They hack a DeFi protocol that has been inactive for more than 3 years on Ethereum

The contract validated mathematical proofs but did not check whether the person sending them had authorization. Old Ethereum contracts are targets of AI attacks. On June 14, an attacker drained more than $2.1 million from abandoned contracts from Aztec Connect, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol on Ethereum with no activity since 2023, as confirmed by … Read more

UK to ban social media for under-16s

Children under 16 will be banned from using social media in the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday, saying such platforms were making youngsters “unhappy”. The ban will “include platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X” but not messaging services such as WhatsApp, the government said. Source link

Signal that marked the minimum of bitcoin since 2010 was activated again in June 2026

More than 10 million bitcoin are currently in unrealized losses. Bitcoin is 49% below its all-time high, reached in October 2025. An on-chain metric that appeared near bitcoin (BTC)’s major lows since 2010 became active again during the early days of June 2026, as the asset struggled to hold the $60,000 level. This is the … Read more

Reported peace deal sparks both relief and anger

Top US and Iranian officials are to fly to Switzerland this week and sign a framework authorizing “an immediate and permanent cessation of military operations on all fronts”, according to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The official ceremony is scheduled for Friday. US President Donald Trump this weekend reiterated Sharif’s announcement, saying an agreement had … Read more

Swiss reject proposal to cap population at 10 million

Voters in Switzerland on Sunday narrowly rejected a divisive anti-immigration proposal to cap the country’s population, which had sparked warnings of “chaos”. Nearly 55 percent of Swiss voters rejected the initiative put forward by the hard-right Swiss People’s Party (SVP), which sought to stop the Alpine nation’s population — currently 9.1 million — going above … Read more