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Binance finance chief Kaiser Ng to leave after five years, Yi He says
Binance's chief financial officer, Kaiser Ng, is leaving the exchange after more than five years, co-CEO Yi He said. Justin Yek, formerly of Airwallex, will replace him.
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PHP2Shell fix released as Cloudflare reports millions of exploit attempts
PHP has shipped patched versions of its software to close two flaws nicknamed PHP2Shell, but servers stay exposed until owners install the update and restart PHP.
Uniswap says Aggregator Hooks route rival DEX fees into UNI burns
Uniswap Labs has launched Aggregator Hooks, linking seven external liquidity sources across Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain so that fees from trades routed through rival pools feed UNI token burns.
Zigfinance and Echo Base executives warn of systemic risk as DeFi lending vaults pass $10bn
Deposits in DeFi crypto lending vaults have risen from about $4bn in early 2025 to more than $10bn, and industry figures say risk controls and capital buffers have not kept pace.
Circle shareholder sues Trump and World Liberty over USD1 stablecoin deals
A Circle shareholder has accused President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and World Liberty Financial of corruption, alleging their crypto deals left USDC unable to compete.
Andreessen Horowitz renames crypto fund a16z Frontier in AI pivot
The venture firm has renamed its crypto fund a16z Frontier and widened its remit to AI and other emerging technologies, saying it will keep investing in crypto and pushing for clearer rules.
Irish central bank fines Coinbase Ireland $3.6m over safeguarding failures
The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase's Irish unit 3.25 million euros over alleged breaches of safeguarding and outsourcing rules, saying it relied too heavily on its US parent.
