Crypto firms should never carelessly trust their engineers to upload code without an external review first, says JP Richardson, CEO of the self-custodial crypto platform Exodus. He argued that this is essential to stop bad actors, who are becoming more sophisticated in tricking crypto firms into giving them jobs, from uploading malicious code to the…

Australian energy tech company Powerledger has announced its expansion into the Solana ecosystem, claiming it shares common values with the blockchain network amid wider interest in Regenerative Finance (ReFi). “At the heart of both Powerledger and Solana is a shared vision of innovation, sustainability and transparency — values that are becoming increasingly critical as the…

Coinbase’s country director for Singapore, Hassan Ahmed, recently announced plans to bring Coinbase’s new “cbBTC” — a wrapped Bitcoin asset — to the Solana network at the Breakpoint 2024 event. No date was specified for the launch of the Bitcoin token during the announcement. Ahmed told the audience: “We recently launched cbBTC on base, but…