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Polkadot’s governance voted in a stablecoin backed by Tether
dotUSD was approved by DOT holders, not launched by a company. Supply is around 2.77 million tokens and the backing is Tether's USDT, not DOT.
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1.23 million stolen ATOM is frozen until a Cosmos Hub vote passes
Cosmos Hub validators secured 1,227,121 of the 1.73 million ATOM moved by the Neutron attacker. Six signers won't release it without a governance vote.
Polygon plans to lift POL staking rewards to 7.7% for two months
The 7.7% figure is a gross rate before validator commission, and the plan is described as running for roughly two months, not indefinitely.
0x says Uniswap v4 hooks quote one price and settle another
0x claims most Uniswap v4 hooks it analysed quote one price and settle another. Hayden Adams called it a skill issue. Here is what that means for swaps.
Splash patched the Cardano pool exploit. The 2.4m ADA is still missing.
Splash says a reserve check would have stopped the drain of 2.4m ADA. It would not return it, and Optim has announced no redemption for OADA holders.
What a DeFi audit actually covers, and what it leaves out
Researchers found 46 of 68 audited DeFi incidents in H1 2026 were attacked outside every audit scope they could identify. What that does and doesn't show.
Cronos validators switched off the whole chain after a $75m exploit
About $6m of the $75m reached Ethereum before Cronos validators paused block production. The rest is stranded on a chain that has stopped.
A seven-day safety delay did not stop Term Finance losing $8.5m
Term has permanently closed its Meta Vaults after an attack reportedly emptied nearly all their ether. Nobody appears to have broken the code itself.
Why banks are fighting to stop your stablecoin paying you 4%
US law already bars stablecoin issuers from paying interest, and the banking lobby wants the remaining gaps closed too. The argument is made on financial stability grounds, but underneath it is a fight over cheap deposits.