Jamila Okonkwo is a Nigerian crypto writer with a background in economics and a strong focus on digital inclusion, Bitcoin adoption, DAOs, and stablecoin-driven financial access across emerging markets.
She began by documenting how Bitcoin is used across West Africa and now covers policy shifts, grassroots merchant adoption, and the ways blockchain tools intersect with everyday economic realities.
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Wanchain’s Cardano bridge lost roughly $13 million after an attacker allegedly reused a legitimate cross-chain authorization to inflate a bridged NIGHT transfer by about 65,000x, extracting more than 200 million tokens in a single transaction before swapping a portion into ADA.
The claim comes directly from Pollak, who leads Base, in posts on his personal X account . He framed the effort as ongoing work with Coinbase rather than a live, publicly available product.
The reported total covers Tarbert’s disposals of CRCL shares over the period beginning with Circle’s 2025 IPO, based on data shared by MSBIntel and reported by CCN . The dollar amount is presented as a sum of multiple disclosed trades attributed to the Circle president.
The sequence, in which the Cloud Engines announcement precedes the planned SaaS suite debut, was surfaced through updates tied to Internet Computer founder Dominic Williams’ official X account . The available research does not provide feature-level specifications, a confirmed release date, or partner details.
Allbridge Core has paused its cross-chain protocol following a reported $1. 65 million flash loan exploit, halting operations as the team responds to an active security incident affecting the bridge.
The plan centers on JPYC, a yen-denominated stablecoin issued by JPYC, which describes its token as the first yen-pegged stablecoin of its kind in Japan, on its corporate site . AZ-COM Maruwa is a Japanese logistics group, according to its corporate profile .
The FTX Estate has scheduled its fifth creditor asset distribution for July 31, releasing approximately $900 million to eligible claimants as the collapsed exchange’s recovery process continues.
Kraken launched USD-settled BTC and ETH options on Kraken Pro on July 16, 2026, opening XBT/USD and ETH/USD contracts to eligible professional and institutional clients through a request-for-quote workflow with portfolio margin enabled by default.
Canary Capital brought a spot XRP ETF to market under the ticker XRPC, according to a Nasdaq press release announcing the fund as a way to deliver simplified access to XRP. Product details are published on the issuer’s official XRPC page .
Cardano has activated the Van Rossem hard fork, enabling protocol version 11 and moving the network into its next configuration through an intra-era upgrade that took effect without splitting the chain.
Visa is hiring a Senior Director for its Stablecoin Labs team, a senior stablecoin-focused role that carries compensation reaching up to $400,000, according to the payments company’s job listing.
The comments came from Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase , who has repeatedly tied the industry’s growth ambitions to giving users ownership of their own keys. For related coverage, see OpenSea OS2 Launches as Multi-Chain Crypto Hub .
