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RedStone Launches Credora DeFi Risk Ratings After $20B Liquidation

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Modular oracle network RedStone launched Credora, a decentralized finance (DeFi)-native risk ratings platform aiming to bring transparency and credit analytics to lending protocols.  RedStone said on Thursday that it had expanded beyond price feeds into the broader domain of credit, collateral and risk intelligence through its Credora acquisition in September.  At launch, Credora by RedStone integrates with DeFi lending markets Morpho and Sparks to offer dynamic risk scores and default-probability analytics, accessible through an API.  RedStone co-founder Marcin Kaźmierczak said the launch marked a pivotal step toward the “Low-Risk DeFi”…

Woke Up to an Empty Exchange Wallet? Here’s What to Do in the First Hour

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How can an exchange account get drained? Hackers can drain your crypto exchange account by gaining unauthorized access to your password or login credentials. This often happens through phishing links or malware that secretly steals your login credentials. Attackers may also exploit weak passwords, reused credentials from data breaches or SIM swaps to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA). Once they gain access, they transfer funds to anonymous wallets, often routing them through mixers or decentralized exchanges to hide their tracks. If you log in to your crypto exchange account and find…

Regulators Must Protect The Architecture Of Freedom

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Opinion by: Agata Ferreira, assistant professor at the Warsaw University of Technology Recently, Europe came alarmingly close to approving mass surveillance of private communication through the proposed Chat Control regulation. The proposal faced intense backlash from the community, as it would have obliged providers to scan all private messages. It was rejected only after Germany refused to support it. Just nine EU member states opposed the proposal, while 12 backed it and six remained undecided. That narrow vote highlights the fragility of the legal consensus surrounding privacy. Even within the…

Zcash and Dash Back in Focus

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Key takeaways: Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies have rallied sharply, with sector value up nearly 80% by November 2025. Zcash hit a seven-year high and Dash a three-year peak as traders rotated into privacy assets. Technical breakouts, derivatives positioning and an upcoming Zcash halving fueled the move. Despite the hype, privacy coins face tightening global AML rules and limited exchange access. Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies are back in the spotlight. By early November 2025, the sector’s combined market capitalization surged nearly 80%, briefly topping the $24 billion to $25 billion range. Zcash (ZEC) rallied to…

Spanish Research Center to Sell 97 BTC Bought in 2012, Now Worth $10M

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A Spanish public research institute is preparing to sell a long-forgotten Bitcoin stash, worth over $10 million, which was purchased for just $10,000 in 2012 as part of a blockchain research project. The Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), overseen by the Tenerife Island Council, acquired 97 Bitcoin (BTC) more than a decade ago to study blockchain technology. The council is now finalizing plans to divest the holdings, according to a report from Spanish-language newspaper El Día. Juan José Martínez, Tenerife’s innovation councillor, told the outlet that the council…

Supreme Court Tariff Skepticism Sends Trump’s Odds Below 30%

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Prediction markets are signaling declining confidence that the US Supreme Court will rule in favor of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff powers, with traders on regulated and crypto-native platforms reducing their exposure following the week’s developments.  US-regulated event-market platform Kalshi showed Thursday that traders now assign a 29% chance that the Supreme Court will side with Trump, a 28-point drop in a single day.  On Polymarket, Kalshi’s onchain competitor, where contracts are settled in USDC (USDC), the odds fell to 25%, reflecting a similar collapse in sentiment.  The combined trading…

True Autonomy Is The Only Way Machines Can Truly Belong To Us

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Opinion by: David Tomasian, CEO of Curious When 1X Technologies revealed its humanoid robot, Neo, the headlines came fast. A sleek machine backed by OpenAI, marketed as the first home-ready humanoid, and available for preorder at around $20,000. The idea is simple but staggering: a physical assistant that can clean, carry and learn. Neo is undoubtedly a fascinating step in the right direction, but not the leap forward that we’ve been waiting for. The future isn’t entirely autonomous yet. Humans are still puppeteering it. When the machine in your home…

Leading Ethereum Protocols Form New Alliance To Lobby Policy Makers

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Major Ethereum stakeholders have banded together to launch the Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance, focused on coordinating “policy efforts” and educating lawmakers on the ecosystem. The Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance was announced on Tuesday, with the EPAA emphasizing the importance of establishing the group to counter the apparent “outsized influence” that centralized crypto entities had in policymaking. “This imbalance has often left the principles and technologies underpinning onchain infrastructure misunderstood or overlooked,” said the EPAA.  The alliance comprises several prominent names in decentralized finance, including Aave Labs, Aragon, Curve, Lido Labs…

FBI Not at Fault for Wiping 3.4K BTC From Hard Drive: Judges

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A man convicted of identity theft, who claims his hard drive with over 3,400 Bitcoin was seized and wiped by the FBI, has lost his lawsuit against the government in a US appeals court.  A three-judge panel at the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals found on Tuesday that Michael Prime can’t sue the government over the loss of a key to access around 3,443 Bitcoin (BTC), now worth $345 million, as he previously claimed he didn’t own that amount of crypto. Prime asked a court after he was released from…

Robinhood Beats Q3 Expectations as Crypto Revenue Surges

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Trading platform Robinhood Markets saw its third-quarter crypto revenue surge 300% from a year ago, helping to boost its quarterly earnings above Wall Street expectations. Robinhood announced on Wednesday that its Q3 transaction-based revenues increased 129% from the same period last year to $730 million, attributing the gain to its $268 million in crypto revenues, which rose more than 300% from the previous year. The company’s total revenues for the quarter ended Sept. 30 doubled year-over-year to $1.27 billion, beating analyst expectations of $1.2 billion. Its earnings per share increased…