CrediX, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, recently recovered $4.5 million in stolen cryptocurrency after reaching a private settlement with the hacker responsible for the exploit. The breach occurred when attackers gained unauthorized access to CrediX’s multisig admin and bridge wallets, allowing them to mint collateral tokens, borrow against the protocol, and drain its liquidity.

Bitcoin is currently consolidating in a low-liquidity “air gap” between $110,000 and $116,000, following a pullback from its recent all-time high above $123,000. This price range has seen limited trading activity, with many recent buyers now holding positions above $116,000.

PancakeSwap, a leading decentralized exchange on the BNB Chain, has launched tokenized stock futures for major U.S. tech companies—Apple, Tesla, and Amazon—allowing users to trade synthetic versions of these stocks directly on the blockchain. This new feature, live since August 5, 2025, enables crypto users to open leveraged long or short positions with up to 25x leverage, all through a self-custodied wallet.