Litecoin gives post-attack update, but other devs doubt zero-day theory
Valid transactions that occurred during the affected blocks were not impacted and remain on the main chain, the Litecoin development team said....
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Only 3% of traders drive prediction markets' accuracy, not the crowd, study finds
A London Business School study analyzing 1.72 million Polymarket accounts finds only 3% of traders drive price accuracy, contradicting the "wisdom of crowds" narrative. Most traders lose money to this informed minority. The research filtered luck from skill using coin-flip simulations, revealing 60% of apparent winners become losers on separate events. Insider trading poses regulatory risks, though skilled traders remain the market's backbone.
Litecoin rewrites three hours of history to undo its first major privacy-layer exploit
Attackers used the more than three-hour fork window to attempt double-spends against cross-chain swap protocols....
Coinbase's John D’Agostino says crypto platform stands alone as industry's full-service prime broker
Coinbase claims it's now crypto's only full-service prime broker, offering trading, custody, financing, derivatives, cross-margining, and staking under one roof. The cross-margining feature, launched in March, reduces capital requirements by 10-20%. With $350 billion in custody and dominance in ETF assets, Coinbase mirrors Wall Street's traditional prime brokerage model, positioning itself ahead of fragmented competitors.