BNB Chain’s Official X Account HACKED!

Binance reported that hackers took over one of its Chinese accounts and flooded it with posts containing links to fake websites. These sites were designed to steal cryptocurrency by tricking people into connecting their digital wallets using a tool called WalletConnect. Binance warned users not to click on any links from the hacked account, as doing so could result in immediate loss of funds.

SOL Soars Towards Sterling Heights – Wodehouse Style

Meanwhile, the hefty inflow of institutional investments has bolstered the egos of Solana’s custodians as well as greenhorn SOL-based projects alike. Among these, the Snorter Token ($SNORT) presale is now all the rage, seizing its moment in the Solana sun with alacrity.

SEC’s Crypto Move: A Tale of Power and Tokens

Though the clock still ticks with the rhythm of uncertainty, tokenized securities may yet bridge the chasm between traditional finance and the blockchain, a union as tumultuous as a love affair between a nobleman and a peasant. 🤝

Dogecoin to the Moon? 🚀

Thumzup Media Corporation (Nasdaq: TZUP), which sounds suspiciously like a sound effect, has announced this frankly baffling investment in DogeHash Technologies. Apparently, the goal is to grow Dogecoin mining with “high-tech ASIC technology” – which is to say, little boxes that solve puzzles to create digital money. 🤷 The addition is, we are told, a sign of “increasing institutional interest.” Which roughly translates to “people with more money than sense are getting involved.”

Crypto’s Funniest OG Bows Out 🎩✨

In a missive dispatched via the enigmatic platform X, Schwartz revealed his plan to retire from the daily grind of CTO-dom, though he insists on lingering like a delightful ghost in Ripple’s halls. A new role, he says, awaits-one that presumably involves fewer meetings and more musing. 🧐

Stripe’s Stablecoin Stunt: Few Lines of Code, Infinite Loopholes? 😂

Under the impressive aegis of Stripe’s Bridge – an infrastructure company acquired for a grand sum of $1.1 billion – businesses can, with the lightness of a summer’s breeze, mint and manage coins at will, bending the almighty dollar to their whims with reserves customized to their heartbeat. Oh, and that’s under the sage stewardship of Wall Street’s heavyweights: BlackRock, Fidelity, and Superstate, revered keepers of the treasury. 🤑

XRP to $30? Analysts Say Yes, You Say 🤯

Zach Rector, the crypto oracle of the moment, is building his case on Bitcoin’s coattails. Apparently, Bitcoin’s spot ETFs have raked in $57 billion since 2024, which is roughly the GDP of a small country. XRP fans are now clutching their pearls, insisting that spot XRP ETFs will do the same. Because, you know, if Bitcoin did it, XRP can too. Right? 🤔