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Texas Brothers Plead Guilty in $8M Armed Crypto Kidnapping in Minnesota

Isiah and Raymond Garcia pleaded guilty in federal court to armed kidnapping and cryptocurrency theft. The brothers held...

Sep 27, 2026, 02:02 AM
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AI Agents Cut Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction Cost by 80% in StarkWare Contest

An open competition organized by StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigen Labs used AI coding agents to reduce the estimated...

Sep 26, 2026, 03:14 PM
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ExchangesSecurity
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Bitget Restarts Bitcoin Withdrawals; Nearly 5,000 BTC Exit Exchange Post-Hack

Bitget resumed Bitcoin withdrawals on September 28 following its $387.5 million hack, processing over 4,000 BTC in the f...

Sep 26, 2026, 11:02 AM
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NFTsSecurity
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Magic Eden NFT Exploit Exposes 23,155 Assets; White Hats Say Rescue Underway

Thousands of NFTs on Magic Eden were transferred for 0 ETH after legacy contract approvals were exploited, affecting ass...

Sep 25, 2026, 05:06 PM
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Bitcoin Researchers Propose Shielded Transfers Without Soft Fork

Researchers from init have published a proposal for Shielded Bitcoin, a metaprotocol that enables private transfers on t...

Sep 25, 2026, 06:09 AM
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RegulationSecurity
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EU Regulators Warn Quantum Computing Threatens Blockchain Encryption

European financial watchdogs issued a warning that quantum computing poses an imminent threat to blockchain cryptography...

Sep 25, 2026, 04:02 AM
BitcoinEuropean Union
SecurityRegulation
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Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 12 Years for $16M Coinbase Phishing Scheme

Ronald Spektor, 23, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for orchestrating a phishing scheme that defrauded approximately...

Sep 25, 2026, 03:07 AM
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Bitget Disables Withdrawals After $351.6 Million in Unauthorized Transfers

Bitget suspended withdrawals on Sept. 24 after detecting $351.6 million in unauthorized transfers from hot and warm wall...

Sep 24, 2026, 11:03 PM
BitgetUser Protection Fund
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XRP Ledger Deploys Fixes for Security Flaws; Client Apps Still at Risk

XRP Ledger released version 3.2.0 with bug fixes following a security review that identified edge cases and flaws in the...

Sep 24, 2026, 03:03 AM
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