3 Solana platforms to shutter following devastating $40M hack
Solana DeFi aggregator Step Finance says it was “unable to secure a viable outcome” after a $40 million treasury wallet breach in...
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Elliptic Report Highlights Key Crypto Exchanges Facilitating Russian Sanctions Evasion
A new Elliptic investigation identifies five major cryptocurrency platforms enabling Russian entities to bypass international sanc...
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Vitalik Buterin Redefines Crypto Security, Says “Perfect Security” Is Impossible
Key Takeaways: Vitalik Buterin indicates that security and user experience are related closely based on its nature, therefore syst...
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Binance Defends Global Compliance Program Following Significant Reduction in Sanctions Exposure
Binance has reported a 96.8% decrease in sanctions-related transaction exposure since 2024, countering recent media reports regard...
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Binance says sanctions exposure has declined 97% since 2024
Binance doubled down on its compliance credentials in a blog post after a report published earlier this month accused it of sancti...
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Crypto exchange network is helping Russia skirt sanctions: Elliptic
Elliptic says that despite increased regulatory pressure, a handful of crypto exchanges continue to serve sanctioned Russian entit...
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Vitalik Buterin floats simulated transactions to enhance crypto security
Crypto users would specify the onchain action they want, then click “OK” or “Cancel” after seeing a transaction simulating that ac...
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Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security, Shaking up Cybersecurity Stocks
This week, the artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic rolled out Claude Code Security, an AI-driven code-scanning tool that...
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Uniswap founder slams scam crypto ads after victim 'lost everything'
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams highlighted a case where a victim lost a “mid-six-figure” portfolio to a fake top search result posin...
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Hacker returns $21M in Bitcoin stolen from South Korean authorities: Report
Local media reported that the stolen 320 Bitcoin was returned to a wallet controlled by authorities, with the unknown hacker seemi...
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OpenAI and Paradigm Launch EVMbench to Measure AI Smart Contract Security
OpenAI and Paradigm have introduced EVMbench, a new benchmarking framework designed to evaluate the ability of AI agents to detect...
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Moonwell hit by $1.78M exploit as AI vibe coding debate reaches DeFi
The exploit saw the Moonwell protocol exploited for $1.78 million after cbETH was mispriced at $1.12 instead of about $2,200, inte...
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Senator Warren Calls on Bessent to Review $500M WLFI Deal Over Security Risks
Two U.S. Senators have urged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to launch a national security review into a $500 million foreign inv...
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Paradigm reframes Bitcoin mining as grid asset, not energy drain
The cryptocurrency investment firm says Bitcoin mining is being unfairly lumped with AI data centers, arguing miners act as flexib...
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Binance denies report on Iran-linked sanctions breaches and investigator firings
Binance said an internal review with external counsel found no sanctions violations and that it continues to meet its regulatory o...
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Figure Technology suffers data breach, exposing personal customer details
ShinyHunters hackers leaked user data after a social-engineering attack on a Figure employee and the company reportedly refused to...
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Fugitive Mastermind of $73M Crypto Scam Sentenced to 20 Years by US Court
A fugitive crypto scam operator Daren Li was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release for...
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EU seeks to close Russia crypto loopholes in new sanctions
The EU plans to ban crypto transactions with Russia by shutting down all related channels, but analysts question whether the measu...
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