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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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ThetaRay CEO Flags Cross-Chain Bridges as Crypto's AML Compliance Blind Spot

ThetaRay CEO Brad Levy identified cross-chain bridges as a critical gap in cryptocurrency anti-money-laundering monitori...

May 25, 2026, 09:01 PM
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Perplexity's Bumblebee Tool Scans for Compromised Code Without Executing It

Perplexity released Bumblebee, a security tool that detects infected software packages and AI tool configurations on dev...

May 25, 2026, 07:05 PM
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Ledger Deploys AI to Counter Evolving Wallet Security Threats

Ledger is integrating AI-powered detection systems to identify phishing, malware, and suspicious transactions in real ti...

May 25, 2026, 06:04 PM
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Squid Clarifies $3M Gnosis Safe Module Exploit Was Not Core Router

An exploit targeting the SquidRouterModule, a third-party Gnosis Safe integration, drained $3 million across 86 wallets ...

May 25, 2026, 04:02 PM
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Blockaid Flags $3M SquidRouterModule Exploit Across 86 Gnosis Safes

Security firm Blockaid identified a SquidRouterModule exploit that drained approximately $3 million from 86 Gnosis Safe ...

May 25, 2026, 01:09 PM
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TrapDoor Malware Campaign Targets Crypto Wallets Across npm, PyPI, Rust

Security researchers identified a coordinated malware campaign called TrapDoor spreading through npm, PyPI, and Rust pac...

May 25, 2026, 12:08 PM
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FTX Legal Adviser Fenwick & West Settles Customer Lawsuit for $54M

Law firm Fenwick & West agreed Tuesday to pay $54 million to settle a class action lawsuit from former FTX customers who...

May 25, 2026, 12:01 PM
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AI May Be Accelerating Quantum Threat to Cryptography, Experts Warn

Security researchers warn that artificial intelligence could compress the timeline for quantum computers to break curren...

May 24, 2026, 04:04 PM
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StablR Stablecoins EURR and USDR Depeg After Minting Key Compromise

StablR's EURR and USDR stablecoins depegged after an attacker compromised the protocol's minting key, enabling unauthori...

May 24, 2026, 03:03 PM
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XRP Users Targeted by Fake Xaman Wallet and Airdrop Scams

Xaman founder Wietse Wind issued a warning Tuesday that fake Xaman desktop wallet versions and fraudulent airdrop scheme...

May 24, 2026, 11:10 AM
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France Accounts for 70% of Reported Crypto Wrench Attacks in 2026

France experienced 41 kidnappings linked to cryptocurrency holdings in 2026, representing 70% of all reported wrench att...

May 24, 2026, 11:01 AM
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Glassnode: $500B in Bitcoin Vulnerable to Quantum Threat

Glassnode on-chain research identifies nearly $500 billion in Bitcoin that could be vulnerable to quantum computing atta...

May 24, 2026, 08:03 AM
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