SlowMist H1 2026 Security Report Tracks Higher Incident Volume, Lower Total Losses

Blockchain security firm SlowMist reported 182 security incidents in the first half of 2026, marking a roughly 50% increase from the same period in 2025. Despite the higher incident count, total recorded losses fell by about 60%, dropping to $956 million from $2.37 billion in the first half of last year.
Bitcoin, DeFi and Tokenized Assets to Drive Crypto’s Next Phase, ARK Says

ARK Invest’s Big Ideas 2026 framework and its early-2026 commentary paint crypto as a market moving from narrative cycles into institutional-grade capital formation. The central claim is that Bitcoin, DeFi, and tokenized real-world assets are converging into a single growth loop, with regulatory clarity acting as the gating item for mainstream adoption.
Expert Explains Why 2026 Could Be The Year Ethereum Blindsides The Market

Ethereum is entering 2026 with institutional demand signals and protocol upgrades that could reshape how the market trades it. The near-term catalysts are staked-product inflows, real-world-asset tokenization, and scheduled scaling upgrades that could change both supply-demand balance and positioning. This matters because the drivers hit different parts of the system. Institutional capital can add durable […]
