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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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Celsius Bankruptcy Estate Sues BitMEX for $495M Over 2020 Liquidations

Celsius Network's bankruptcy estate filed suit against BitMEX on September 12, claiming the derivatives exchange wrongfu...

Sep 16, 2026, 10:01 PM
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MEXC Intercepts 38.66M USDT in Risk Funds Over July–August

MEXC released a security report showing it intercepted all 215 reports of risk-related funds totaling 38.66 million USDT...

Sep 16, 2026, 06:02 PM
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MEV Bot Yoink Front-Runs $7.8M rsETH Exploit, Secures Funds First

An Ethereum MEV bot named Yoink intercepted an attempted Safe wallet exploit involving approximately 2,900 rsETH and sec...

Sep 15, 2026, 06:01 PM
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Revolut Discloses 680 Customers' Passports and Crypto Records in Social Engineering Attack

Revolut confirmed Friday that scammers impersonating government officials obtained personal and financial data on 680 cu...

Sep 15, 2026, 10:02 AM
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Miles Guo Sentenced to 30 Years for $1 Billion Crypto Fraud

A federal judge sentenced Miles Guo, a Chinese exile and dissident, to 30 years in prison for operating a $1 billion fra...

Sep 14, 2026, 10:01 AM
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Goliath Ventures CEO Pleads Guilty in $400M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

Christopher Delgado, CEO of Goliath Ventures, pleaded guilty to operating a cryptocurrency fraud that collected at least...

Sep 14, 2026, 12:04 AM
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US Extradites Teen Hacker Peter Stokes Over $8M Scattered Spider Ransom Scheme

Peter Stokes, 19, was extradited from Finland to the US and charged with involvement in an $8 million cryptocurrency ran...

Sep 12, 2026, 12:01 PM
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Revolut Disclosed Bitcoin Records After Fraudulent Government Request

Revolut fulfilled a fraudulent information request sent from a spoofed government agency email domain, exposing passport...

Sep 12, 2026, 09:06 AM
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Blockstream Rejects Hacker's $50M Bounty Demand After Liquid Sidechain Theft

Blockstream is refusing to pay approximately 600 Bitcoin (roughly $50 million) to the attacker who exploited its Liquid ...

Sep 12, 2026, 09:02 AM
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XRP Healthcare Shuts Down After Wallet Flaw Drains 4,011 Accounts of $452,000

XRP Healthcare confirmed that unauthorized transactions drained $452,000 from 4,011 user wallets, prompting the platform...

Sep 11, 2026, 10:04 PM
XRP HealthcareXRP Ledger
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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Xinbi Guarantee, DOJ Restrains $52M in Crypto

The U.S. Treasury designated Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language platform, as a sanctions target for operating a widespr...

Sep 11, 2026, 04:06 PM
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Blockstream Refuses Ransom Demand After Liquid Network Bitcoin Exploit

Blockstream announced it will not pay a ransom for approximately 598.5 BTC remaining under the control of hackers who ex...

Sep 11, 2026, 11:05 AM
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