🚨 UPDATE: A USENIX study found 65,340 abusive crypto addresses tied to $574.8M in losses on Ethereum and BNB Chain. Researchers extracted 16.3M+ private keys from 63,004 GitHub repositories.

Ethereum And BNB Chain Face $575M Security Hit Across Thousands Of Addresses A USENIX Security ’26 study identified 65,340 high-risk crypto addresses linked to more than $574.8 million in estimated losses. Researchers traced activity across Ethereum and BNB Chain. The study identified 126,982.94 ethereum:native and 17,726.7 binancecoin:native tied to the addresses. Researchers also identified attack methods involving contract accounts and EIP-7702. The study reported a detection accuracy of 99.11%.

I am fully convinced on the viability of zero-employee companies, but there are some processes that still need to be fixed. Some thoughts: 1) I don’t yet believe in all-in-one harnesses like @usenaive @polsia Cofounder, etc… not because they aren’t good ideas, but because I think it’s very hard to become “Cursor” for something as infinitely variable and diverse like running a company. 2) I don’t think this lack of faith should stop me, them, or anyone else from trying, but I haven’t quite figured out what the real niche here is. Polsia companies seem largely like garbage, and there might be a niche for that too, although given the chance I don’t think I want to build the better garbage cannon. (Although I might?) 3) running a zero employee company might actually be a skill, rather than a software stack. If it is a software stack then building the stack is mostly just planning to be acquired by Stripe if you’re lucky. This all feels very doable, but I am not yet sure the best place to start. Will share more.

Today on MCG $DREGG | @DreggNet w/@ember_arlynx Dregg Net is formally verified distributed zero-knowledge object capability houyhnhnm computing Highlights: 00:52 - Ember's background 03:12 - Agents need guardrails 06:03 - What Dregg does 08:53 - Why AI hallucinates 10:15 - Business model unresolved 10:59 - Business Model 12:00 - Tokenomics explained 12:48 - Gas token idea 19:49 - Agent messaging platform 20:05 - Usenet-based protocol 21:38 - Monetization uncertain 22:11 - AI acceleration outlook 23:35 - Zcash connection 25:15 - Private AI explained 26:19 - Verified AI routing 28:49 - Long term vision 31:30 - Closing Thoughts

Weekly Funding Recap @MicroStrategy raised $263.5M in a post-IPO round, its latest treasury move. Here's what else moved: ➤ @augustus_bank raised $180M Series B at a $1B valuation for USD clearing and payments infra. ➤ @worldnetwork raised $52.5M in a private token sale. ➤ @K25dotai raised at a $200M valuation for AI-oracle sports prediction markets. ➤ Cordant raised $8M seed for real-time financial infra command centers. ➤ @TenorFinance raised an extended seed for its fixed-rate lending protocol on Base. ➤ @memecoin_fun_ raised $3.5M Series A for its launchpad on Robinhood Chain. ➤ @ILITY_xyz raised $1M strategic at an $80M valuation for zk cross-chain data verification ➤ @notabene_id raised strategic funding for Travel Rule compliance. ➤ @thetieio acquired @stakingrewards, adding staking data and analytics ➤ @thetieio also acquired @Liquidity_Land, picking up its TVL-bootstrapping layer ➤ @Bybit_Official acquired @usenobi, expanding into regulated Indonesia exchange access ➤ Premia acquired Raven Market, adding a decentralized options protocol from Canton Network ➤ @Unserious_Inc acquired @creepz, bringing the NFT IP into its Web3 brand portfolio 13 deals announced this week, totaling $507.5M. Payments, compliance, and prediction markets led the week.