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The Merkle

The Merkle

The Merkle (also known as The Merkle Hash) is a long-standing source of information regarding technology, finance, and cryptocurrency. It specializes in deep-dive articles on blockchain security, privacy-focused tech, and emerging financial technologies.

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Ventuals Shuts Down After $650M in Volume, Team Joins Another Hyperliquid Ecosystem Project

Ventuals Shuts Down After $650M in Volume, Team Joins Another Hyperliquid Ecosystem Project

Ventuals is winding down. The platform that brought 24/7 private market exposure to pre-IPO technology companies on Hyperliquid has announced it is shutting down

2026/06/16

Bitmine Adds Another 76,881 ETH for $135M as Total Ethereum Treasury Surpasses 5.6M

Bitmine Adds Another 76,881 ETH for $135M as Total Ethereum Treasury Surpasses 5.6M

Bitmine crossed that line a while ago. The Tom Lee-backed firm has just added another 76,881 ETH to its already enormous Ethereum treasury. Thereby, spending approximately

2026/06/16

TON Token Rebrands to GRAM, Same Chain, Same Holdings, New Name Returning to Its Roots

TON Token Rebrands to GRAM, Same Chain, Same Holdings, New Name Returning to Its Roots

TON is now GRAM. The token powering the TON blockchain has officially changed its name, ticker, and logo following a community vote and for existing holders, absolutely

2026/06/16

Aptos Launches Confidential APT, Opt-In Privacy at Sub-Second Speed and Sub-Cent Cost

Aptos Launches Confidential APT, Opt-In Privacy at Sub-Second Speed and Sub-Cent Cost

Aptos just shipped something that years of zero-knowledge research made possible. Confidential APT is live, bringing opt-in privacy features to the Aptos network

2026/06/15

Attacker Drains $2.1 Million From Deprecated Aztec Connect Contracts in Ethereum Exploit

Attacker Drains $2.1 Million From Deprecated Aztec Connect Contracts in Ethereum Exploit

Security firm CertiK has flagged a suspicious transaction that drained roughly $2.19 million from the Aztec Connect Router contract, with the attacker’s wallet

2026/06/15

SpaceX Becomes Binance’s Second-Largest Traded Product With $5.6B in 24-Hour Perpetual Volume

SpaceX Becomes Binance’s Second-Largest Traded Product With $5.6B in 24-Hour Perpetual Volume

SpaceX perpetual futures have become Binance’s second-biggest traded product by volume, recording $5.6 billion in 24-hour trading activity as retail and institutional

2026/06/14

Solana RWA Ecosystem Hits $3B All-Time High as Tokenized Assets Surge 1,500% in 18 Months

Solana RWA Ecosystem Hits $3B All-Time High as Tokenized Assets Surge 1,500% in 18 Months

Solana’s real-world asset ecosystem just crossed a threshold that would have seemed impossible not long ago. Total RWA value on the network has surpassed $3 billion

2026/06/14

SpaceX Makes Nasdaq Debut With $75B IPO, The Largest in History as Elon Musk Eyes Trillionaire Status

SpaceX Makes Nasdaq Debut With $75B IPO, The Largest in History as Elon Musk Eyes Trillionaire Status

SpaceX begins trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker $SPCX, marking the largest initial public offering in stock market history. Thereby, raising $75 billion at

2026/06/13

Pump.fun Deposits Another $4.5M in SOL to Kraken as Cumulative Sales Near $785M

Pump.fun Deposits Another $4.5M in SOL to Kraken as Cumulative Sales Near $785M

Pump.fun is moving SOL again. The meme coin launchpad just deposited 67,482 SOL worth approximately $4.51 million into Kraken over the past hour. Thereby,  extending

2026/06/12

Metaplanet Acquires Siiibo Securities to Build Japan First Bitcoin-Centric Financial Ecosystem Under Project Nova

Metaplanet Acquires Siiibo Securities to Build Japan First Bitcoin-Centric Financial Ecosystem Under Project Nova

Metaplanet is not just buying Bitcoin anymore, it is building the infrastructure to distribute it. The Tokyo-listed company has entered into an agreement to acquire

2026/06/12

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Bitget Launches OpenAI Pre-IPO Access As Crypto Exchanges Push Into Tokenized Equity Markets

Three Whale Addresses Pull $122M in ETH Off FalconX and Kraken in a Single Move

Ethereum OG Returns To Buy The Dip After Banking $34 Million Profit

Falcon Finance And Anchorage Launch fUSD As Regulated Stablecoin Aims To Redefine Institutional Yield Access Under GENIUS Act

Zcash Proposes Ironwood, A New Shielded Pool to Restore Supply Verification After Orchard Vulnerability

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