US Lawmakers Seek Treasury Report on Feasibility, Security of Government-Held Bitcoin
The House spending bill seeks to direct the Treasury to assess the feasibility and governance of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
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California Man Sentenced in $37M Crypto Scam Amid Ongoing DOJ Crackdown
Victims of the crypto scam were lured through messages and dating apps, then tricked into fake crypto investments.
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SwissBorg loses 193K SOL in Solana exploit
This incident highlights the ongoing vulnerabilities in blockchain security, potentially undermining trust in decentralized financ...
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Wasabi confirms no impact from recent NPM package exploit
Wasabi's unaffected status boosts user confidence and highlights the importance of robust security practices in crypto platforms....
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SwissBorg hacked for $41M SOL after third-party API compromise
Hackers drained 193,000 SOL from SwissBorg’s Solana Earn program after a Kiln API was compromised, affecting 1% of users and 2% of...
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Hackers Exploit JavaScript Accounts in Massive Crypto Attack Reportedly Affecting 1B+ Downloads
A major supply-chain attack has infiltrated widely used JavaScript packages, potentially putting billions of dollars in crypto at...
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Swiss Crypto Platform SwissBorg Hit by $41.5M SOL Hack After Partner API Compromise
Swiss crypto platform SwissBorg lost $41.5 million worth of Solana (SOL) tokens after hackers compromised partner API provider Kil...
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Crypto Users Warned to Stop Transacting as Massive Exploit Threatens Apps and Wallets
Security experts are advising crypto users to be very careful as a large-scale supply chain exploit could be used to swipe funds.
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ALERT – The NPM Hack Is a Wake-Up Call for Crypto Users
The breach hit core JavaScript libraries like chalk, strip-ansi, and color-convert—packages so foundational they’re practically di...
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Pi Network Flags Scam Wallet Amid $346M Token Risks as 60M Users Await Unlock
Key Takeaways: Pi Network exposed a scam wallet allegedly siphoning unlocked tokens and dispersing them into hundreds of smaller w...
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DeFi Platform Nemo Protocol Exploited for $2.4 Million in Hack
The attack on the Sui-based DeFi protocol comes as 2025's crypto thefts outpace last year’s, with more than $2.17 billion stolen t...
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Crypto Phishing Losses Surpass $12 Million, Driven by Ethereum-Focused Exploits
There was a sharp rise in phishing scams involving cryptocurrency during August, with losses exceeding $12 million as hackers bega...
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Kinto plunges 81% as ETH L2 set to wind down months after hack
Ethereum layer-2 Kinto’s token plummeted after its team announced its blockchain would wind down on Sept. 30, months after a $1.6...
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Phishing scams cost users over $12M in August — Here’s how to stay safe
Phishing scams continue to impact crypto and Web3 users, prompting the need for vigilance and personal online safety countermeasur...
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‘Scam of all scams’: Crypto dev claims Trump-linked WLFI ‘stole’ his money
A crypto developer says Trump-linked crypto project WLFI froze his tokens and refused to unlock them, calling it “the new age mafi...
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Bunni Hit by $8.4M Flash-Loan Exploit — ‘Rounding Error’ Blamed
Decentralized finance protocol Bunni suffered an $8.4 million exploit on September 2, after a sophisticated attacker leveraged a f...
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Venus Protocol recovers user’s $13.5M stolen in phishing attack
Victim Kuan Sun praised Venus and partners after $13.5M recovery, calling it “a battle we actually won” through joint efforts.
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Hackers Exploit Ethereum to Inject Malware in Popular Coding Libraries
Hackers are now exploiting vulnerabilities in widely-used NPM coding libraries to inject malware into Ethereum smart contracts, ac...
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