Aug 31 — Cronos hack, Solana supply cut, and tokenized stocks

• A $75M oracle exploit halted the Cronos chain — a full network stoppage from a DeFi lending attack is a major confidence hit for the ecosystem • Solana validators narrowly passed a vote to cut ~18.9M SOL of new issuance over six years — tighter supply boosts the token's monetary premium and drove price higher • Coinbase launched fully backed tokenized stocks on Base including Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and Google — putting crypto rails in direct competition with traditional brokerages