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BTCPay Server Offers Bounty for Stolen Bitcoin Following Exploit

BTCPay Server supporters have offered a bounty for the return of Bitcoin stolen in a recent exploit, amounting to 10% of recovered funds, capped at 3 BTC. The exploit a..

BTCPay Server Offers Bounty for Stolen Bitcoin Following Exploit

BTCPay Server supporters have offered a bounty for the return of Bitcoin stolen in a recent exploit, amounting to 10% of recovered funds, capped at 3 BTC. The exploit a..

Harmony ONE Token Falls 37% Following Unauthorized 4 Billion Token Mint

Harmony confirmed an exploit involving the unauthorized minting of approximately 4 billion ONE tokens, leading to a 37% price drop. On-chain analysis revealed most toke..

Coldcard Hack: Investigators Face Challenges in Quantifying Bitcoin Losses

The Coldcard hack has led to varying estimates of stolen Bitcoin, with CryptoQuant confirming 1,432 BTC, while Galaxy Research and TRM Labs suggest higher figures based..

BTCPay Server Restricts Remote Lightning Access Following Credential Exploit

BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes after an exploit allowed attackers to steal funds. The restriction affects..

Crypto Losses Exceed $1 Billion in H1 2026, Ethereum and Solana Most Affected

Crypto losses in the first half of 2026 exceeded $1 billion, with Ethereum and Solana experiencing the largest financial impacts. Blockaid’s report detailed 212 securit..

Bitcoin On-Chain Activity Peaks in 2026 Amid Coldcard Exploit, K33 Flags Potential Bottoming Pattern

Bitcoin on-chain activity has reached its highest level in 2026 amid the Coldcard exploit, with K33 suggesting a potential market bottoming pattern due to the surge in ..

Binance Founder Warns on Hardware Wallet Security Following $70 Million Coldcard Exploit

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao warned cryptocurrency holders about hardware wallet vulnerabilities after a $70.2 million Bitcoin exploit on Coldcard devices. The flaw, ..

Coldcard Issues Mk3 Firmware Warning Amid Bitcoin Wallet Drains

Coinkite has issued a warning regarding its Coldcard Mk3 signing device, advising users to move funds from wallets generated on specific firmware versions. This comes a..

Crypto Institutions Prioritize Operational Security Amid Audit Shortcomings

Institutional investors are shifting their focus beyond smart contract audits, with a Hacken report indicating that traditional trust signals have not reliably prevente..

Arbitrum Perpetuals Exchange AFX Trade Suffers $24 Million Exploit

AFX Trade, an Arbitrum-based perpetuals exchange, lost $24.15 million in an exploit targeting its USDC bridge. The exchange has halted bridge operations and offered the..

Robinhood CEO’s X Account Hacked to Promote Unofficial Memecoin

The X account of Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev was briefly compromised to promote a memecoin unaffiliated with the company. The token, named Vladhood ($VLAD), was flagged as..

Humanity Protocol Loses $32m in Private-key Hack – Token Crashes 80% as Zachxbt Raises Fraud Questions

Humanity Protocol is a biometrics-based decentralised identity project that uses palm-scan technology to verify unique human identity on-chain.

September 2024: $120M Lost in Crypto Hacks

In September, cryptocurrency hacks resulted in losses surpassing $120 million. This marked the second-lowest monthly loss due to hacks in 2024, with only April seeing f..

Bitcoin ATM Scams Soar 1,000% Since 2020

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has noted a significant rise in scams involving Bitcoin ATMs, reporting a 10-fold increase since 2020. This surge is largely due to s..

$235M Heist: Indian Crypto Exchange Hacked!

Web3 security firm Cyvers has identified “multiple suspicious transactions” involving the Safe Multisig wallet of WazirX on the Ethereum network. According to a post on..