Closing the Gap: The Regulatory and Structural Maturation of Digital Assets
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Hackers Use Morse Code to Trick Grok and Bankrbot, Steal $200K in Crypto Tokens
Threat actors have successfully executed a novel prompt injection attack against artificial intelligence agents, draining approximately $200,000 in cryptocurrency. By using Morse code to bypass standard AI safety filters, an attacker tricked the Grok A…
276 Arrested as Authorities Dismantle Crypto Scam Centers Targeting Americans
In an unprecedented international law enforcement operation, authorities have dismantled at least nine overseas cryptocurrency scam centers, resulting in the arrest of 276 individuals. The coordinated effort, led by the FBI, Dubai Police, and the Chine…
Ottawa outlines plans to tackle financial crime, ban crypto ATMs
By Anja Karadeglija The federal government plans to ban…
Decoding Q1 2026’s $152.9 Billion Crypto Custody Concentration
Crypto Custody Concentration hits $152.9B as institutions shift to derivatives, consolidating capital on top exchanges amid Q1 market slowdown.
Dozens of Malicious Crypto Apps Land in Apple App Store
Masquerading as popular cryptocurrency wallets, the apps can hijack recovery phrases and private keys.
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$290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea
The hackers targeted LayerZero’s DVN, compromising certain RPCs and DDoSing others to trigger failover to the poisoned infrastructure.
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Is “Satoshi Nakamoto” Really Adam Back?
The New York Times has a long article where the author lays out an impressive array of circumstantial evidence that the inventor of Bitcoin is the cypherpunk Adam Back.
I don’t know. The article is convincing, but it’s written to be convincing.
I can’t remember if I ever met Adam. I was a member of the Cypherpunks mailing list for a while, but I was never really an active participant. I spent more time on the Usenet newsgroup sci.crypt. I knew a bunch of the Cypherpunks, though, from various conferences around the world at the time. I really have no opinion about who Satoshi Nakamoto really is…
British Hacker Admits Stealing Millions in Virtual Currency From Targeted Companies
A 24-year-old British national, Tyler Robert Buchanan, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive cyberattack campaign that compromised over a dozen U.S. companies and resulted in the theft of at least $8 million in cryptocurrency. According to a Fr…
International Operation Targets Multimillion-Dollar Crypto Theft Schemes
Law enforcement in the US, UK and Canada identified more than $45 million in cryptocurrency and froze $12 million.
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