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In the decentralized finance space, Harmony's ONE token took a severe hit today, falling twenty-six percent after an attacker allegedly minted four billion new tokens. Harmony says it's working with exchanges to freeze the compromised funds and is preparing a software patch — but the damage to confidence may outlast any technical fix.
Shifting to the broader crypto market, bitcoin and ether traders are holding tight ahead of a pivotal U.S. consumer price index release. The two leading assets have been locked in a narrow range, with savvy traders positioning carefully for what analysts are calling a binary outcome — inflation data that could move markets sharply in either direction.
Meanwhile, on a quieter corner of the internet, the WebFinger protocol is getting renewed attention. WebFinger is a lightweight standard that lets you attach discoverable information to an email-style address — and as federated social networks continue to grow, it's becoming a quiet but essential piece of the open web's plumbing. Worth understanding if you care where social media is headed.
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