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Agora’s Ethereum AUSD contract froze an account linked to the Initia exploit. The issuer says it has no smart contracts on Initia itself.

Initia halted its L1 and rollups after a security incident. Spreek reported a mint exploit and estimated $2.6 million had been cashed out.

Extended plans to launch XTEN in November 2026, allocating 30% of its genesis supply to eligible points users. Claims are not open yet.

China's digital development plan targets a largely completed national blockchain network by 2030, with regional trade and industrial applications.

The SEC's fiscal 2027 exam priorities name tokenization in clearing-agency and market-systems reviews, adding explicit language absent from 2026.

Succinct patched an SP1 native Rust verifier flaw in v6.8.1. Affected verifier operators must upgrade; onchain verification was unaffected.

Socket identified 16 counterfeit Firefox wallet extensions targeting recovery phrases and private keys. Install totals and financial losses remain unquantified.