Somehow, I became the media’s voice on everything Trump and crypto. This week I was on an interview call with NPR, the biggest national radio network in the USA. We talked about the midterms, how Trump’s crypto ventures affect policy, and a lot...
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Kimchi Hacked? The QR Code Coin Alon Retweeted Ran to $15M and Rugged
Kimchi’s X account was allegedly hacked on October 22, 2026, two days after Pump.fun signed him. The compromised post showed an AI-generated street poster with a QR code that led to a new coin called Project Kimchi on Pump.fun. Alon, the Pump.fun...
PHP2Shell: Why Websites Went Offline and What Crypto Users Must Do Now
On October 21, government portals, news sites and crypto-related pages across Europe went dark within hours of each other. No hack took them down. Their own admins pulled the plug, on purpose, because of two critical bugs in PHP nicknamed...
Sophon Shutdown: Withdraw Your Funds Before November 25
The Sophon shutdown is official. Sophon will permanently close its mainnet on November 30, 2026. However, the real deadline is November 25, because key infrastructure and the official websites start going offline after that date. Anything left on...
Hyperliquid SEC Letter: HYPE’s Policy Arm Just Asked for Airdrop Clarity
The Hyperliquid SEC story got a new chapter this week. On October 19, the Hyperliquid Policy Center filed a comment letter on the SEC’s proposed Regulation Crypto Assets. The letter backs the rule and asks for five fixes. Two of those fixes are...
Pump.fun Launches Perps on Hyperliquid, and It Is Not Just Memecoins Anymore
Pump.fun perps are now live. The Solana memecoin launchpad just switched on perpetual futures, and the move pushes it well past its meme casino roots. Traders can now open leveraged positions on Bitcoin and Ethereum straight from the Pump.fun app....
NEAR Sunrise Launch: Solana Access Sends NEAR Up 14%, and My Long Got Stopped Anyway
NEAR is now live on Solana. On October 15, Near Protocol and Sunrise switched on a route that puts NEAR liquidity straight into Solana wallets, Jupiter, Raydium and the aggregators. The token jumped about 14% on the news and traded between $5.24...
Gamdom Hack: $3M Admitted, $4.2M Tracked, and the Casino Is Back Online
Gamdom got hacked on October 13, 2026. Attackers drained its hot wallets on five chains in about an hour, and the crypto casino went dark for more than two days. Founder Felix Römer says the loss was just over $3 million. On-chain researchers count...
Trezor Reseller Cuts, Airdrop Updates and This Week’s Crypto News
It’s been a nice trading week. A few swings up and down, some longs that worked, profits taken, and a few other profits round-tripped straight back to the market. It happens. We got our volume in, and the PnL is green, which is what matters. Away...
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