Squid and Safe Labs say third-party module behind $3.2M exploit
A third-party module drained about $3 million from Safe wallets, with Squid attributing the incident to an external Safe module, s...
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Latam Insights: US Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel Crypto Laundering, Venezuela Shuts Down Mining Farm
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition,...
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MiCA Compliant Euro Stablecoin Depegs to $0.85 After 1-of-3 Multisig Exploit Drains Millions
Malta-based stablecoin issuer StablR suffered a security incident on Sunday, after an attacker exploited a weak multisig configura...
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Is Crypto a Security? The 2026 Guide to US Digital Asset Law (Part One)
This research report originates from a multi-part series titled Law and Ledger, which examines one of the most important and unset...
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StablR Euro and US dollar stablecoins depeg after $2.8M exploit
Stablecoin issuer StablR says it has been compromised, with Blockaid suspecting the cause is a private key compromise of an owner...
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OFAC and Crypto Crime: Every OFAC Specially Designated National with Identified Cryptocurrency Addresses
As far back as the early 1800s, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued economic sanctions to achieve foreign… The post OFA...
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Polymarket Suffers $700K Breach After Internal Admin Wallet is Compromised
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT first pointed to a possible hack, indicating that $520K were drained so far. Polymarket acknowledg...
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Bitcoin miner MARA spent $4.3M on CEO security in 2025 as crypto attacks rise
MARA spent $4.3 million on CEO Fred Thiel’s security in 2025, including vehicle armoring, as crypto wrench attacks increased globa...
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How crypto compliance teams should respond to FinCEN's IRGC alert
On May 11, the US Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert describing how Iran's Islamic Revolutio...
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THORChain exploit tied to malicious node and GG20 flaw
The $10.7 million THORChain exploit was caused by a GG20 vulnerability, which allowed a malicious node to reconstruct a full priva...
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Ignition Upgrades Player Security by Implementing Stronger Encryption and Account Protection
With digital entertainment platforms evolving constantly, security is now one of the main foundations of user trust. In the case o...
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Polymarket team says user funds safe as exploit losses climb above $600K
Polymarket said user funds and market resolution were safe after a suspected private key compromise tied to top-up operations.
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ZachXBT Accuses Kucoin of Shielding $13M in Stolen Crypto From German Investigators
Onchain investigator ZachXBT has publicly accused Kucoin of allowing stolen cryptocurrency to flow freely through its platform whi...
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US Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel Network for Laundering Drug Profits Through Cryptocurrency
The U.S. government has designated twelve individuals and two companies involved in money laundering operations for the Sinaloa Ca...
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US sanctions Sinaloa cartel-linked Ethereum addresses
OFAC sanctioned six Ethereum addresses linked to a Sinaloa Cartel money laundering network allegedly converting drug proceeds into...
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How to scale crypto transaction monitoring without scaling cost
Most crypto transaction monitoring alerts don't need an investigation. They need fast, contextual resolution at the place where th...
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Map Protocol token plummets 96% after a quadrillion token mint exploit
The attacker tricked the Butter Network cross-chain bridge into minting millions more tokens than the legitimate supply of MAPO.
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OFAC Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Trafficking and Crypto Laundering Network
Summary The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned more than a dozen individuals and enti...
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