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A supply chain attack called ChainDrop has compromised more than thirteen hundred npm packages, including widely used libraries like Keyv and Cacheable, which together account for roughly two billion monthly downloads. Researchers at Aikido say attackers hijacked GitHub accounts to push poisoned releases that quietly siphon developer credentials and cloud secrets to a public repository. Any team running affected packages should treat those systems as fully compromised.
On the Ethereum front, a new governance proposal would effectively burn staking rewards to zero once half of all ETH supply is staked. The intent is to discourage runaway validator concentration, with the yield reduction phasing in gradually over eighteen months. It is a significant bet that the network can stay secure without relying on financial incentives to attract ever more stakers.
And in stablecoin news, Circle shares jumped ten percent in pre-market trading after the company posted earnings that beat expectations, even as overall revenue came in slightly short. The bigger headline may be institutional adoption of Arc, Circle's layer one blockchain, which is drawing early backing from Wall Street names looking for regulated on-chain infrastructure.
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