Stablecoins are shifting from crypto liquidity to corporate payments infrastructure, challenging banks, fintechs and payment giants to defend their business.

Drift Protocol was hit by a major exploit on April 1, 2026, with attackers draining up to $296 million in user assets. Drift has now proposed a recovery framework backed by up to $127.5 million from Tether and $20 million from other partners, with exchange revenue also meant to help fund a user recovery pool over time.

Explore why AI trading agents in crypto still trail humans despite advancements in technology and increased on-chain activity.

In Brief Revolut has processed over $1.2 billion in cumulative transaction volume on Polygon. The milestone points to growing use of blockchain rails inside mainstream fintech...