Hackers took over Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account, promoting a fake "VLAD" memecoin with a malicious contract address. The scam attracted over 175,000 views, and hackers reportedly exploited 650 ETH, worth $1.2-1.3 million, with one sleuth identifying a wallet profiting from VLAD tokens.
Le compte X de Marine Le Pen et le site du Rassemblement national ont été piratés pour promouvoir un memecoin frauduleux $LEPEN. Le parquet de Paris a ouvert une enquête confiée à la BL2C, tandis que le RN a déposé plainte.
Robinhood Chain, launched just a week ago, has rapidly become a top blockchain by processing $568 million in trading volume on Wednesday and over $350 million by Thursday. Fueled by memecoins like Cash Cat, the Arbitrum-powered network saw millions of transactions and hundreds of thousands of active addresses, with significant gains for related tokens and Arbitrum's ARB.
Robinhood Chain's new mainnet has seen significant retail activity, primarily driven by the memecoin CASHCAT, which reached a $150 million market cap. The chain's open architecture allowed CASHCAT to gain traction on external DEXs, bypassing Robinhood's app-listing process.
BonkDAO's treasury was drained of approximately $20 million in BONK tokens due to a malicious governance proposal. Attackers reportedly amassed $4 million in BONK before the vote, exploiting low participation and token-weighted approval to bypass security measures. This incident highlights operational security challenges for DAOs.
The ANSEM meme coin's 299% surge has reignited interest in Solana's "trenches," a term for its meme coin ecosystem. This rally signals a potential return of high-risk appetite, with Pump.fun seeing significant volume increases. However, concerns about bot manipulation and artificial growth persist, mirroring past cycles.
Strategy sells $216M in BTC for treasury management, Bernstein predicts BTC to reach $150k by 2026, and crypto majors remain mostly flat.
La gouvernance de BonkDAO, qui administre l'écosystème du memecoin BONK sur Solana, a été compromise par un attaquant. Environ 20 millions de dollars en BONK ont été volés de la trésorerie suite à l'adoption d'une proposition malveillante.
The CLARITY Act faces a mixed outlook as law enforcement opposition softens, with the Major County Sheriffs of America moving to neutral and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives endorsing the bill. However, an ethics dispute over crypto conflicts of interest, highlighted by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's push and linked to Donald Trump's disclosures, is intensifying, potentially jeopardizing Democratic votes needed for passage.
Cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen reports that nearly 1 million people have lost $3.8 billion on the $TRUMP memecoin. The coin is down 98% from its peak, with two out of three buyers losing money.
Le memecoin TRUMP a causé des pertes de 3,81 milliards de dollars à près d'un million d'investisseurs. Lancé en janvier 2025, le jeton a chuté de 97% depuis son pic, laissant 66% des acheteurs dans le rouge, tandis que Donald Trump et son entourage ont encaissé 636 millions de dollars.
Relatório de ética revela que Donald Trump declarou mais de US$ 1 bilhão em criptomoedas e milhares de transações de ações. Ativos digitais se tornaram sua principal fonte de renda declarada, com US$ 500 milhões de uma empresa fundada por ele e US$ 635 milhões de uma memecoin.
La déclaration financière annuelle de Donald Trump révèle des revenus de 1,4 milliard de dollars en 2025, principalement issus de son memecoin TRUMP et de la vente de cryptomonnaies par son entreprise. Son portefeuille inclut également du Bitcoin et de l'Ethereum.
Donald Trump's 2025 financial disclosures reveal over $1.4 billion in income from cryptocurrency ventures, primarily memecoins and a DeFi platform, significantly exceeding his real estate earnings. Critics cite conflicts of interest as Trump simultaneously regulated the industry.
Trumps Finanzerklärung zeigt hohe Einnahmen aus Kryptoaktivitäten und Immobilien. Mar-a-Lago-Umsatz steigt auf 77 Mio. Dollar. Forbes schätzt Nettovermögen auf 6 Mrd. Dollar.
Memecoins, traditionally driven by internet humor and speculation, are seeing promotional tactics move offline. Platforms like Pump.fun facilitate extreme stunts, including body modifications and public challenges, in exchange for crypto rewards, blurring lines between voluntary participation and exploitation.
Pump.Fun GO allows users to pay others to perform stunts for cryptocurrency rewards, raising concerns about exploitation, legal risks, and deceptive practices. The feature incentivizes potentially harmful or degrading tasks, with little recourse for participants if submissions are unfairly judged.
La plateforme Pump.fun, autrefois dominante pour le lancement de memecoins sur Solana, connaît un déclin spectaculaire. Son taux de réussite a chuté de 80% en trois mois, et ses revenus quotidiens ont plongé, entraînant une baisse significative des frais sur le réseau Solana.
Pump.fun, a Solana-based memecoin launchpad, has introduced an open bounty platform offering crypto rewards for extreme promotional tasks, raising concerns over safety, moderation, and legal exposure.
A streamer on Solana's Pump.fun platform threatened to kill his goldfish if his memecoin, $FISHKILLER, didn't reach a specific market cap. The stunt worked, with the token pumping and the streamer reportedly earning $255,000.
A streamer on Solana's Pump.fun platform launched a memecoin, $FISHKILLER, threatening to kill his goldfish if its market cap didn't reach a target. The stunt worked, with the fish 'saved' and the streamer reportedly earning $255,000.
Solana's decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volumes have crashed by 82% in two weeks, falling from over $104 billion to under $19 billion. This sharp decline is attributed to a significant drop in investor interest and activity surrounding memecoins, which previously fueled the network's growth.
A memecoin trader achieved a rare breakout success, transforming a $2,480 investment into over $12 million by holding Binance Life tokens for months. This win contrasts sharply with the collapsing broader memecoin market, which has seen significant losses and underperformance against Bitcoin.
South Korean prosecutors charged a group in an alleged rug pull involving the Solana-based memecoin Catpie, or CATFI, causing $599,000 in financial damage to 256 investors
