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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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Solana Foundation Appoints Former Twitter Security Chief Michael Coates as CISO

Michael Coates, who previously led security teams at Twitter and Mozilla, has joined the Solana Foundation as Chief Info...

Jul 8, 2026, 01:04 PM
Solana FoundationMichael Coates
RegulationSecurity

Judge Revives Fraud Claim Against Barry Silbert and DCG in Genesis Case

A U.S. judge reinstated fraud allegations against Barry Silbert and Digital Currency Group in a lawsuit brought by Genes...

Jul 7, 2026, 06:13 AM
Barry SilbertDigital Currency Group
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CertiK: Crypto Losses Fall 46.8% YoY, But Security Risks Remain

Reported crypto-related losses fell 46.8% year-over-year to $1.32 billion in the first half of 2026, according to CertiK...

Jul 7, 2026, 01:31 AM
CertiK
RegulationSecurity

30 BTC Moves From Dormant Wallet Tied to New York Ownership Lawsuit

A Bitcoin address holding dormant funds has transferred 30 BTC, valued at approximately $1.88 million, after roughly 15 ...

Jul 6, 2026, 11:06 AM
BitcoinNew York
NFTsSecurity

Unauthorized Mbappe Tokens Proliferate Amid World Cup Milestone

Kylian Mbappe's World Cup performance has sparked a wave of unlicensed crypto tokens and NFTs bearing his name, with no ...

Jul 5, 2026, 01:02 PM
Kylian MbappeFIFA
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Bitcoin Experts Divided Over Proposal to Freeze Satoshi's 1.1M BTC

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao proposed freezing Satoshi Nakamoto's estimated 1.1 million bitcoin to prevent theft by qu...

Jul 5, 2026, 09:02 AM
Changpeng ZhaoBinance
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Aptos Blockchain Patched After Researchers Find Critical Validator Flaw

Security researchers discovered a critical vulnerability in Aptos that achieved a near-90% success rate at breaking the ...

Jul 5, 2026, 09:01 AM
AptosByzantine Fault Tolerance
Layer 1Security

Aptos Patches Critical Vulnerability Exploitable for Hundreds of Dollars

Aptos core developers fixed a critical vulnerability that allowed attackers to extract hundreds of dollars per exploit. ...

Jul 5, 2026, 02:02 AM
Aptos
RegulationSecurity

India Launches Investigation Into Myanmar Crypto Scam Camps

Indian authorities have opened an investigation into reports that Indian nationals were trafficked to Myanmar and forced...

Jul 4, 2026, 12:04 PM
IndiaMyanmar
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RippleX Engineer Details XRP Ledger's Quantum-Safe Cryptography Roadmap

A Ripple engineer outlined plans to upgrade the XRP Ledger with quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms ahead of pote...

Jul 4, 2026, 11:07 AM
RippleRippleX
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Gnosis Pay Attributes $1.5M Exploit to October 2023 Software Flaw

Gnosis Pay identified a software vulnerability dating to October 2023 as the cause of a $1.5 million exploit of its card...

Jul 3, 2026, 10:03 PM
Gnosis PayGnosis
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DHS Investigates Cyber Breach at Critical Infrastructure Information Network

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is probing a cyber breach at a critical information-sharing network used by inf...

Jul 3, 2026, 11:01 AM
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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