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Monero tumbled on Jan. 17 after an onchain investigator ZachXBT linked its recent rally to a $280 million crypto heist. $280M Cryp...
Stablecoin growth could siphon trillions from U.S. banks, shrinking lending capacity and raising borrowing costs, as Bank of Ameri...
As Iran’s economy continues to strain under heavy sanctions, high inflation, and a weakening currency, many citizens are turning t...
Truebit lost $26 million after a smart-contract overflow bug let an attacker mint tokens at near-zero cost, sending the TRU price...
From record onchain volumes to geopolitics-driven crypto crime, 2025 structurally shifted how regulators and institutions engaged...
Key Takeaways: Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott is advancing a comprehensive U.S. crypto market structure bill for mark...
From PRISM to AI, mass surveillance has only grown more powerful. Bruce Schneier warns the post-Snowden world may be entering an e...
A newly discovered vulnerability may enable malicious validators to omit the hash field when posting blocks, leading to validator...
The Global Sanctions Inflation Index estimated there were just under 80,000 total sanctioned entities and persons globally as of M...
On Jan. 8, the Truebit protocol’s native token (TRU) plummeted 99.95% to near-zero after a $26 million exploit. Security firm Cyve...
The TRU price fell to $0.0000000029 from $0.16 after the protocol reported a security incident and crypto sleuths tracked stolen E...
Cambodian authorities extradited billionaire Chen Zhi, head of Prince Group, to China on Jan. 7 after his arrest with two associat...
Pro-crypto lawyer John Deaton argued that banning yield on stablecoins would incentivize the use of China’s interest-bearing digit...
The $7-million Trust Wallet hack shows why crypto-friendly SMEs are especially vulnerable, highlighting weaknesses in verification...
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Certik has partnered with YZi Labs to strengthen security for startups in the latter’s incubation program, which supports top earl...
A protocol-level flaw allowed assets to be duplicated rather than minted, prompting a network halt and a governance-led recovery p...
Ledger has confirmed that a recent data exposure affecting some customers originated from its third-party e-commerce partner Globa...