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Smart-contract exploits, bridge hacks, phishing campaigns, and exchange breaches cost the crypto industry billions every year. Our security coverage reports each major incident as it surfaces — root cause where known, on-chain forensic trails, attacker addresses, fund flows through mixers and bridges, recovery efforts, and post-mortems published by the affected protocols and audit firms. We also follow the white-hat ecosystem, bug bounty programs at Immunefi and Code4rena, ongoing audits, and the security-tooling vendors (formal verification, runtime monitoring) working to reduce the next breach.

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FBI Attributes $6 Billion Binance Hack to North Korea, Urges DeFi Address Blocks

The FBI has attributed a $6 billion Binance hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor operation and asked DeFi operators to bl...

Nov 1, 2026, 01:18 AM
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SecurityMarkets
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Arthur Hayes Sells Entire Zcash Position After Orchard Pool Vulnerability Disclosure

Maelstrom, the fund run by Arthur Hayes, has sold its entire Zcash position after developers disclosed a counterfeiting ...

Nov 1, 2026, 01:01 AM
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US Sanctions Crypto Facilitators in North Korean IT Worker Cash-Out Network

The US Treasury sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity tied to North Korean IT worker schemes, including two Russian n...

Oct 31, 2026, 10:18 PM
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SecurityExchanges
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Binance Hack Attributed to North Korea's TraderTraitor as $3 Billion Frozen

Binance suffered a record crypto theft that sources put between $6 billion and $6.36 billion across wallets on 10 blockc...

Oct 31, 2026, 09:48 PM
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Bitcoin Whitepaper Turns 18 as Binance's $6.3B Breach Renews Custody Debate

Bitcoin's whitepaper marked its 18th anniversary on October 31, drawing attention to Satoshi Nakamoto's proposal for ver...

Oct 31, 2026, 07:48 PM
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Binance Reserves Cover About 90% of $6.3B Hack Losses as SAFU Fills Gap

Binance estimates an October 29 security breach drained about $6.3 billion from its hot wallets and says company reserve...

Oct 31, 2026, 02:48 PM
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MarketsExchanges
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Nasdaq-Listed Next Technology Authorizes Sale or Loans Against 5,833 BTC

Next Technology Holding (NASDAQ: NXTT) authorized selling or pledging its reported 5,833 BTC, worth roughly $450-480 mil...

Oct 31, 2026, 12:58 PM
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SecurityRegulation
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North Korea-Linked Hacks Account for 89% of 2026 Crypto Theft, Chainalysis Says

Chainalysis data published October 30 attributes nearly 89% of reported crypto hack losses in 2026 to suspected North Ko...

Oct 31, 2026, 08:08 AM
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Westpac Caps Crypto Exchange Payments at A$10,000 a Month From December 1

Westpac will limit customers to a cumulative A$10,000 per month across relevant accounts and payment methods for payment...

Oct 31, 2026, 07:58 AM
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Coinbase Says Amplitude Vendor Incident Exposed Contact Data, Not Funds

Coinbase said a security incident at analytics vendor Amplitude exposed contact data for a small subset of its customers...

Oct 31, 2026, 07:02 AM
CoinbaseAmplitude
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Binance Reports $6.3B Breach as Fed Holds Rates and CFTC Advances Exchange Registration

Binance said an October 29 breach moved about $6.3 billion in assets, with partners freezing roughly $3 billion, while t...

Oct 31, 2026, 06:18 AM
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ExchangesRegulation
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Binance's $6.3 Billion Hack Becomes Test Case for CFTC Offshore Exchange Plan

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig cited the Binance hack, estimated at $6.3 billion to $6.4 billion depending on the source, a...

Oct 30, 2026, 09:19 PM
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