Truebit’s TRU collapsed roughly 99%, falling from $0.16 to $0.0000000029 after the protocol disclosed a security breach and on-chain analysts traced the stolen Ether. The exploit is reported at about $26 million, leaving the token effectively worthless.
Blockchain security firm Cyvers flagged a suspicious on-chain transaction that appears to have targeted the Truebit Protocol, estimating losses near $26 million. The incident was reported on Jan. 8, 2026 and is under investigation.
BitMine bought $105 million of Ether to push its staked ETH holdings past $2.87 billion while maintaining a $915 million cash reserve. The purchase aims to earn passive staking yield and underscores continuing institutional interest in Ethereum.
Solana has surpassed Ethereum to become the largest chain for tokenized stocks by total market capitalization. The shift reflects rising issuance and trading activity on Solana, aided by lower fees and faster settlement.
Ethereum’s second BPO hard fork increased the blob limit from 15 to 21, boosting block data capacity to roughly 2.6 MB. The update aims to ease data constraints for rollups and other calldata-heavy applications.
Ethereum has activated a scaling upgrade that increases on-chain data capacity, easing pressure on rollups and sharpening the network's scaling roadmap. The change gives immediate relief to Layer 2s while clarifying steps toward larger sharding-era improvements.
Grayscale has paid $0.083178 per ETHE share as the first staking distribution to ETF investors, reflecting Q4 Ethereum staking activity. The move marks the initial flow of staking revenue to holders of the firm’s Ethereum ETF.
A crypto user lost about $1.08 million worth of aEthLBTC in a likely phishing attack after signing a malicious permit that let an attacker drain the funds, according to ScamSniffer.
ETH is testing key support after a breakout above $3,100, while on-chain metrics show record December accumulation and a sharp rise in staking deposits.
BlackRock transferred 1,134 BTC ($101.4M) and 7,255 ETH ($22.1M) to Binance on Jan. 2, 2026, continuing institutional outflows into the new year, according to Lookonchain.