Stealing $1.5B in crypto is easy, cashing out is the trap
North Korean hackers stole around $1.5 billion from Bybit in February 2025. While the hack itself has been widely covered and anal...
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Brazilian police seize $1.7M in crypto from phishing ring’s wallets
The operation highlights growing regulatory scrutiny on self-custody wallets, potentially influencing crypto security practices an...
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Ledger hack scare nears $90 million as Tether moves to freeze stolen USDT
Suspected Ledger wallet thefts are approaching $90 million as Tether freezes USDT stablecoin linked to the incident, according to...
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Ledger investigates potential wallet tampering after reports of $86 million in crypto stolen
The hardware wallet maker said it is investigating devices sold by a Southeast Asian reseller as social posts swirl about crypto a...
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Locked liquidity did not stop this $14 million crypto pool drain
The PancakeSwap pool for 79AU, 79thVault’s token, lost $14.35 million in USDT on Oct. 7 through two selling wallets, according to...
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Wallet linked to 2016 Bitfinex hack transferred 12,267 BTC valued at $1.01 billion to new addresses
The transfer of BTC linked to the 2016 hack may signal future market volatility and strategic shifts, impacting Bitcoin's price st...
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U.S. Government Sends $1 Billion in Seized Bitfinex Bitcoin to Unlabeled Wallets
A wallet holding bitcoin stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack sent 12,267 BTC, worth about $1.01 billion, to new addresses on Thursday...
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Europol says crypto’s quantum upgrade could take years and urges work to start now
Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, is urging the cryptocurrency industry to begin preparing wallet and protocol upgrades fo...
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US government moves another $1 billion in Bitcoin as BTC slides $4,000
US government-linked wallets moved over $1 billion in Bitcoin on Oct. 8 as BTC prices fell and more coins reached Coinbase Prime....
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US government moves $1.01 billion in Bitcoin from Bitfinex hack wallet
The transfer suggests a strategic shift in government crypto asset management, potentially impacting market dynamics and regulator...
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U.S. government moves $1 billion in bitcoin from Bitfinex hack wallet, no sale indicated
Arkham data shows the 12,267 BTC went to unlabeled wallets rather than an exchange, a day after $383 million hit Coinbase Prime.
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Initiate ‘bunker mode’ to protect crypto from AI, says Justin Drake
Senior Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake, who has spent months warning about the supposedly imminent cybersecurity threa...
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Europol Urges Crypto Wallet Providers to Start Testing Post-Quantum Upgrades Now
Europol published two reports on Wednesday about the security risks of quantum computing, and the one on cryptocurrencies names wa...
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$783K Crypto Bust Ends Site Selling Stolen Images of 17,000 Women
A joint French-U.S. law enforcement operation shut down a platform selling stolen intimate images of women and underage girls. Aut...
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Hackers Attack Another Bitcoin Project as Ark’s Second Exploited
In another cyber attack against a Bitcoin project, Second, the developer of an implementation of the Ark Protocol, confirmed it lo...
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What is Crypto Bunker Mode? Ethereum’s Justin Drake Warns of a Possible AI Break
What is Crypto bunker mode? Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake urged the crypto industry on October 7, 2026, to plan a co...
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US government moves $470 million in seized crypto to Coinbase wallets, raising Bitcoin sale questions
The US government moved about $470 million in seized crypto to likely Coinbase Prime addresses, according to Arkham, reviving ques...
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OpenAI math breakthroughs raise ‘bunker mode’ alarm from Bitcoin researcher Justin Drake
OpenAI’s latest advances in mathematics have prompted a leading Ethereum researcher to warn that crypto’s core wallet security cou...
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