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ShinyHunters hackers leaked user data after a social-engineering attack on a Figure employee and the company reportedly refused to...
A fugitive crypto scam operator Daren Li was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release for...
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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What to Know: Institutional players like Goldman Sachs are actively managing their spot Bitcoin ETF holdings, signaling a market m...
A new report from Coinshares argues that quantum computing poses a manageable, long-term risk to Bitcoin, but a pointed rebuttal f...
What to Know: Phantom’s in-app Chats expand social attack surface; scammers exploit hype and speed to route users into phishing li...
What to Know: The Ethereum Foundation and Security Alliance are effectively standardizing threat intelligence to combat wallet dra...
What to Know: Fed Governor Waller claims the hype phase of crypto is ending, paving the way for serious integration with tradition...
A US court sentenced Daren Li to 20 years in prison for leading a $73 million crypto pig butchering scam targeting American invest...
Crypto users lost tens of millions of dollars in January to address poisoning and signature phishing scams, as attackers exploited...
The new integrations enable banks and custodians to deploy custody and staking services without operating their own validator or k...
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Analysts have warned that Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade has made address poisoning cheaper, as malicious actors can carry out dust att...
Bitcoin’s core security remains intact despite quantum computing advances, with risks limited to legacy coins, timelines stretchin...
Privacy coins often appear after hacks, but they are only one link in a longer laundering chain that includes swaps, bridges and o...
What to Know: Bitcoin and Ethereum are rebounding, but the broader ‘crypto winter’ narrative and volatility keep positioning cauti...
What to Know: The integration of banks and crypto is shifting focus from regulation to long-term security infrastructure. ‘Harvest...