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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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SecurityRegulation

Texas Brothers Plead Guilty in $8M Cryptocurrency Kidnapping Case

Two Texas brothers pleaded guilty to kidnapping charges after holding a Minnesota family at gunpoint and forcing an $8 m...

Jun 21, 2026, 08:13 AM
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Security

JaredFromSubway MEV Bot Drained of $7.5M in Token Approval Exploit

An Ethereum MEV bot operated under the account JaredFromSubway was emptied of approximately $7.5 million in WETH, USDC, ...

Jun 21, 2026, 07:03 AM
JaredFromSubwayEthereum
SecurityDeFi

JaredFromSubway MEV Bot Exploited for Over $15M

An MEV bot operated by the JaredFromSubway entity was exploited for more than $15 million, according to reports Tuesday....

Jun 20, 2026, 10:02 PM
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DeFiSecurity

Morpho Blue's AlphaUSDC Delta V2 Vault Reports $18M Loss on msY Collapse

Morpho Blue's AlphaUSDC Delta V2 vault sustained an $18 million loss following the collapse of the msY token, which the ...

Jun 20, 2026, 08:03 PM
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Security

Texas Brothers Plead Guilty to $8M Crypto Robbery and Family Kidnapping

Two Texas brothers pleaded guilty to federal robbery charges after kidnapping a Minnesota family and coercing the transf...

Jun 20, 2026, 08:03 AM
Garcia brothersU.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota
Layer 1Security

Algorand Outlines Quantum-Resilient Cryptography Roadmap Through 2027

Algorand released a multi-year plan to integrate quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms ahead of potential threats f...

Jun 19, 2026, 05:04 AM
AlgorandNIST
SecurityLayer 2

Aztec Network Loses $4M in Three Days to Proof Verification Exploits

Legacy Aztec Network contracts were drained of over $4 million in two coordinated attacks over three days, exploiting fl...

Jun 18, 2026, 03:16 PM
Aztec NetworkAZTEC
RegulationSecurity

HyperFund Promoter 'Bitcoin Rodney' Pleads Guilty in $1.8B Fraud Case

A Florida man known as 'Bitcoin Rodney' pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business connected ...

Jun 18, 2026, 08:03 AM
HyperFundBitcoin Rodney
Security

Humanity Protocol to Airdrop New H Token After $36M Exploit

Humanity Protocol announced a 1:1 airdrop of a new Ethereum-based H token to replace its existing token following a $36 ...

Jun 17, 2026, 02:03 AM
Humanity ProtocolH token
RegulationSecurity

Oklahoma Flags BG Wealth, DSJ Over Suspected Crypto Fraud

Oklahoma's securities regulator issued a consumer alert Tuesday warning investors to avoid BG Wealth, DSJ, and HQI Excha...

Jun 16, 2026, 12:04 PM
Oklahoma Securities CommissionBG Wealth
DeFiSecurity

DeFi Exploits Erase $13B in TVL, Binance Research Reports

DeFi protocols lost $13 billion in total value locked during April due to a wave of exploits, according to Binance Resea...

Jun 16, 2026, 05:03 AM
Binance ResearchDeFi
Layer 1Security

Ethereum Research Explores Post-Quantum Wallet Security With Low Gas Cost

An Ethereum Research proposal outlines a path to post-quantum cryptography for EVM wallets using an optimized SPHINCS-ba...

Jun 16, 2026, 04:02 AM
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