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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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Movement Labs Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After MOVE Token Scandal

Movement Labs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with reported assets below $500,000 and potential liabilities reaching $10...

Jul 22, 2026, 03:01 AM
Movement LabsMOVE
RegulationSecurity

Celsius Co-Founders to Pay $6.5M to Settle FTC Fraud Claims

Celsius co-founders Shlomi Leon and Nuke Goldstein agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve FTC charges over false statemen...

Jul 21, 2026, 03:26 PM
CelsiusShlomi Leon
RegulationSecurity

SEC Sues Mining Automatic Owner Over Alleged $22M Crypto Mining Fraud

The SEC filed charges against Mining Automatic and its owner Zan Shaikh for allegedly raising $22 million from over 380 ...

Jul 20, 2026, 11:03 PM
SECMining Automatic
Security

Zero-Knowledge Proofs Emerge as Defense Against AI-Generated Content Spam

As autonomous AI agents proliferate online, cryptographic techniques like zero-knowledge proofs are being positioned as ...

Jul 20, 2026, 02:03 AM
Succinct LabsBrian Trunzo
Security

Consensys Halted MetaMask Releases After Discovering North Korea-Linked Contractor Access

Consensys discovered that a contractor with links to North Korea had access to MetaMask code repositories for approximat...

Jul 20, 2026, 01:14 AM
ConsensysMetaMask
Security

Malware in 8 Steam Games Steals Crypto Tokens, Traced to Uber Eats

Researchers identified cryptocurrency-stealing malware embedded in eight Steam games that siphoned tokens from player wa...

Jul 20, 2026, 01:02 AM
SteamBitcoin
ExchangesSecurity

South Korea's FSS Sanctions Dunamu Over Upbit's $30M Solana Hack

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service initiated sanctions against Dunamu, operator of Upbit exchange, following th...

Jul 19, 2026, 09:02 PM
DunamuUpbit
Layer 1Security

Zcash Schedules July 28 Hard Fork to Seal Orchard Pool

Zcash will execute a hard fork on July 28, called Ironwood, to seal the Orchard shielded pool and contain a potential co...

Jul 19, 2026, 01:10 PM
ZcashOrchard
RegulationExchanges

South Korea's FSS Opens Sanctions Proceedings Against Dunamu Over Upbit Hack

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service initiated enforcement proceedings against Dunamu, parent company of the Upbi...

Jul 19, 2026, 01:04 PM
DunamuUpbit
MarketsSecurity

Unauthorized Mbappé Tokens Hit $464M Market Cap During World Cup

Unauthorized tokens bearing footballer Kylian Mbappé's name reached a $464 million peak market cap during the 2026 World...

Jul 19, 2026, 12:22 AM
Kylian Mbappé
Security

Bitcoin Community Develops Quantum-Resistant Recovery Framework

Bitcoin developers are preparing contingency plans for Q-Day, when quantum computers are expected to break current ellip...

Jul 18, 2026, 07:03 PM
BitcoinNIST
SecurityExchanges

MetaMask Had North Korean Developer on Team, Dutch Exchange Enters Bankruptcy

MetaMask employed a developer from North Korea, according to reporting this week, raising questions about compliance vet...

Jul 18, 2026, 05:01 PM
MetaMaskConsenSys
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