https://leviathannews.xyz/278070/consensys-confirms-north-korea-linked-contractor-accessed-metamask-code-for-one-month-finds-no-stolen-assets-or-data Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T17:30:48.801353+00:00 Consensys confirms North Korea-linked contractor accessed MetaMask code for one month; finds no stolen assets or data https://leviathannews.xyz/278053/certora-discloses-patched-flaw-in-solanas-845b-stake-pool-program-that-enabled-reserve-hijacks-and-free-share-minting Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T17:30:31.904452+00:00 Certora discloses patched flaw in Solana's $8.45B stake-pool program that enabled reserve hijacks and free share minting https://leviathannews.xyz/278000/zetamarkets-bulletxyz-founders-rugged-their-community-two-years-of-lies-for-two-full-yearsyou-lied-straight-to-everyones-face-and-it-was-all-written-in-your-official-bullet-website Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T17:29:52.763573+00:00 ZetaMarkets and Bulletxyz founders accused of misleading community over two-year migration promise https://leviathannews.xyz/278013/kaspersky-exposes-active-okobot-malware-targeting-hundreds-across-25-countries-with-crypto-wallet-and-seed-phrase-theft Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T17:29:48.553376+00:00 Kaspersky exposes active OkoBot malware targeting hundreds across 25+ countries with crypto wallet and seed phrase theft https://leviathannews.xyz/277997/attacker-drains-3062-from-perpetual-protocol-via-unguarded-orderbook-funding-function-on-optimism Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T17:29:27.760346+00:00 Attacker drains $3,062 from Perpetual Protocol via unguarded OrderBook funding function on Optimism https://leviathannews.xyz/277950/apple-bans-crypto-atm-and-home-services-ads-from-maps-under-policies-effective-july-14 Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T09:03:26.071640+00:00 Apple bans crypto ATM and home services ads from Maps under policies effective July 14 https://leviathannews.xyz/277919/stablecoins-are-one-of-cryptos-biggest-wins-but-what-do-the-next-five-years-look-like-we-weighed-in-on-the-long-run-for-stablecoins-click-the-link-in-the-next-post-below Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T09:02:47.741208+00:00 Stablecoins have been a major crypto success story, but their next five years face regulatory and market challenges. https://leviathannews.xyz/277829/ftx-to-distribute-about-900-million-to-creditors-in-fifth-payout-on-july-31-ftx-will-begin-its-fifth-creditor-distribution-on-july-31-paying-approximately-900-million-to-holders-of-20260718 Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T00:22:48.680150+00:00 FTX to distribute roughly $900 million to creditors in fifth payout on July 31 https://leviathannews.xyz/277840/trezor-exec-pushes-back-on-zachxbt-claim-that-hardware-wallets-are-complete-garbage-20260718 Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T00:22:41.912270+00:00 Trezor defends hardware wallets after ZachXBT called them "complete garbage," arguing they remain the strongest self-custody option despite usability tradeoffs https://leviathannews.xyz/277826/cryptoquant-says-strategy-still-needs-disciplined-bitcoin-buying-and-selling-framework-20260718 Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T00:22:38.003446+00:00 CryptoQuant says Strategy's new capital framework strengthens liquidity but still lacks disciplined rules for Bitcoin accumulation and selling during future bull markets https://leviathannews.xyz/277825/bank-of-america-taps-new-leaders-to-bridge-crypto-ai-and-traditional-finance-20260717 Leviathan News en 2026-07-18T00:22:34.411283+00:00 Bank of America appoints dedicated AI and digital assets leaders to scale stablecoins, tokenized deposits, crypto settlement and blockchain infrastructure across its markets business https://leviathannews.xyz/277824/over-the-past-year-while-every-category-of-crypto-token-lost-value-privacy-tokens-climbed-1273-becoming-the-best-performing-sector-in-crypto-to-understand-why-privacy-coins-a Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T23:58:49.279095+00:00 Researcher reveals privacy tokens surged 127.3% over the past year, outperforming every crypto sector as investors seek fungibility and zero-knowledge privacy beyond Bitcoin's transparent ledger https://leviathannews.xyz/277823/since-day-one-our-mission-at-base-has-been-to-bring-the-world-onchain-it-guides-everything-we-do-from-scaling-the-chain-to-improving-ux-for-the-last-several-years-smart-accoun Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T23:58:40.765826+00:00 Base, Optimism, Coinbase and WalletConnect launch Native Account Abstraction (EIP-8130), cutting transaction costs by over 2x and bringing smarter wallets to EVM chains https://leviathannews.xyz/277822/ai-coding-content-trading-music-design-should-you-learn-how-to-build-apps-start-a-youtube-channel-become-an-ai-researcher-launch-a-company-or-pursue-a-career-that-does-n Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T23:58:35.557401+00:00 AI's biggest edge isn't using ChatGPT but building specialized intelligence by turning unique knowledge into repeatable AI systems instead of consuming generic answers https://leviathannews.xyz/277813/welcome-to-the-lumara-film-festival-founded-by-moonpay-and-askvenice-compete-for-100000-in-prizes-and-see-your-work-screened-in-movie-theaters-prompt-your-dream-world-into-existenc Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T23:58:26.410444+00:00 MoonPay and AskVenice launch Lumara Film Festival with $100,000 in prizes for AI-generated films https://leviathannews.xyz/277791/aave-puts-up-a-proposal-to-expand-on-tempo Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T23:58:07.181377+00:00 Aave proposes deploying V4 on Tempo, a stablecoin-focused layer 1 backed by Stripe and Paradigm https://leviathannews.xyz/277778/paragons-next-phase-starts-today-three-new-perpetual-markets-for-the-connectivity-layer-behind-ai-1-glw-corning-2-crdo-credo-technology-3-cohr-coherent Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T20:58:04.062451+00:00 Paragon launches three new perpetual markets for AI connectivity layer, including Corning, Credo Technology, and Coherent https://leviathannews.xyz/277774/kaleidoswap-released-a-proof-of-concept-showing-that-rgb-asset-transfers-and-atomic-swaps-can-be-issued-and-transferred-on-liquid-marking-an-early-step-toward-potential-production- Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T20:57:56.552868+00:00 KaleidoSwap released a proof of concept showing that RGB asset transfers and atomic swaps can be issued and transferred on Liquid, marking an early step toward potential production use. https://leviathannews.xyz/277724/zcash-urges-zcashd-node-operators-to-migrate-to-z3-before-legacy-client-halts-at-block-3417100 Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T19:09:14.438929+00:00 Zcash urges zcashd node operators to migrate to Z3 before legacy client halts at block 3,417,100 https://leviathannews.xyz/277673/across-restores-solana-deposits-after-attack-containing-losses-to-risk-labs-relayer-with-no-user-funds-lost Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T19:08:33.261160+00:00 Across restores Solana deposits after attack, containing losses to Risk Labs relayer with no user funds lost https://leviathannews.xyz/277672/input-output-starts-shifting-cardanos-haskell-node-plutus-and-daedalus-to-external-teams-in-august Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T19:08:14.406726+00:00 Input Output starts shifting Cardano's Haskell node, Plutus and Daedalus to external teams in August https://leviathannews.xyz/277569/hsbc-orion-becomes-first-platform-cleared-by-bank-of-england-for-live-digital-securities-sandbox-operations Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T16:14:29.670422+00:00 HSBC Orion becomes first platform cleared by Bank of England for live Digital Securities Sandbox operations https://leviathannews.xyz/277571/etherfi-taps-nexus-mutual-for-cryptos-largest-slashing-cover-protecting-validators-against-up-to-15000-eth Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T16:14:17.544807+00:00 ether.fi taps Nexus Mutual for crypto's largest slashing cover, protecting validators against up to 15,000 ETH https://leviathannews.xyz/277572/polygon-schedules-ithaca-hardfork-for-july-20-on-amoy-and-july-29-on-mainnet-to-rotate-stalled-block-producers Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T16:14:11.189019+00:00 Polygon schedules Ithaca hardfork for July 20 on Amoy and July 29 on mainnet to rotate stalled block producers https://leviathannews.xyz/277540/what-are-you-interacting-with-onchain-firepan-sentinel-analyzes-token-contracts-on-base-in-seconds-contract-safety-admin-permissions-holder-concentration-liquidity-risk-free-no-sig Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T14:43:05.071436+00:00 What are you interacting with onchain? Firepan Sentinel analyzes token contracts on base in seconds. - Contract safety. - Admin permissions. - Holder concentration. - Liquidity risk. Free. No signup. Built to help the Base ecosystem understand contract risk faster. https://leviathannews.xyz/277523/house-digital-assets-panel-holds-new-york-field-hearing-on-clarity-acts-potential-to-unlock-crypto-innovation Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T14:34:51.173082+00:00 House digital assets panel holds New York field hearing on CLARITY Act’s potential to unlock crypto innovation https://leviathannews.xyz/277500/pascal-announce-series-a-with-usv-bringing-the-total-fundraising-up-to-15m Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T14:34:25.160396+00:00 Pascal raises Series A from Union Square Ventures, bringing total funding to $15 million https://leviathannews.xyz/277486/bitcoin-japan-targets-966b-from-convertible-bonds-and-warrants-earmarking-662m-for-first-btc-purchase Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T12:50:51.637384+00:00 Bitcoin Japan targets ¥9.66B from convertible bonds and warrants, earmarking ¥662M for first BTC purchase https://leviathannews.xyz/277446/sbi-holdings-takes-majority-stake-in-coinhako-after-mas-approval-bringing-singapore-crypto-exchange-under-its-control Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T12:43:39.617996+00:00 SBI Holdings takes majority stake in Coinhako after MAS approval, bringing Singapore crypto exchange under its control https://leviathannews.xyz/277403/slowmist-uncovers-macos-malware-that-steals-telegram-sessions-and-swaps-ledger-trezor-apps-for-phishing-loaders Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T10:37:36.919120+00:00 SlowMist uncovers macOS malware that steals Telegram sessions and swaps Ledger, Trezor apps for phishing loaders https://leviathannews.xyz/277421/leviathan-atlas-is-now-charting-vyper-the-security-first-smart-contract-language-behind-curve Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T10:36:30.377921+00:00 Leviathan Atlas is now charting Vyper, the security-first smart contract language behind Curve https://leviathannews.xyz/277322/tldr-stripe-processes-payments-for-millions-of-merchants-the-business-earns-slightly-less-every-year-because-everyone-knows-how-to-do-it-nobody-has-a-stripe-account-money-never Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T08:20:13.287277+00:00 Researcher outlines why Stripe could pursue PayPal, arguing Venmo unlocks consumer deposits, stablecoin adoption and AI-driven payments while strengthening merchant checkout https://leviathannews.xyz/277312/when-we-co-led-pascaldottrades-seed-round-with-dba_xyz-in-august-2025-we-did-so-on-a-simple-conviction-which-was-that-prediction-markets-were-becoming-a-serious-trading-catego Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T08:14:14.216728+00:00 Wintermute Ventures says prediction markets have outgrown existing infrastructure, backing Pascal's $9M Series A to build a faster, lower-fee trading platform for professionals https://leviathannews.xyz/277303/on-july-15-2026-crypto-investigator-zachxbt-dropped-a-blunt-hot-take-in-his-telegram-channel-investigations-by-zachxbt-that-immediately-set-the-community-buzzing-his-message-was Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T08:05:34.642794+00:00 Vladimir S. says layered security—not a single device—is the safest way to store crypto, highlighting multisig wallets, offline signers and hardened iPhones as best practices https://leviathannews.xyz/277301/vc-money-is-flowing-to-ai-trust-in-media-is-at-record-lows-and-crypto-is-growing-up-ive-been-running-a-media-company-covering-crypto-since-2019-ive-been-through-the-ups-and-d Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T08:00:43.218857+00:00 Defiant news founder Camila Russo warns crypto media is facing a structural crisis as VC funding shifts to AI, marketing budgets shrink and publishers grapple with layoffs across the industry https://leviathannews.xyz/277277/today-zerodelta-is-coming-out-of-stealth-with-a-68-million-seed-led-by-lightspeed-faction-with-participation-from-franklin-templeton-coinbase-ventures-arche-capital-again-p Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T07:40:59.837861+00:00 ZeroDelta emerges from stealth with a $6.8M seed to build a clearing house for tokenized RWAs, targeting institutional settlement across 40+ chains after processing $1B+ https://leviathannews.xyz/277248/leonidas-announces-bitcoin-dog-mode-client-to-raise-standard-transaction-cap-to-39m-wu-and-cut-dust-limit-to-1-sat Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T07:40:30.577795+00:00 Leonidas unveils Bitcoin DOG Mode client, boosting transaction cap to 3.9M weight units and lowering dust limit to 1 sat https://leviathannews.xyz/277246/megaeth-sunsets-megamafia-after-most-incubated-apps-stop-building-on-its-chain Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T07:39:31.760160+00:00 MegaETH sunsets MegaMafia after most incubated apps stop building on its chain https://leviathannews.xyz/277275/defituna-loses-580k-as-attacker-drains-lending-pools-leaving-equal-usdc-deficit Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T07:38:56.038401+00:00 DeFiTuna loses $580K as attacker drains lending pools, leaving equal USDC deficit https://leviathannews.xyz/277281/defi-has-rarely-suffered-from-a-shortage-of-yield-and-has-instead-suffered-from-a-shortage-of-risk-segregation-forcing-every-participant-into-the-same-undifferentiated-positions Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T07:38:46.423865+00:00 Blockworks Advisory says Reflect brings onchain tranching to Solana, splitting yield into senior and junior positions with permissionless slashing for transparent risk protection https://leviathannews.xyz/277283/breaking-moonpay-now-supports-fednow-bringing-the-federal-reserves-instant-payment-service-to-our-virtual-accounts-with-this-milestone-usd-can-be-settled-247365-making-rea Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T07:38:41.076794+00:00 MoonPay integrates the Federal Reserve's FedNow into Virtual Accounts, enabling 24/7 instant USD settlements between traditional finance and DeFi https://leviathannews.xyz/277219/economy-as-software Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T07:22:01.993452+00:00 Economy as software: building your own app is the first step, not the final outcome, as software grows like an economy https://leviathannews.xyz/277222/visa-and-artemis-report-x402-processed-15m-in-adjusted-volume-across-1096m-transactions-since-may-2025 Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T07:21:39.093022+00:00 Visa and Artemis report x402 processed $15M in adjusted volume across 109.6M transactions since May 2025 https://leviathannews.xyz/277227/mexc-reports-7509m-usdt-futures-insurance-fund-and-reserve-ratios-above-100-across-btc-eth-usdt-and-usdc Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T07:21:34.683782+00:00 MEXC reports 750.9M USDT futures insurance fund and reserve ratios above 100% across BTC, ETH, USDT and USDC https://leviathannews.xyz/277205/i-co-founded-1inch-in-may-2019-ive-always-been-drawn-to-building-what-defi-didnt-have-yet-1inch-router-the-first-dex-aggregator-a-brand-new-category-1inch-fusion-the-first-dutch-au Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T06:37:46.778784+00:00 Anton Bukov, co-founder of 1inch, reflects on building the first DEX aggregator and Dutch-auction system, now launches new infrastructure startup Second Tier https://leviathannews.xyz/277191/kite-joins-straitsx-and-avalanche-in-mas-project-bloom-to-build-programmable-payment-rails-for-autonomous-agents Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T04:58:56.719849+00:00 Kite joins StraitsX and Avalanche in MAS Project Bloom to build programmable payment rails for autonomous agents https://leviathannews.xyz/277175/today-we-are-thrilled-to-announce-that-we-are-launching-trasiaxyz-and-have-received-175m-seed-stage-funding-from-multicoin-we-are-grateful-for-the-strategic-support-that-multicoin- Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T03:57:53.861365+00:00 Trasia launches non-custodial Asia-first trading platform with $1.75M seed funding from Multicoin https://leviathannews.xyz/277151/skew-has-raised-500k-hype-33m-from-hyperiondefi-to-bring-a-new-class-of-markets-to-hyperliquid-join-the-waitlist-httpskewtrade Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T03:57:38.758550+00:00 Skew raises 500k HYPE ($33M) from Hyperion DeFi to launch new markets on Hyperliquid https://leviathannews.xyz/277138/pendle-opens-one-click-pt-looping-beta-on-aave-v3-and-morpho-with-aave-v4-and-euler-support-to-follow Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T03:57:26.303802+00:00 Pendle launches one-click PT looping beta on Aave V3 and Morpho, with Aave V4 and Euler support planned https://leviathannews.xyz/277032/project-eleven-builds-bip-32-zk-proof-for-post-q-day-wallet-recovery-generating-proofs-in-243-ms Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T03:56:12.068495+00:00 Project Eleven builds BIP-32 ZK proof for post-Q-Day wallet recovery, generating proofs in 243 ms https://leviathannews.xyz/277025/moonshots-new-kimi-k3-is-the-largest-open-weight-model-ever-at-28t-param-and-scores-the-same-as-gpt-56-and-fable-5-on-benchmarks-however-it-is-signficantly-cheaper-at-3m-i Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T03:55:55.843953+00:00 Moonshot's new Kimi K3 is the largest open weight model ever at 2.8T param, and scores the same as GPT-5.6 and Fable 5 on benchmarks. However, it is signficantly cheaper at $3/15 per M input/output, Sonnet 5 pricing https://leviathannews.xyz/276975/aero-delays-launch-to-september-adds-400k-sherlock-contest-after-audits-find-no-critical-or-high-bugs Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T03:55:27.976774+00:00 Aero delays launch to September, adds $400K Sherlock contest after audits find no critical or high bugs https://leviathannews.xyz/276978/citadel-securities-invests-400m-in-cryptocom-at-20b-valuation-in-exchanges-first-institutional-raise Leviathan News en 2026-07-17T03:54:53.592552+00:00 Citadel Securities invests $400M in Crypto.com at $20B valuation in exchange’s first institutional raise https://leviathannews.xyz/276885/the-decentralized-ai-project-aethir-demonstrated-how-a-google-protocol-for-agent-communication-can-be-used-in-conjunction-with-the-x402-payment-standard Leviathan News en 2026-07-16T21:44:36.520070+00:00 The decentralized AI project Aethir demonstrated how a Google protocol for agent communication can be used in conjunction with the x402 payment standard. https://leviathannews.xyz/276962/introducing-aave-daily-a-new-telegram-channel-where-well-share-the-latest-aave-gho-and-governance-news-each-day-join-the-channel-below-20260716 Leviathan News en 2026-07-16T19:31:52.673679+00:00 Aave launches daily Telegram channel for GHO and governance updates