Blockchain

Venus Protocol, a leading lending protocol on BNB Chain, was hit by a classic Mango Markets-style price manipulation attack. The attacker targeted the low-liquidity asset THE, leveraging recursive borrowing, oracle manipulation, and a “donation attack” to bypass supply caps and artificially push the price above $0.60, extracting around $27 million in assets. In this article, Weilin Li offers an in-depth analysis of the attack mechanics and details how he identified the severe mismatch between the nominal value and liquidity of collateral, ultimately earning $15,000 through a precise short position on THE.

As "Vibe Coding" drives the cost of software construction toward zero, the competitive landscape of Fintech is undergoing a dramatic shift. Matrix VC partner Matt Brown points out: In the AI era, Fintech's true moat is no longer a polished UI or efficient code, but the "heavy assets" that AI cannot generate—banking licenses, underwriting data earned from decades of credit losses, and risk control models fed by real transaction volume. This article provides an in-depth analysis of why companies possessing "Fin (the financial foundation)" are demonstrating anti-fragility, while those merely arbitraging "Tech (the software interface)" are facing a valuation collapse.

The article indicates that asset management companies' hundreds of billions in yield-bearing products will migrate on-chain. The clear demand for risk definition to hedge against $500 million in positions is about to explode. The moment for on-chain options to become the new anchor asset in the crypto market has arrived.

Strategy has invested approximately $1.6 billion to expand its Bitcoin holdings, raising its total position to over 761,000 BTC and further strengthening its position as the world's largest corporate holder of Bitcoin. This article examines its capital strategy, market impact, and the ongoing trend toward institutionalization.

YZi Labs has announced a lead investment of $52 million to support RoboForce, a Silicon Valley AI robotics company, in developing its Physical AI technology and TITAN robotics platform. RoboForce specializes in tackling workforce shortages in demanding sectors including energy, manufacturing, and logistics. The company leverages data flywheel strategies and AI models to continuously improve the performance of its robots.

OpenSea, the NFT platform, has postponed the launch of its SEA token and has not announced a new release date. The official statement cited current crypto market conditions and the status of product development as reasons for prioritizing a comprehensive roadmap over a rushed rollout. This delay has refocused industry attention on OpenSea’s strategic shift toward multi-chain trading and derivatives.

Midnight is a privacy-focused blockchain network developed by Input Output Global and serves as an important extension of the Cardano ecosystem. Built with zero-knowledge proof technology and privacy-enabled smart contracts, the network allows developers to create Web3 applications that support stronger data protection. Unlike traditional public blockchains where transaction data is fully transparent, Midnight introduces the concept of programmable privacy, enabling applications to balance data confidentiality with verifiability.

Midnight is a privacy-focused blockchain network developed by Input Output Global and serves as an important infrastructure component within the Cardano ecosystem. Through technologies such as zero knowledge proofs, a dual state ledger architecture, and programmable privacy mechanisms, the network enables blockchain applications to protect sensitive data while maintaining verifiability.

Midnight adopts a “token plus resource” dual component economic model. Within this structure, NIGHT functions as the public native governance token, supporting network security, governance participation, and ecosystem incentives. DUST serves as a privacy preserving network resource used to pay transaction fees and execute smart contracts. By holding NIGHT, users continuously generate DUST, which provides access to the network’s computational resources.

Midnight is a privacy-focused blockchain network introduced by Input Output Global. It is designed to bring programmable privacy capabilities to Cardano, allowing developers to build decentralized applications while keeping sensitive data confidential.

March 2026: As the war in the Middle East spreads, Dubai, the global hub for gold trading, is plunged into logistics paralysis. This article unpacks the "twilight of physical assets": While 10,938 wstETH were undergoing algorithmic liquidation on Aave, tons of physical gold at Dubai Airport were reduced to "stranded assets" due to airspace closures, forced to be sold at a \$30 per ounce discount. By contrasting gold's "shackles of weight" with Bitcoin's digital resilience—where "12 words can carry your entire net worth"—the article reveals how, amidst the extreme geopolitical environment of 2026, the logic of wealth is undergoing an irreversible paradigm shift from the "physical defense line" to "cryptographic sovereignty."

Venice Token (VVV) is the native crypto asset of the Venice AI platform. Its core design converts artificial intelligence computing power into an on-chain resource that can be held, staked, and traded through blockchain tokenization. By holding or staking VVV tokens, users gain access to Venice’s AI inference capabilities, enabling them to generate text, images, and code through artificial intelligence tools.

Venice Token (VVV) is the native token of the Venice AI platform. Its primary role is to support value settlement, incentive distribution, governance participation, and resource coordination across the AI service ecosystem. Through tokenization, Venice integrates AI computing resources, model access, and platform governance into a unified economic system, allowing AI capabilities to be priced, traded, and rewarded directly on chain.

Venice is a decentralized artificial intelligence platform focused on privacy protection and open computing. The platform aims to redefine how AI services operate by leveraging blockchain architecture, eliminating reliance on a single centralized entity for model invocation, data processing, and compute scheduling. In contrast to traditional AI services that depend on major cloud platforms, Venice provides AI inference capabilities through a distributed network of nodes. This approach allows developers and users to utilize artificial intelligence without needing to trust centralized servers.

The article invokes Keynes's prophecy that "the development of capital becomes a by-product of the casino" to analyze how current financialisation is shifting the economy from productive activities to a zero-sum speculative game.