How an AI-fueled romance scam drained a Bitcoin retirement fund
A divorced investor’s tragic loss reveals how emotional manipulation, combined with AI technology, has weaponized crypto scams int...
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The Bybit hack made Kim Jong Un crypto's most influential in 2025
North Korea’s record-breaking Bybit hack changed how exchanges handle security and even influenced FATF’s global crypto recommenda...
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Is Crypto a Security? Part VI: Practical Compliance Guidance
Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset...
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AI Phishing, Supply Chains, and $3.5B Lost — Crypto’s Brutal 2025
2025 marked a turning point in crypto security with the $1.5 billion Bybit hack, the largest DeFi breach ever, executed by North K...
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ZachXBT links fake Coinbase support scam to $2M in losses
An Investigation from ZachXBT traced the suspect through posts gloating on social media and Telegram activity.
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Flow scraps rollback plan after pushback over decentralization, security
Recovery of assets from a $3.9 million exploit of the Flow blockchain isn't guaranteed, but many users responded positively to a c...
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North Korea-linked theft and poor key security dominate Web3 losses: Hacken
Hacken said Web3 losses rose to almost $4 billion in 2025, with North Korea behind more than half; regulators are currently under...
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Trust Wallet hack shifts to verification amid surge in false claims
Trust Wallet said it has identified 2,596 compromised addresses following its Christmas Day exploit as investigators work to separ...
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2025: The Year Bitcoin Mining Reached Zettahash Scale and Redefined Network Security
Bitcoin’s mining sector spent 2025 rewriting the record books, powering the network from an already massive 801 exahashes per seco...
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JPMorgan freezes accounts of two stablecoin startups over sanctions concerns: Report
JPMorgan has reportedly frozen accounts linked to Y Combinator–backed stablecoin startups BlindPay and Kontigo after flagging expo...
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Trust Wallet Exploit Drains $7M: Hundreds Of Users Affected
Amid already fragile sentiment across the crypto market, attackers exploited Trust Wallet, shaking confidence in self-custody solu...
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$7M Lost in Trust Wallet Browser Hack, CZ Confirms Full Compensation as Extension Flaw Exposed
Key Takeaways: Around $7 million in crypto was stolen through a security incident affecting Trust Wallet’s Chrome extension v2.68....
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Trust Wallet will cover $7M lost in Christmas Day hack, CZ says
The malicious Trust Wallet extension has also been exporting users’ personal information, pointing to potential insider activity,...
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Trust Wallet Users Suffer Mystery Hack: Over $6 Million Stolen From Hundreds
Reports of a large-scale hack involving Trust Wallet, a popular multi-currency wallet, flooded social media on Thursday. Known blo...
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Solana Slashes $500M Sandwich Attacks as 75% of SOL Gets Staked in 2025 Security Overhaul
Key Takeaways: Sandwich attacks drained up to $500 million from Solana users in 16 months, but coordinated action cut profitabilit...
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Gnosis announces hard fork to recover funds from Balancer exploit
The hard fork on Monday followed a majority of Gnosis validators adopting a soft fork in response to a November Balancer exploit,...
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Crypto hack counts fall but supply chain attacks reshape threat landscape
Concerns about code vulnerabilities are fading in the crypto space, but more sophisticated scam tactics are emerging as protocol s...
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Amidst Sanctions and Tanker Seizures, 80% of the Venezuelan Oil Sales Revenue Is Collected Using USDT
Asdrubal Oliveros, a local economist, claims that nearly 80% of all the crude sold by Venezuela is being paid for using stablecoin...
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