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A Google security engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, was arrested and charged over alleged insider trading by placing bets on Polymarket about what Google users were searching, U.S. officials alleged on Wednesday.According to a complaint unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Spagnuolo used “material nonpublic information” to place bets on who would appear on Google’s list of most-searched for individuals for 2025, after Polymarket began offering these markets last fall.Spagnuolo allegedly used an internal Google tool to track who the most-searched-for individuals were and transferred some $3.8 million in USDC to a Polymarket address, said…

An attacker minted more than 5.4 trillion vsdCRV on Arbitrum after a suspected compromise of a StakeDAO-linked deployer key, though thin liquidity limited the realized proceeds to about $91,000.Blockchain security firm PeckShield said Wednesday the attacker swapped part of the minted vsdCRV for 43.7 Ether (ETH), worth about $91,000, and bridged the funds to Ethereum. Onchain analyst EmberCN said the attacker swapped about 16.83 million vsdCRV, while the remaining tokens had little meaningful liquidity to exit.EmberCN estimated the 5.4 trillion vsdCRV at about $763 billion on paper, though the figure does not represent the attacker’s realized profit or the protocol’s…

Paxos continues to build out its institutional-grade infrastructure, rolling out a series of updates to its Paxos Dashboard platform. Announced on May 26, 2026, the new features focus on improving governance controls, compliance tools, and self-serve capabilities for enterprise users. These updates reflect Paxos’ broader push to position itself as a trusted partner for regulated financial services. Scalable Approvals for Better Risk Management A major highlight is the introduction of Approval Tiers, which allow administrators to set multiple authorization thresholds based on transaction size. For example, a $50 transfer might require just one approver, while a $5 million withdrawal could…

SharpLink Gaming (SBET), the Ethereum treasury backed by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, is joining the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes later this month, potentially opening the stock to fresh institutional demand from index-tracking funds. The inclusion will take effect after markets close on June 29 as part of FTSE Russell’s annual index reconstitution, the company said Tuesday.Russell indexes are widely followed benchmarks for U.S. equities, with roughly $12 trillion in assets tied to them through passive and active investment strategies, the press release said. Membership in the Russell 2000, the benchmark for small-cap U.S. stocks, could increase trading volumes…

Bitmine owns more than 4.47% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 89% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains Bitmine uplisted to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) from the NYSE American effective as of April 9, 2026 Bitmine has 4,712,917 staked ETH, representing $10.1 billion at $2,134 per ETH MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network) is a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR…

Crypto exchange Binance is partnering with fintech company BlockShoals Technologies in what the platform described as its first formal market-entry approach in the Philippines, through local partnerships and regulatory engagement. On Tuesday, Binance announced the partnership, highlighting that BlockShoals is an approved participant under the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Strategic Sandbox, or StratBox, framework. Binance said BlockShoals will serve as the approved local intermediary, while the exchange will provide technology, security, operational and compliance support.A Binance spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the company is pursuing a compliance-oriented market approach in collaboration with local stakeholders. “This represents Binance’s first formal market…

Victoria, Seychelles, May 26th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its March–April bimonthly security report, including the strategic deployment of 1,000 BTC to its treasury reserves to strengthen user protection. Alongside this massive capital injection, the exchange continues to scale its compliance architecture to neutralize evolving market threats. Intercepted 26,897 Accounts Linked to Organized Risk Activities During this 60-day period, MEXC’s security infrastructure intercepted and restricted 26,897 accounts tied to coordinated fraud—an 18.9% increase from the previous reporting cycle. Threat intelligence engines mapped 6,903 malicious syndicates (up 33.6%), with the heaviest concentrations emerging from…

VICTORIA, Seychelles, May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its March–April bimonthly security report, including the strategic deployment of 1,000 BTC to its treasury reserves to strengthen user protection. MEXC’s security infrastructure intercepted and restricted 26,897 accounts tied to coordinated fraud within 60 days, an 18.9% increase from the previous reporting cycle. Threat intelligence engines mapped 6,903 malicious syndicates (up 33.6%), with the heaviest concentrations emerging from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Indonesia, tracking 3,567 and 1,524 threat clusters, respectively. All identified entities were immediately banned across the platform to…

Seoul, South Korea, May 26th, 2026, Chainwire The Scandic Finance Group (SFG) is laying the foundation for a comprehensive ecosystem of real services and digital financial technology with the SNC Scandic Coin (SNC). As a global conglomerate with more than one hundred and fifteen daily newspapers and companies in mobility, technology, security and real estate, the group is creating a common currency whose use goes beyond that of a means of payment. The new coin simultaneously serves as an access key, loyalty programme and store of value for users around the world. From today’s market launch on 26 May 2026, interested parties…

Algorand (ALGO) has unveiled xChain Accounts, offering Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) wallet users the ability to transact on the Algorand blockchain without creating new wallets. This innovation hinges on Algorand’s Smart Signature Accounts, also known as Logic Signatures (LogicSigs), a unique feature that sets the blockchain apart in its approach to account management and transaction authorization. What Are Smart Signature Accounts? Unlike traditional accounts that rely on private keys for signing transactions, Smart Signature Accounts are controlled by small programs written in Algorand’s TEAL (Transaction Execution Approval Language) or Python. These programs evaluate transaction data in real-time and decide whether…