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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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Liquid Network Recovers 3,400 Bitcoin; 598 BTC Remain With White-Hat Hackers

Liquid Network has recovered 3,400 Bitcoin from white-hat hackers following a security incident, though approximately 59...

Sep 8, 2026, 10:01 AM
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Aave Governance Debates One-Way Emergency Freeze Powers for Active Exploits

Aave is weighing a governance proposal that would grant emergency roles the ability to freeze markets during active expl...

Sep 8, 2026, 04:01 AM
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Liquid Network Recovers 3,400 BTC After Bridge Exploit, 598.5 BTC Remains

A self-described white-hat actor returned 3,400 BTC to Liquid Network's federation wallet Monday after Blockstream patch...

Sep 8, 2026, 01:01 AM
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Poland Charges Fifth Suspect in BitBay-Zondacrypto Fraud Probe

Polish prosecutors charged Roman Ż., a former business partner of missing BitBay founder Sylwester Suszek, as the invest...

Sep 7, 2026, 07:04 PM
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Liquid Network Attacker Returns 3,400 BTC, Retains Portion of Haul

An attacker who breached the Liquid sidechain broadcast a transaction Tuesday returning 3,400 BTC to the Liquid federati...

Sep 7, 2026, 07:01 PM
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Malone Lam Set for Plea Hearing in $240M Bitcoin Theft Case

Malone Lam, accused ringleader of a group that stole over $240 million in Bitcoin from a Washington, D.C. investor, is s...

Sep 7, 2026, 06:11 PM
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Liquid Network Halts After $320 Million Bitcoin Exploit

Liquid Network, a settlement layer used by cryptocurrency exchanges, suspended all transactions after a $320 million bit...

Sep 7, 2026, 03:02 PM
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Coldcard Attacker Moves $7.7M in Stolen Bitcoin via THORChain, CoinJoin

The Coldcard hardware wallet attacker has drained 45% of stolen Bitcoin from the third wave of thefts, moving $7.7 milli...

Sep 7, 2026, 10:08 AM
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Liquid Network Hackers Return $270M Bitcoin After Blockstream Patches Bug

Hackers who withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC from Liquid returned approximately $270 million in Bitcoin after Blockstream patc...

Sep 7, 2026, 08:08 AM
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Vitalik Buterin Rejects AI Threat Claims Against Bitcoin Security

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin dismissed predictions that artificial intelligence could trigger a 50% Bitcoin crash...

Sep 7, 2026, 05:11 AM
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Liquid Sidechain Paused After ~4,000 BTC Withdrawn From Federation Reserves

Blockstream's Liquid Network was paused Sunday after nearly all bitcoin reserves backing L-BTC were withdrawn to a singl...

Sep 7, 2026, 12:08 AM
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Orionx Closes After Audit Uncovers $7M Custody Gap

Orionx, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by Tether, shut down after an internal audit revealed a $7 million shortfall in...

Sep 6, 2026, 12:06 PM
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