Bankless Times

⚖️ BREAKING: Singapore has charged former Hodlnaut CEO Zhu Juntao with six counts of fraud, alleging he misled 30,000+ users about the platform's Terra exposure during the 2022 UST collapse. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

Internet Computer internet-computer:native surged 11% as investors rotated into AI-focused blockchain projects, with a Goldman Sachs report predicting AI agent token usage will grow 24-fold by 2030. ICP is named as a key protocol. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

⚠️ BREAKING: @OpenZeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz says "all of DeFi is unsafe," and has personally told friends and family to exit all positions. This isn't a theoretical warning. It's a direct call to leave the sector. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

Terra Luna Classic terra-luna:native beats bitcoin:native, $ETH, and $PI in 2026 as burns, community support, and bullish charts drive strong price momentum. 🔖Analysis: banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

JUST IN: @bitget has launched Reality, an RWA platform that puts tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on-chain, letting non-U.S. investors access Wall Street directly from a crypto wallet, no brokerage account required banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

⚠️ WATCH: Bitcoin's bitcoin:native recovery is stalling as renewed US-Iran military strikes revive geopolitical risk, pushing Brent crude to $96 and reigniting fears of Fed rate hikes. The $77,445 ceiling is holding, and bears are circling. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

📈 BIG: sei-network:native surged 13.31% Wednesday to lead CoinGecko's top-100 gainers, driven by a landmark network upgrade that set a new block time record of 0.36 seconds, faster than human perception. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

📈 BIG: DeXe ethereum:0xde4ee8057785a7e8e800db58f9784845a5c2cbd6 token surged 11% Monday, breaking to the top of a multi-week rising channel on heavy volume, $30.1M traded, up 164% from the 7-day average. The next confirmed breakout level sits at $15.71. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

📈 BIG: ethereum:0x58d97b57bb95320f9a05dc918aef65434969c2b2 has surged over 260% since its October 2025 all-time low, with the DeFi lending token now up 30% in a single week as macro tailwinds and a regulatory shift collide. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

🔥 BIG: Coinbase CEO @brian_armstrong has laid out eight sweeping reforms he says the global financial system needs, starting with tokenizing real estate, stocks, bonds, and funds on blockchain for instant settlement. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

🚨 BREAKING: On-chain investigator ZachXBT (@ZachXBT) accuses KuCoin (@kucoincom) of ignoring hack victims and police requests while stolen funds moved through 150+ of its deposit addresses, calling the exchange complicit in allowing illicit flows. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

📈NEAR Protocol posted the largest single-day gain among AI tokens on Friday, surging 26.5% to $2.19 after a short squeeze at the $1.72 level wiped out $5.8 million in short positions. near:native banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

🚨 BREAKING: Zerion is shutting down its Ethereum Layer 2, Zero Network (@zerodotnetwork), less than 18 months after launch, citing a rollup market now dominated by Optimism, Arbitrum, Base, and zkSync. Users must bridge assets off by late July. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

🏛️ BIG: Injective injective-protocol:native has launched a dedicated policy institute in Washington, D.C. to work directly with US regulators and lawmakers on rules for DeFi, stablecoins, and on-chain derivatives. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

🚨 Polymarket confirms ~$600K drained in a private key compromise, but says user funds and market contracts are untouched. The attacker split the stolen $POL across 15 addresses within minutes. @zachxbt caught it first. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

🔗 BIG: Chainlink ethereum:0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca absorbed over $4 billion in DeFi migrations in two weeks after April's $300M LayerZero exploit sent protocols scrambling for more secure cross-chain infrastructure. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

🚨 JUST IN: a16z-backed Syndicate Labs @syndicateio is shutting down after five years, citing a structural collapse in the rollup market, not a hack, as the reason it can no longer justify continuing. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

🚨 BREAKING: The SEC is pumping the brakes on a new class of ETFs built around prediction-style event contracts, with Chair @SECPaulSAtkins calling for public comment before any launches proceed. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

NVIDIA ($NVDA) just authorized an additional $80B in stock buybacks, with no set end date, signaling board-level confidence that AI-driven cash flows will stay strong for the foreseeable future. banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…

🚨 JUST IN: Sui Network @SuiNetwork has eliminated gas fees on stablecoin transfers at the protocol level, dropping costs to $0.00 across seven supported assets, triggering a 48.46% surge in trading volume to $734.6 million in 24 hours. sui:native banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/…