The entire team at Electric Coin Company (ECC), the core developer of Zcash (ZEC), has left after claiming constructive dismissal from Bootstrap, the non-profit that runs the company.The crisis comes at a pivotal time for ZEC, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that has faced market headwinds this year. So far in 2026, altcoins have fallen more than 18%.boost Departure of ECC team due to governance conflictFor context, Bootstrap is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2020 to manage ECC and support the Zcash ecosystem. However, recent developments have highlighted growing governance challenges.In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Josh Swihart, now…
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Two top cryptocurrency exchange platforms have added support for the newly launched zero-knowledge (ZK) proof altcoin. In a new Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, also announced that it has added support for digital assets. BREV, the native token of the Brevis blockchain project, is used for staking, proof of payment, and decentralized governance. The Brevis altcoin project aims to improve blockchain utility by providing streamlined off-chain processing using ZK proofs. ZK proofs can be used to verify transactions or other data on the network without revealing the underlying information. According to the project website: “Brevis is…
BitMEX Launches Equity Perps for 24/7 Stock Trading – Chainwire housenewsroomBitMEX Launches Equity Perps for 24/7 Stock Trading We use cookies to make your experience on Chainwire’s website better. Cookies help us give you a more personalized experience, relevant advertising and provide us with web analytics. Technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of specific services explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of transmitting communications over electronic communications networks. Technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that have not been…
Bitcoin hovered just below $91,000 today, paring recent gains after an explosive start to the new year that briefly pushed the price to a seven-day high. According to market data, the price of Bitcoin was trading at around $90,815, down about 1% over the past 24 hours. Daily trading volume was close to $52 billion, and Bitcoin’s total market capitalization was about $1.82 trillion, which also decreased by about 1% on this day. The decline leaves the Bitcoin price about 3% below its recent seven-day high of $94,700, after the price surged more than 8% on the first day of…
Benchmarked on audit competitions and production protocols December 2025: Josef Gattermayer, Ph.D.1,2Michal Převrátil1Martin Veselý1Andrei Shchapaniak1Josef Bazal1 1Ackee Blockchain2Czech Technical University in Prague Executive Summary We present Wake Arena, a service for discovering vulnerabilities in Solidity smart contracts through multi-agent AI analysis with graph-driven reasoning. Wake Arena discovered 43 of 94 high-severity vulnerabilities in historical audit competitions, outperforming both Zellic’s automated scanner (41/94) and plain GPT-5 (24/94). When experimentally integrated into Ackee’s manual audit workflow in November 2025 for Lido, Printr, and Everstake, Wake Arena identified 26 findings. Specifically, Wake Arena discovered 5 critical vulnerabilities and 5 unique findings beyond those…
We are already starting to prepare for 2026 and we present you the best Defi dashboard to check your cryptocurrency wallet balance. The world of DeFi has opened up new ways to invest in the markets. Thanks to the multichain world, you can now invest in multiple blockchain DApps and grow your wealth. However, with these innovations comes the problem of tracking investments. This is where the DeFi dashboard comes into play. What is the DeFi Dashboard? DeFi Dashboard is an app that allows you to track your investments in various blockchain DApps from a central dashboard. This helps you…
Crypto comes in waves. Every year, narratives change—be it scaling, DeFi, gaming, physical-world asset-related things, or perhaps AI-based technologies. When there is suddenly some momentum in any of the aforementioned fields, people naturally start scrambling to take a look at new cryptocurrencies to invest in, which indeed offer greater upside in the early stage compared to more mature coins. At the same time, early investors must also accept more risks. Most of the time, new tokens are with minimal background, demand is uncertain, and the tokenomics can either lead to long-term growth or result in heavy sell pressure. The wisest…
The cryptocurrency trading app for trading can either set a structure around the trade so it does not have to be nerve-racking or turn it into some vicious circle in which you would be checking prices, double-guessing your decisions, and either coming to a late or dreadful finish. As markets are on 24/7, volatility can pop up, bringing with it high-variance heartache, and waiting for a few milliseconds to order something can translate into a loss. Thus, looking for the best app for cryptocurrency trading is more about finding an app where communication becomes clear and works well enough for…
Major cryptocurrency platforms publicly advocate for stronger regulation. However, they quietly avoid listing regulated security tokens. The problem is real and urgent. Banks want a compliance infrastructure. Exchanges resist compliance costs. Investors demand regulated tokens but do not have access to them. This deadlock has left the cryptocurrency ecosystem fragmented and disconnected from traditional finance. but, british financial company We addressed this issue by leading the adoption of SEC-compliant ERC-3643 security tokens. In this article, we look at how one company solved the problem and what this means for the future of cryptocurrency in 2026. Regulatory environment issues 1. Contradictions…
Ubyx provides a global clearing system for tokenised deposits and stablecoins. LONDON and NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Barclays has announced a strategic investment in Ubyx Inc., a U.S. based clearing system for digital money including tokenised deposits and regulated stablecoins. “Interoperability is essential to unlock the full potential of digital assets. As the landscape of tokens, blockchains and wallets evolves, specialist technology will play a pivotal role in delivering connectivity and infrastructure to enable regulated financial institutions to interact seamlessly. We are pleased to be joining Ubyx on their journey as we drive forward our shared ambition…