Bitcoin Cash ‘Chain-Splitting’ Bug was Detected by Bitcoin Core 4183

It has emerged that the “unknown person” who notified Bitcoin ABC developers of a vulnerability in Bitcoin Cash which would have resulted in the unintended split of the altcoin’s network is actually a Bitcoin Core (bitcoin’s primary software implementation) developer.

In a Medium blog post, Corey Fields revealed that he was responsible for anonymously and privately informing Bitcoin ABC of the SIGHASH_BUG in Bitcoin Cash on April 25 this year. According to Fields, who works for MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative, if the vulnerability had been successfully exploited it would have resulted in making bitcoin cash transactions unsafe, thus undermining the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

Bitcoin’s Biggest Threat

In the same post, Fields warned that the greatest threat facing bitcoin is related to software development.

“I’m often asked at conferences and workshops what I consider to be Bitcoin’s greatest challenge in the future. My answer is always the same: avoiding catastrophic software bugs,” he wrote.

According to Fields, the threat posed by software bugs with regards to cryptocurrencies is underestimated and companies in the space must make adequate preparations for these kinds of threats. As an example, Fields narrated the hoops and loops he had to jump through before he could inform Bitcoin ABC of the vulnerability.

Part of the problem was that Bitcoin ABC did not have a responsible disclosure policy. Additionally, Fields could not find publicly available encryption keys for the lead developers at Bitcoin ABC to whom he could send encrypted message informing them of the vulnerability without risking it being viewed by others.

‘People Have Been Killed for Much Less’

According to Fields, it was also important to remain anonymous for personal safety reasons just in case a malicious actor discovered the vulnerability and went on to exploit it before a fix could be rolled out. This would be problematic as suspicions could fall on Fields.

“Because I used my name for the disclosure, hard proof would exist that I had the knowledge and means to attack the network. I would have no way to prove that I was not the attacker. Then consider that, collectively, billions of dollars could have been lost as a result of this exploit. People have been killed for much less,” wrote Fields.

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Voltage Launches First Payment-Volume Line of Credit: Bitcoin Finality, USD Settlement 2006

Voltage Launches Industry’s First Programmatic Revolving Line of Credit: Bitcoin Finality with USD Settlement

Voltage, a leader in Bitcoin infrastructure, today announced the launch of Voltage Credit, the first revolving line of credit that delivers instant payment finality and the capability to settle entirely in USD. The product lets businesses send payments that clear in seconds, not days, while paying back their credit line in dollars from a standard bank account, or in Bitcoin.

For enterprises frustrated by settlement delays, chargeback exposure, and the cost of legacy payment rails, Voltage Credit offers a new model: tap a revolving credit line on demand, move value instantly over Bitcoin rails, and never touch cryptocurrency on your balance sheet. The result is working capital efficiency without treasury complexity.

Voltage Credit arrives on the heels of the company’s role powering the first publicly reported $1 million Lightning Network payment between Secure Digital Markets and Kraken, a milestone that demonstrated Lightning’s readiness for institutional-scale settlement. With Voltage Credit, the company extends that infrastructure to address one of the most persistent barriers to enterprise Bitcoin adoption: working capital efficiency.

“Businesses shouldn’t have to choose between the speed and cost advantages of Bitcoin rails and the financial flexibility they need to operate,” said Graham Krizek, CEO of Voltage. “Until now, using Bitcoin for payments meant managing cryptocurrency on your balance sheet. Voltage Credit eliminates that tradeoff. Send payments instantly over Lightning, denominated in USD or Bitcoin based on what fits your business, and deploy your capital toward growth. That’s what Bitcoin infrastructure should look like for the enterprise.”

Deferred Settlement In Dollars with a USD Line of Credit

Unlike traditional Bitcoin lending products that focus on retail holders borrowing against static collateral, Voltage Credit is built for operational business needs. The product functions as a true revolving credit line: businesses draw only what they need, pay interest only on what they use, and restore their available credit immediately upon repayment. Credit limits can grow with usage, scaling alongside the business as transaction volume increases. And because Voltage Credit is natively integrated into the Voltage Platform, their credit line is instantly accessible wherever the business already operates, programmatically available across the same rails that power your payments:

Key capabilities include:

  • USD settlement flexibility. Credit can be repaid in dollars from a standard bank account, eliminating forced BTC liquidations and simplifying accounting.
  • Revenue-based underwriting. Because Voltage powers the underlying payment infrastructure, credit limits can scale based on actual transaction volume—not just static collateral.
  • Works with Lightning and on-chain. Businesses can move value via whichever Bitcoin rail fits their use case.

“For CFOs and treasury teams, this solves a real problem,” said Bobby Shell, VP of Marketing at Voltage. “You get the instant settlement and near-zero fees of Lightning without the treasury complexity. No forced crypto exposure, no guessing how much capital to lock up. Just a revolving credit line you can tap on demand, denominated in USD or Bitcoin based on what fits your business. It’s the flexibility finance teams have been asking for since Bitcoin entered the enterprise conversation.”

Bitcoin Rails for Any Business

Voltage Credit is attracting interest from both cryptocurrency-native companies and traditional enterprises exploring Bitcoin payment infrastructure for the first time. For businesses outside the crypto ecosystem, the appeal is straightforward: Lightning Network offers instant, global settlement at a fraction of the cost of legacy payment rails, and Voltage Credit means they can access those benefits while keeping their treasury and accounting entirely in USD, if desired.

For enterprises already operating in digital assets, whether exchanges, payment service providers, or miners, traditional financing has presented a structural problem. Banks typically do not recognize Bitcoin revenue as an asset for underwriting purposes, while existing crypto lending products require businesses to lock up BTC as collateral, creating tax events and exposing corporate treasuries to volatility.

Voltage Credit addresses both audiences by treating payment flows as the high-quality signal they are. Businesses processing consistent volume through Voltage infrastructure can access working capital that scales with their operations, bridging the gap between Bitcoin-denominated revenue and USD-denominated expenses without liquidating assets.

The product features no origination fees and a simple fixed APR on outstanding balances. Voltage Credit is currently available to qualified businesses in the United States.

About Voltage

Voltage is a Bitcoin infrastructure company providing enterprise-grade solutions for regulated, high-volume businesses. The Voltage platform enables enterprises to integrate Bitcoin payments with enterprise SLAs, managed infrastructure, and capital-efficient liquidity solutions. From powering instant settlement to providing revenue-based lines of credit, Voltage builds the operational engine for businesses moving value on Bitcoin rails.

More information is available at voltage.cloud.

Morph Integrates USDT0, Unlocking Access to the World’s Largest Stablecoin Liquidity Pool 4914

Ethereum-based payments settlement network Morph has integrated USDT0, the omnichain Tether liquidity network powered by LayerZero. The move gives Morph, which aims to become the settlement layer for everyday money, direct access to unified USDT liquidity across 18+ blockchains.

For developers building payment apps, merchant tools or even DeFi protocols on Morph, this means they can tap into a massive, ready-made liquidity pool from day one without the headache of managing a dozen different bridged token contracts.

No more bridges. No more wrapped tokens

Traditionally, using USDT on another blockchain requires a bridge. This process locks the original tokens and mints a new, “wrapped” version on the destination chain.

These wrapped variants are not the same asset. They are separate tokens backed by assets held in complex smart contracts, leading to liquidity fragmentation — where the same currency is trapped in isolated pools — and introducing counterparty risk if a bridge fails.

USDT0 proposes a different model. Instead of locking and minting, it uses a burn-and-mint mechanism. To move USDT from Chain A to Chain B, tokens are burned on Chain A and minted directly from Tether’s canonical supply on Chain B.
As a result, USDT0’s Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard creates a single, consistent asset across all supported networks.

What USDT0 enables for builders on Morph

While many L2s compete for general DeFi activity, Morph is engineered for a specific vertical: payments. Its architecture — featuring sub-300ms block times and zero-fee stablecoin transfers — targets merchant settlement, remittances, crypto cards issuance, and treasury management.

For such use cases, deep and frictionless liquidity is non-negotiable. USDT, with a market cap exceeding $185 billion, represents the largest pool of stablecoin liquidity in crypto.

As the USDT0 integration is now live on Morph mainnet, developers on Morph can integrate what is effectively a universal USDT, slashing technical overhead and simplifying cross-chain user experience, which means:

  • Payment applications can process cross-border transactions with instant settlement and minimal overhead.
  • DeFi protocols can access deeper liquidity without managing multiple stablecoin variants.
  • Merchant platforms can accept stablecoin payments with seamless conversion and settlement.
  • Financial institutions can execute treasury operations with predictable behavior across chains.

The combination of USDT0’s unified liquidity and Morph’s payment-optimized infrastructure lays a powerful foundation for next-generation financial applications.

We’re excited to work alongside the USDT0 team in advancing the vision of unified, omnichain liquidity that makes stablecoins truly borderless.

Money at the speed of life.

About Morph

Morph is an Ethereum-based, payments-first settlement layer and the native onchain home of BGB, focused on building the foundation for global consumer finance onchain. Morph supports real-world financial activity across payments, savings, identity, and rewards, enabling scalable, onchain settlement for consumer and business use. Guided by the Morph Foundation, the network connects more than 120 million users through the Bitget and Bitget Wallet ecosystems.

SHOW Token Uses AI and Web3 Infrastructure to Improve Film Production Efficiency 4212

As the Web3 ecosystem shifts toward utility-focused projects, SHOW Token emerges as a blockchain-based initiative applying artificial intelligence (AI) and Web3 infrastructure to the film industry. The project explores how on-chain participation and AI-assisted workflows can address long-standing inefficiencies in film production.

SHOW Token is designed as a utility token within an AI-driven cinematic platform. Rather than functioning purely as a speculative asset, the token is integrated into platform usage, enabling access, engagement, and participation across the ecosystem.

AI and Blockchain in Film Production

Traditional film production often struggles with opaque funding structures, limited access for independent creators, and inefficient creative workflows. SHOW Token’s ecosystem combines blockchain transparency with AI-powered production tools to create clearer participation models and more efficient processes.

From a technical standpoint, blockchain infrastructure supports transparent contribution tracking and clearer value flow between creators and contributors. This helps reduce reliance on closed networks and intermediaries that commonly exist in traditional production models.

Artificial intelligence serves as a workflow optimization layer. AI-assisted tools are intended to support ideation, pre-visualization, and production efficiency, allowing creators to reduce operational friction while maintaining creative control. This reflects a broader industry trend where AI enhances productivity rather than replacing human creativity.

Utility-First Web3 Approach

SHOW Token emphasizes long-term ecosystem development and real platform usage over short-term price narratives. The project remains in an early development phase, focusing on building foundational infrastructure rather than making speculative claims.

By aligning AI technology, blockchain participation, and utility-driven token design, SHOW Token positions itself within a growing category of Web3 projects targeting real-world creative industries.

More information about the project’s vision and ongoing development is available at https://showtoken.io/

Gensyn Launches $AI Token Sale on Sonar 4842

The token sale offers 3% of the token supply, a bonus multiplier for Testnet participants, and the opportunity to receive a Gensyn branded GPU workstation. https://token.gensyn.network/

$AI Details:

The Gensyn Foundation (“Gensyn”) today launches its $AI token sale on Sonar, marking a major milestone ahead of its upcoming Mainnet. The sale introduces the native token that will coordinate payments, staking & security, and governance across the Gensyn network.

The a16z-backed, decentralised AI network is preparing for Mainnet and launching the $AI token sale. The Gensyn Testnet has already demonstrated rapid traction, including:

  • 2,000,000+ AI models trained
  • 165,000+ users
  • 90,000,000+ transactions (575,000 per day)

The $AI token is the utility currency for the Mainnet network, a network where anyone can contribute AI compute, training signals, models, or evaluation criteria and where performance is priced transparently in real time. The combination of deterministic verification, open evaluation, and decentralised compute forms a market-driven system for continual learning, directed by true economic interest and supplied by anyone, or any system, in the world..

The sale offers 300,000,000 tokens (3 percent of supply) through an English auction with a valuation floor of $1 million FDV and a valuation cap of $1 billion FDV, matching the price of Gensyn’s last a16z-led funding round two months ago. The sale runs on Ethereum Mainnet with USDC or USDT and a $100 minimum bid, while tokens will be claimed on the Gensyn Network (L2).

About the Testnet Multiplier:

In addition to priority allocation, verified Testnet users will also receive a bonus token multiplier on their purchase amount, taken from a 2% reward pool. The exact multiplier will be based on each user’s participation throughout the Gensyn Testnet, as well as their bid amount in the sale. Higher participation and bid amounts equal a higher multiplier, with the majority of the multiplier coming from their Testnet participation. Multipliers will grant additional tokens on top of the purchase amount for no extra cost.

“We’ve had huge success testing our infrastructure and applications on testnet and we’re ready to move to the next phase, operating with real value and game theoretic security on mainnet. Doing a public sale ahead of launch allows us to focus on fair distribution and prioritise community members who have supported the testnet and show conviction in our thesis.”- Ben Fielding, Co-Founder and CEO, Gensyn AI

N4T Announces Liquidity Locking Ahead of DEX Listings 4043

N4T, short for “Nobel for Trump,” a new movement-driven token, today announces that it will lock liquidity for the N4T token as it prepares for its debut across decentralized exchanges prior to listing on CEX platforms.

The decision follows the project’s successful ICO in November and marks the next major milestone in N4T’s roadmap as it transitions from its early fundraising phase to open-market participation. Following its introduction to the Ethereum network in November, N4T evolves from a peace-driven token and cultural blockchain experiment into a long-term, sustainable DeFi ecosystem.

By committing liquidity for a long-term period ahead of exchange listings and as the world’s first peace-driven token on Ethereum, N4T is building trust and confidence across its user base with long-term stability in mind. With applications underway, it plans to register on major data platforms CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko and to list the N4T token across major exchanges, including MEXC, Gate.io, BitMart, and BingX.

“Our community supported N4T from the moment we introduced our ICO,” said Erik Amirbai Lang, Co-founder of N4T. “Today’s move reinforces our commitment to building a stable, mission-driven ecosystem. As we prepare for DEX listings, liquidity locking signals that we are growing with purpose.”

The N4T token, minted on November 4, underpins the developing “peace-to-earn” ecosystem, rewarding holders for participating in message-driven digital activations. With 37% of the supply originally allocated to the public sale, airdrops, and community rewards, this framework remains key to incentivizing engagement as liquidity and exchange visibility grow.

About N4T

N4T (Nobel For Trump) is a movement-driven token that unites meme culture with peace advocacy. Built on Ethereum, N4T transforms digital engagement into a positive global message, demonstrating how blockchain and community power can be used to promote peace, recognition, and impact.

Learn more about N4T at n4t.io, and follow N4T on X at www.X.com/N4Tcoin.

Bitnomial Launches First-Ever Stablecoin Margin Collateral with RLUSD, Expands Digital Asset Support to XRP 1632

Bitnomial, Inc. (“Bitnomial”), a U.S. derivatives exchange company, today announced a historic milestone as Bitnomial Clearinghouse, LLC, the only U.S. registered derivatives clearing organization (DCO) accepting digital assets as native margin collateral, becoming the first to accept stablecoins. Bitnomial is launching support for Ripple USD (RLUSD) and expanding its digital asset margin program to include XRP.

This expansion builds on Bitnomial’s groundbreaking launch of crypto margin deposits in September 2025, making the CFTC-regulated Bitnomial Exchange, LLC, and clearinghouse, Bitnomial Clearinghouse, LLC, the only U.S. regulated derivatives market infrastructure accepting stablecoins and a broader range of digital assets as margin collateral.

RLUSD and XRP margin deposits are now available for institutional clients trading leveraged perpetuals, futures, and options on Bitnomial Exchange. Retail traders will gain access to RLUSD and XRP margin deposits through Botanical, Bitnomial’s retail trading platform. With RLUSD stablecoin support, traders can now margin their positions with a USD-pegged digital asset, providing seamless capital efficiency while maintaining the benefits of blockchain-native settlement.

At the Ripple Swell conference in New York, Luke Hoersten, CEO of Bitnomial said “Adding RLUSD and XRP as margin collateral represents a major evolution in how traders can deploy their digital assets, RLUSD brings stablecoin efficiency to our margin system, allowing traders to hold USD-equivalent positions on-chain while accessing our full suite of derivatives products. Combined with XRP support, this gives our clients unprecedented flexibility in how they manage capital across their trading strategies. This is a natural extension of our partnership with Ripple and our commitment to building the most capital-efficient derivatives infrastructure in the U.S. market.”

“The addition of RLUSD and XRP further enhances the capital efficiency advantages available to traders on Bitnomial Exchange,” added Michael Dunn, President of Bitnomial Exchange, LLC. “Stablecoins represent a superior payment mechanism for both retail traders and institutions alike, offering the stability of USD with the speed and efficiency of blockchain settlement. With our expanded margin collateral options, traders can now leverage their stablecoin holdings and XRP positions to access the full range of CFTC-regulated crypto derivatives, reducing the friction of moving between different asset types.”

“With today’s announcement adding native support for RLUSD and XRP as margin collateral, Bitnomial cements its position as one of the most forward-thinking derivatives exchanges in the U.S,” said Jack McDonald, SVP Stablecoins at Ripple. “Stablecoins are moving from primarily speculative use cases to real world applications, with RLUSD, as a trusted tier-1 USD-backed stablecoin, leading the pack.”

Bitnomial continues to lead innovation in U.S. crypto derivatives markets. As the first to launch regulated perpetual futures in the U.S., the first to accept digital assets as margin collateral, and now the first to accept stablecoins as margin collateral, Bitnomial has consistently pioneered capital-efficient market infrastructure. The combination of RLUSD stablecoin margin, XRP support, and Bitnomial’s existing Bitcoin and Ether margin deposits creates the most comprehensive digital asset margin system available on a U.S. regulated exchange. This initiative provides significant benefits to crypto-native funds, institutional traders, and market makers who can now deploy their digital asset portfolios more efficiently while maintaining full regulatory compliance.

All Bitnomial futures and options contracts are offered by, and subject to the rules of, Bitnomial Exchange, LLC, and cleared through Bitnomial Clearinghouse, LLC. RLUSD and XRP margin collateral acceptance is subject to all applicable regulatory approvals.

About Bitnomial, Inc.

Bitnomial, Inc. is a digital asset derivatives exchange company that owns and operates U.S. CFTC-regulated exchange (DCM), clearinghouse (DCO), and brokerage (FCM) subsidiaries. Bitnomial offers the first U.S. perpetuals, physical futures, and options on the Bitcoin Complex comprising BTC and Hashrate, and the Crypto Complex comprising the first ever U.S. XRP, ADA, and USDC futures, among other assets.

Follow Bitnomial at bitnomial.com and on X @bitnomial
Follow Botanical at botanical.finance and on X @botanical