Security

Following a 4,000 BTC exploit on Bitcoin's Liquid Network, hackers identifying as white-hats returned approximately 3,400 BTC after Blockstream deployed a security patch. The remaining 600 BTC deficit poses potential dep...

Charles Hoskinson, founder of the Cardano blockchain project, recorded a video commentary on the Lindsay Clancy case, stepping away from cryptocurrency topics to discuss a high-profile criminal trial that ended in mistri...

The Liquid Network recovered 85% of Bitcoin taken from its federation wallet following a software vulnerability in Elements that allowed invalid L-BTC to be created and redeemed through authorized peg-out channels, leavi...

A group that withdrew nearly 4,000 BTC from the Liquid Network federation wallet returned 3,400 BTC after on-chain communications with Blockstream, keeping 598.5 BTC as an apparent bounty fee.

Carlos Erick Vazquez Gonzalez admitted to moving $4 million in drug trafficking proceeds through a crypto wallet, converting the digital assets to U.S. dollars in Mexico. He faces up to 20 years in prison at sentencing s...

Actors who withdrew 4,000 BTC from Liquid Network returned 3,400 BTC to the sidechain's federation wallet, recovering approximately 85% of the funds. Nearly 600 BTC remains outstanding.

A joint analysis by ARK Invest and Glassnode found that disrupting Solana's consensus requires coordinating 19 validators, compared to three mining pools for Bitcoin. However, concentration in client software and data ce...

RedTeam, operating on Bittensor's subnet 61, has transformed mining into a competitive security challenge network. The platform reports bot detection efficacy reaching 99.5% after 11 months of adversarial testing, with e...

AUSTRAC canceled the registration of GetCoins after customers raised concerns about cryptocurrency investment scams allegedly exploiting the platform.

Malone Lam, 22, is due in federal court in Washington for a plea agreement hearing related to a scheme in which callers impersonating Google and Gemini staff persuaded an investor to surrender over 4,100 Bitcoin.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed confidence that artificial intelligence will not fundamentally compromise Bitcoin's security, positioning his substantial crypto holdings as an effective bet against pred...

More than a month after the Coldcard exploit, the attacker has moved approximately 97 BTC across multiple laundering routes, with 82% of stolen funds still held in original addresses.

Self-described white-hat hackers have returned 3,400 BTC to the Liquid Network after draining nearly all of its bitcoin reserves, but are keeping approximately 598.5 BTC. The network remains frozen as operators work to r...

Blockstream's Liquid sidechain halted operations following a purported $320 million Bitcoin withdrawal from multisig reserve addresses, with the party claiming white-hat rescue intent. Bitcoin mainnet continued operating...

Researchers have identified a potential cache-key collision in Liquid's transaction-validation software that could have allowed unbacked L-BTC tokens to bypass security checks and be redeemed for real Bitcoin.

Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau says organized crime groups are renting vaults to store cryptocurrency private keys and seed phrases alongside cash and luxury goods as part of money laundering operations.

Approximately 4,000 BTC left Blockstream's Liquid Federation wallet after an unauthorized transaction was processed Sunday. The incident has raised questions about the network's security infrastructure and validation pro...

Winona County experienced two separate ransomware incidents in 2026, with the second attack occurring in April following a January breach that prompted officials to pay approximately $128,000 in ransom.

The attacker behind the third wave of Coldcard hardware wallet thefts has moved 97.09 BTC through THORChain and CoinJoin rounds, representing roughly 45% of that wave's stolen funds. Across all waves of the exploit, 82% ...

The Liquid Network sidechain remains paused following a breach that drained approximately 4,000 BTC from its federation wallet. Blockstream has indicated the attacker can safely return the funds once a bug is patched, bu...