Monday, July 28, 2025

Tron Blockchain Stalled for Hours by ‘Malicious Contract,’: Sun

The Tron blockchain halted creation and execution of blocks due to a “malicious contract” against a super representative on Nov. 2, according to multiple reports.First reported by Crypto Briefing, the smart contract blockchain halted block production at 10:00 UTC for some two hours, according to Reddit users. The event is notable

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Blockchain Bites: Digital Yuan’s 4M Transactions, Bitcoin’s 33-Month High, Uniswap’s Second Governance Vote

October saw the first time the total value locked in all DeFi protocols closed below the month’s starting value. Square Crypto is sponsoring a bitcoin wallet designer. A new civil suit alleges BitMEX executives were looting profits.At stakeDeFi contractionIn the last week of October, DeFi protocol tokens were bleeding red. MakerDAO,

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Lightning Network Gets a Marketplace for Payment Channel Liquidity

The team behind the Bitcoin Lightning Network’s leading software implementation is launching a marketplace for Lightning users to lease liquidity for payments on the second-layer network.Today, Lightning Labs announced the release of Pool, “a non-custodial, peer-to-peer marketplace for Lightning node operators to buy and sell access to liquidity,” according to

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Decentralized VPN Sees Increased Use in Nigeria Amid #EndSars Protests

Nigerians are adopting more VPNs, including decentralized VPNs.The adoption comes as #EndSARS protestors are concerned the government may limit access to parts of the internet.Mysterium, a decentralized VPN, is trying to reach crypto users in parts of the world that grapple with actual and potential internet censorship.The decentralized virtual private

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