальше »

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CFTC Prediction Markets Rule Defines Gaming, Draws Line on Micro-Bets and Injury Markets

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published its long-awaited prediction markets proposed rule Wednesday, putting the first formal regulatory text for event contract derivatives on the table after years of litigation, a withdrawn 2024 proposal, and a compressed rulemaking process that moved from ANPRM to White House review in under a month. дальше »

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Will Nasdaq CME crypto index futures change how institutions invest in crypto?

CME Group has launched a market-cap-weighted cryptocurrency futures contract tied to eight digital assets, giving institutional investors a single regulated product for gaining exposure to a large portion of the crypto market. дальше »

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and SOL enter CME’s new crypto index futures

CME launches cash-settled Nasdaq crypto index futures tracking BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP and four other major digital assets in one contract. дальше »

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BlockDAG’s fixed $0.01 contract, NEAR Protocol, Hyperliquid, and Venice Token: Spotting the best crypto investment against market volatility

Avoid order book chaos. Discover why BlockDAG’s fixed $0.01 payout is the best crypto investment compared to Near, Hyperliquid, and Venice Token. дальше »

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$1.95 Million SHIB Awakening: Dormant Shiba Inu Whale Breaks 10-Month Silence

As SHIB drops 15%, a dormant whale broke a 10-month silence to move 400B tokens via a BitGo smart contract. дальше »

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New Mexico Attorney General Sues Kalshi in State Court Over Sporting Event Contract Trading

The lawsuit in the Santa Fe County District Court seeks an injunction blocking trades of event contracts connected to sports and a declaration that such trades qualify as sports wagering. The post New Mexico Attorney General Sues Kalshi in State Court Over Sporting Event Contract Trading appeared first on DeFi Rate. дальше »

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Coinbase launches SpaceX pre IPO perpetual futures with up to 5x leverage

Coinbase has launched a pre-IPO perpetual futures product with up to 5x leverage, debuting the new offering with a SpaceX-linked contract ahead of the aerospace company’s expected public listing at a reported $1. дальше »

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MEXC Tops New Contract Listings in CoinGecko’s 2026 State of Crypto Perpetuals Report

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The post MEXC Tops New Contract Listings in CoinGecko’s 2026 State of Crypto Perpetuals Report appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.

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OpenSea Pivots to Perpetuals With Hyperliquid, Stirring a New Chapter for NFT Trading

OpenSea signals a shift beyond collectibles with a perpetual contract offering powered by Hyperliquid, as NFT trading volumes face fresh competition from. дальше »

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Hyperliquid Is Wall Street’s Favorite Everything Exchange, New Grayscale ETF Confirms

The CFTC’s approval of the first U. S. -listed perpetual futures contract on Friday is already reverberating across crypto markets, with Hyperliquid-linked assets rallying as traders increasingly view the decentralized exchange as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the regulatory milestone. дальше »

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Forecast: World Cup Prediction Market Volume Could Hit $2.5 Billion in the US

Prediction markets could drive as much as $2. 5 billion in trading activity on the 2026 World Cup, with $1. 47-1. 93 billion trading on Kalshi. The current World Cup Winner contract is trending higher than March Madness and will likely reach ~$253 million in volume by the end of the tournament. дальше »

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Score a Premium World Cup Hospitality Experience! ZOOMEX World Cup Carnival Opens with a $300,000 Prize Pool

From May 28 to June 28, 2026, users who complete designated contract trading tasks will have the chance to unlock premium hospitality experiences for select group-stage, semi-final, and final matches, while also participating in a share of the $300,000 total prize pool. дальше »

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Failed Hong Coin ICO returns $2M in Ether after 10 years

More than 1,003 Ether, worth roughly $2 million, have been recovered from a failed 2016 ICO dubbed Hong Coin after a white hat hacker found a way to unlock funds that had remained trapped in a faulty smart contract for… дальше »

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Kraken seeks Bitcoin perps edge after CFTC clears Kalshi contract

Kraken plans CFTC-regulated Bitcoin perps within 30 days, while Coinbase and Kalshi move first in the U.S. regulated derivatives race today. дальше »

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Circle Freezes $12.6 Million in Confidential USDC, Exposing Surveillance Risks

Circle blacklisted Zama's confidential USDC contract on Ethereum, freezing $12.6 million and halting cUSDC redemptions. The post Circle Freezes $12.6 Million in Confidential USDC, Exposing Surveillance Risks appeared first on BeInCrypto. дальше »

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CFTC approves first regulated Bitcoin perpetual contract in US

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved the first regulated Bitcoin perpetual contract in the United States, greenlighting Kalshi’s BTCPERP product and clearing the way for similar listings by Coinbase’s futures arm. дальше »

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Breaking: CFTC approves first Bitcoin Perpetual Futures on regulated U.S. exchange

The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has greenlit the nation’s first bitcoin perpetual futures contract on a regulated exchange, marking a watershed moment for domestic crypto derivatives trading. дальше »

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Kalshi wins CFTC approval to launch first U.S. Bitcoin perps

The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved Kalshi to launch the first federally regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures contract in the United States, opening a new path for crypto derivatives trading onshore. дальше »

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DxSale exploit drains $7.3M in BNB through hidden contract backdoor

DxSale has suffered a $7. 3 million exploit after an attacker allegedly used a hidden backdoor in a liquidity locker contract to withdraw BNB locked by more than 1,400 liquidity providers on the BNB Chain. дальше »

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Adam Back: Bitcoin’s Simplicity Protects Investors From DeFi’s Systemic Risks

Adam Back argues Bitcoin’s design simplicity inherently avoids the leveraged contagion and smart contract vulnerabilities plaguing the DeFi ecosystem. дальше »

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Hyperliquid’s SpaceX perp lights up regulatory gray zone over private markets

A Hyperliquid powered, pre IPO style SpaceX perpetual contract on Trade. xyz is letting traders lever up on an implied $1. 78 trillion valuation with no equity, no authorization and no clear regulatory home. дальше »

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Arbitrum-based StakeDAO contract hit by 5.4T vsdCRV exploit

A security incident has affected StakeDAO’s infrastructure on Arbitrum, with researchers identifying abnormal activity tied to its vsdCRV contract. The exploit is linked to a suspected infinite minting vulnerability that may have allowed the creation of an extremely large supply of synthetic staking tokens, reportedly around 5. дальше »

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Squid Distances Itself From $3.2 Million Hack of Lookalike Third-Party Contract

Cross-chain router Squid distanced itself from a third-party Gnosis Safe module, SquidRouterModule, after attackers drained about $3. 2 million across Ethereum and Base. Blockchain security firms flagged the exploit that affected 86 Gnosis Safe accounts in roughly 2 hours. дальше »

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'Tightest Ever': Bitcoin's Monthly Bollinger Bands Could Predict Massive Move

Bitcoin is bracing for a potentially explosive price movement as its monthly Bollinger Bands contract to their "tightest ever" levels. дальше »

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Polymarket Vice President Denies Contract Hack, Confirms User Funds Are Safe

Polymarket VP Josh Stevens shuts down hack rumors, confirming all user funds are safe after a $520,000 legacy key compromise. дальше »

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Polymarket Faces Fresh Security Crisis After $660,000 Exploit

The prediction market platform Polymarket is once more in the spotlight, this time for an exploit that reportedly siphoned off 660,000 from wallets associated with it. Onchain analysts identified dubious transactions from a contract expected to carry key responsibilities for market settlement operations shortly after the incident attracted industry-wide concern. дальше »

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Polymarket Smart Contract Breached: Will POL USD Crash?

ZachXBT flags a $600K exploit of Polymarket's UMA CTF Adapter on Polygon. Analysis of POL price implications, ecosystem risk, and what the incident means for DeFi security in May 2025. The post Polymarket Smart Contract Breached: Will POL USD Crash? appeared first on Coinspeaker. дальше »

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ZachXBT Flags Polymarket Smart-Contract Exploit With $520,000 in Losses

On-chain investigator ZachXBT issued a community alert flagging an apparent exploit of Polymarket’s UMA CTF Adapter. The UMA CTF Adapter is the smart contract that lets Polymarket’s prediction markets settle using UMA’s Optimistic Oracle According to the alert, attackers have drained more than $520,000 so far. дальше »

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US Regulators Move on Prediction Markets With ETF Pause and NHL Pact

Atkins paused event contract ETFs while CFTC and NHL signed a prediction market MOU, raising US oversight of binary bets. The post US Regulators Move on Prediction Markets With ETF Pause and NHL Pact appeared first on BeInCrypto. дальше »

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Polymarket US Self-Certifies Parlay-Style Sports Contracts With CFTC

The 'Combinatoric Athletic Outcome Contract' filing could bring multi-leg sports markets to Polymarket’s regulated U.S. exchange as prediction market operators race to add parlay-style products The post Polymarket US Self-Certifies Parlay-Style Sports Contracts With CFTC appeared first on DeFi Rate. дальше »

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Bybit opens 24/7 leveraged bets on SpaceX before IPO

Bybit has launched a new perpetual trading product tied to SpaceX ahead of the aerospace company’s expected public listing in June. According to the exchange, the newly listed SPCXUSDT perpetual contract gives traders exposure to SpaceX with leverage of up… дальше »

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BTC cloud mining expands via renewables as halving shifts yield strategies

Australia-based platform opens contract tiers from $15 to $300,000, targeting investors seeking direct exposure to mined Bitcoin output without ASIC hardware overhead. The fourth Bitcoin halving cut the block reward to 3. дальше »

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Blockaid flags ShapeShift smart contract exploit

Blockchain security firm Blockaid flagged an active smart contract exploit draining $132,700 from ShapeShift’s FOX Colony on Arbitrum. Blockaid flagged the incident on X on May 13, identifying the attacker wallet at 0xeed236Afb6967f74099a0a6bf078BC6b865fbf28. дальше »

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CME Group plans launch of Nasdaq Crypto Index futures in June

The new futures product will be CME Group’s first market capitalization-weighted cryptocurrency futures contract and will be available in both standard and micro contract sizes. CME Group announced plans to launch Nasdaq CME Cryptocurrency Index Futures on June 8, expanding… дальше »

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$1.88M Reportedly Drained in TransitFinance Exploit that Exposes Hidden Risks of Legacy Smart Contracts

In yet another incident in the growing ecosystem of decentralized finance (DeFi), TransitFinance has reportedly suffered a smart contract hack, which resulted in an estimated loss of around $1. 88 million. дальше »

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Bitcoin holders can now hide more of their activity, but only by trusting new middlemen

Starknet launched strkBTC on May 12, locking BTC on Bitcoin's base layer to back an ERC-20 token that brings shielded balances into a smart contract environment at scale. The token runs in the public mode, where it behaves like any other wrapped Bitcoin asset, and shielded mode, where users can hide selected balances and transfers […] The post Bitcoin holders can now hide more of their activity, but only by trusting new middlemen appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Moomoo Joins Retail Brokerage Push Into Prediction Markets

Moomoo is preparing to bring event contract trading to U. S. retail users, adding another mobile-first brokerage platform to the growing race to distribute prediction markets through mainstream trading apps. дальше »

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IREN Nvidia deal signals $3.4B AI pivot

IREN has signed a $3. 4 billion IREN Nvidia deal to deploy up to 5 gigawatts of AI infrastructure over five years. Bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure provider IREN has announced a five-year, $3. дальше »

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TON Core launches Acton, a new tool for smart contract development

Acton's AI-driven smart contracts could revolutionize automation but may also heighten security risks and liquidity fragmentation in the ecosystem. The post TON Core launches Acton, a new tool for smart contract development appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

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Kalshi’s $52 Million UFC Event Had $11.1 Million on Chimaev

Kalshi showed $52 million in contract volume on UFC 328, one of the platform's biggest fight nights to date. Actual cash exchanged: $18. 98 million. Of that, 58. 4% backed Khamzat Chimaev, who lost a split decision to Sean Strickland. дальше »

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Sports betting should be regulated as a financial product, not gambling, aspiring prediction market provider says

Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky said his company will transition to a federal Designated Contract Market framework this summer to launch in all 50 states, while 57 Maiden's Adam Mastrelli said he was banned from two major sportsbooks within two months for being “sharp." дальше »

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Hackers Drain Nearly $6 Million in ETH and BTC from Trusted Volumes

Trading protocol Trusted Volumes falling victim to a catastrophic smart contract exploit. дальше »

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