Altman's WLD gets probed

Tools for Humanity, the eyeball-scanning startup behind Worldcoin, hired two law firms last year to investigate allegations of financial irregularities and bribery of foreign officials in Thailand, Business Insider reports. The review also touched claims around payments tied to boosting the Worldcoin token (WLD) – a messy governance question for one of tech’s more ambitious crypto bets. Read more →

Crypto’s security problem is getting wider. Q2 2026 hit 83 protocol exploits and $755 million stolen. The twist is that the busiest hacking quarter on record still came in far below crypto’s costliest one, with bridges remaining the expensive weak point. Read more →

The Ethereum Foundation, the nonprofit that helps fund and coordinate Ethereum’s development, is cutting 54 employees, roughly 20% of its staff. The EF does not control Ethereum, but it plays a major role in supporting the research, grants, education and core infrastructure work behind the network. Its new structure splits work across protocol, access, user, community and institutional teams, with a sharper focus on security, censorship resistance, privacy and self-custody. The move follows months of leadership changes, senior departures and debate over whether the EF has been moving fast enough. Read more →

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