Microsoft has detailed CryptoBandits, a Windows trojan spreading via USB drives since February 2026. It swaps wallet addresses in the clipboard and exfiltrates seed phrases over the Tor network.
Hsiao-Wei Wang, co-executive director and board member, resigned from the Ethereum Foundation effective immediately on June 18 — the eighth senior leader to leave in five months.
Consensys opened early access to MetaMask Agent Wallet — a self-custodial wallet that lets AI agents trade DeFi autonomously across 10 chains. Built-in threat scanning, spending limits, and $10K transaction coverage.
Circle has launched cirBTC, a 1:1 BTC-backed ERC-20 token for Ethereum DeFi. It targets the $12.5B wrapped bitcoin market, where WBTC and Coinbase's cbBTC currently dominate.
