GigaTap articles in the crypto category.
- Coinbase Backs Ethena, but the Risk Is in the Product Details - Coinbase Ventures bought ENA as Ethena prepares for a Coinbase savings integration. The real issue is how clearly yield, custody, and stress risks are show
- AI Coding Is Stress-Testing DeFi Security - OpenZeppelin rejects the claim that AI coding agents make all of DeFi indefensible. The more useful question is which teams can prove their review process
- Ethereum Maps a Registry-First Route to Post-Quantum Security - Ethereum researchers are exploring a validator key registry that could enable a gradual transition to post-quantum cryptography without an immediate consen
- UK tokenization plan: innovation, but inside the rails - The FCA and Bank of England are treating tokenization and stablecoins as market infrastructure questions, not a loose crypto experiment.
- Evidential Survivability: Ethereum’s Verification Bet - OCP frames Ethereum as durable verification infrastructure for AI-era systems. The useful test is what evidence survives when tools, vendors, and runtimes
- Argentine prosecutors hit crypto fraud’s real weak point - Buenos Aires prosecutors say they arrested 24 and froze over 8 million USDT. The bigger signal is the fraud chain: fake apps, WhatsApp hijacks, and infoste
- Bitcoin’s $78K test is about support, not certainty - Bitcoin has rebounded from a key holder cost-basis zone. The $78K target matters, but the bear-flag risk and operational checks matter more.
- The institutional edge moves into retail trading - Moomoo says retail crypto users want better execution, analytics, AI tools, wallets, staking, and tokenized securities. The real test is operational, not c
- Black May: Check GitHub Risk Before You Repeat the Breach Claim - SlowMist’s Black May item points to a GitHub-related attack story. The first move is verification: check tokens, releases, CI secrets, and claims before am
- Sui Restarts Put Upgrade Risk Back in View - Sui blamed two mainnet stoppages on its 1.72 upgrade and said validators deployed a permanent fix. The practical question is what users and operators shoul
- Bitcoin Miners Face an AI Capacity Squeeze - Fidelity’s signal is not a Bitcoin security panic. It is an operational warning: AI may now compete with bitcoin miners for power, sites, and capital.
- Bitcoin Optech #407: the Core Lightning crash risk to check - Bitcoin Optech #407 flags a responsibly disclosed Core Lightning denial-of-service bug and several infrastructure changes operators should verify.
- Physical integrity is the hard part of permissionless TEEs - TEE attestation does not settle the trust question for decentralized networks. Physical integrity, verifier opacity, and operator control define the real r
- Crypto Compliance Has a New Floor - Chainalysis says 2026 entrants are adopting alerting standards that would have ranked near the top of the market in 2020. The weak seam is indirect exposur
- Tokenized Stocks Face a Liquidity Test - Tokenized stocks can widen access, but fragmented venues may weaken pricing, liquidity, and market revenue flows.