North Korea’s $30M crypto cashout just handed legacy finance its best weapon to kill DeFi’s US debut

CME and ICE told Washington in May that Hyperliquid’s pseudonymous, always-on markets could let sanctioned state actors circumvent enforcement. On Aug. 31, an Arkham analysis reviewed by CoinDesk found that wallets linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group had sold more than $30 million of Bitcoin through Hyperliquid over the prior three weeks. The proceeds were…

TRON H1 2026 Strategy Report: Dual-Engine Growth via DeFi and AI Delivers Record Traction

Abstract: In H1 2026, TRON bucked broader market headwinds through a twin-track strategy: solidifying its core DeFi engine while aggressively expanding into AI. As recurring deflationary mechanics anchored value across DeFi protocols, a rapid wave of AI product launches unlocked new vectors for ecosystem growth. Throughout the first half of 2026, global crypto markets faced…

Liminal Launches Liminal Prime for Institutional OTC and Stablecoin Liquidity

[PRESS RELEASE – HONG KONG, HONG KONG, September 2nd, 2026] New suite of standalone products gives institutions principal OTC dealing and LP connectivity alongside Liminal’s existing wallet and key-management infrastructure  Today, Liminal, a provider of institutional digital asset wallet and key-management infrastructure, announced the launch of Liminal Prime, an enterprise software suite designed to provide…

Strategy keeps STRC at 12% as Saylor has seven days to salvage the $10 billion Bitcoin yield product as costs spiral

Michael Saylor has roughly one week to orchestrate STRC’s return to its $100 par value by his informal Sept. 8 target, but the financial machinery required to close the final gap is running hot. Despite deploying $635.2 million on aggressive buybacks, Strategy’s preferred security continues to hover around $97. The company has simultaneously restarted its…

A layer-1 blockchain froze for 4 hours to stop a $4.9 million hack, then claimed it was just an upgrade

Injective, a layer-1 blockchain network, produced no new block for nearly four hours during an emergency response to an exploit that researchers traced into core modules. On Sept.1, the foundation said the blockchain was “upgraded, not halted” and that its consensus, native INJ, and staked assets were never compromised. It described the attack as affecting…