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4 days ago
Cryptocurrency

Risk off Markets and Centralization Debates Week in Review

Bitcoin risks dip below $59K as institutions dominate flows and quantum threats emerge.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 week ago

Google's New Quantum Research Renews Push To Secure Bitcoin

Bitcoin's reliance on elliptic curve cryptography faces potential threats from quantum computing advancements, necessitating urgent preparation among developers and investors.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
10 hours ago

Bitcoin Could Be Quantum-Safe Without Protocol Changes

A new proposal introduces Quantum Safe Bitcoin to protect transactions from quantum attacks without altering Bitcoin's core rules.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

NYT Claims Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is British Cryptographer Adam Back

Satoshi Nakamoto remains unidentified; Adam Back is the closest match based on stylometric analysis, but he denies being Satoshi multiple times.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 week ago

Google's New Quantum Research Renews Push To Secure Bitcoin

Bitcoin's reliance on elliptic curve cryptography faces potential threats from quantum computing advancements, necessitating urgent preparation among developers and investors.
#cybersecurity
fromFortune
1 week ago
NYC startup

Latest crypto hack sees thieves make off with $280 million from Solana DeFi platform Drift | Fortune

Information security
fromNextgov.com
11 hours ago

Treasury debuts effort to share cyber threat intel with crypto firms

The Treasury Department will share cyber threat intelligence with cryptocurrency firms to enhance their cybersecurity measures against increasing threats.
NYC startup
fromFortune
1 week ago

Latest crypto hack sees thieves make off with $280 million from Solana DeFi platform Drift | Fortune

Drift suffered a $280 million hack attributed to North Korea, utilizing a novel attack method involving durable nonces.
Roam Research
fromThe Hacker News
2 weeks ago

GlassWorm Malware Uses Solana Dead Drops to Deliver RAT and Steal Browser, Crypto Data

A new evolution of the GlassWorm campaign enables comprehensive data theft and installs a remote access trojan disguised as a Google Docs extension.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
16 hours ago

Treasury Launches Cybersecurity Initiative Expanding Threat Intelligence Access for Digital Asset Firms

U.S. Treasury expands cybersecurity coordination with digital asset firms to enhance protections and integrate with traditional finance.
fromThe Verge
10 hours ago

The EFF is quitting X

Last year, our 1,500 posts earned roughly 13 million impressions for the entire year. To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago.
Privacy technologies
Toronto startup
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

TRON Network Integrated into Hyperlane, Expanding Interoperability to Over 150 Chains

TRON Network integrates with Hyperlane, enhancing cross-chain interoperability for developers to build applications across multiple blockchains.
#polymarket
Marketing tech
fromReadWrite
2 days ago

Polymarket exchange upgrade overhaul amid platform changes

Polymarket is undergoing a significant upgrade to its exchange, enhancing speed, flexibility, and overall functionality without changing the user interface.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

Polymarket's April 2026 Upgrade: New Stablecoin, Faster Order Matching, Smart Contract Wallet Support

Polymarket launched Polymarket USD, replacing bridged USDC.e, with a major upgrade to its trading engine and smart contracts.
Marketing tech
fromReadWrite
2 days ago

Polymarket exchange upgrade overhaul amid platform changes

Polymarket is undergoing a significant upgrade to its exchange, enhancing speed, flexibility, and overall functionality without changing the user interface.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

Polymarket's April 2026 Upgrade: New Stablecoin, Faster Order Matching, Smart Contract Wallet Support

Polymarket launched Polymarket USD, replacing bridged USDC.e, with a major upgrade to its trading engine and smart contracts.
Artificial intelligence
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Anthropic Restricts Claude Agent Access Amid AI Automation Boom in Crypto

Anthropic shifted Claude Pro and Max users to pay-as-you-go billing for third-party tools, impacting crypto developers with significant cost increases.
Deliverability
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

Dmail Network to Cease Operations Following Five Years of Service

Dmail Network will permanently shut down its services on May 15, 2026, due to unsustainable infrastructure costs and a failed economic model.
#web3
fromgithub.com
2 weeks ago
DevOps

kawacukennedy/kuberna-labs: Decentralized execution rails for AI agents. Enables autonomous cross-chain transactions using intents and zkTLS.

Information security
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

Web3 Security Provider Certik Opens AI Auditing Tool Access to Global Developers

Certik launched its AI Auditor, achieving an 88.6% hit rate against security incidents, enhancing proactive defense in Web3.
DevOps
fromgithub.com
2 weeks ago

kawacukennedy/kuberna-labs: Decentralized execution rails for AI agents. Enables autonomous cross-chain transactions using intents and zkTLS.

Kuberna simplifies cross-chain finance and secure execution with a unified SDK, eliminating the need for complex wallet integrations and manual processes.
Privacy technologies
fromnews.bitcoin.com
5 days ago

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Warns Against AI Agent Security Risks, Shares His Private LLM Stack

Vitalik Buterin has transitioned to a fully local AI setup, citing security concerns with cloud AI services.
#ethereum
fromFortune
1 month ago
Tech industry

Is Ethereum good enough for Wall Street? If history is any guide, the answer is clear | Fortune

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5 days ago
Cryptocurrency

Ethereum Foundation Reaches 70,000 ETH Staking Target With $93 Million April Deposit

The Ethereum Foundation staked 45,034 ETH, nearing its 70,000 ETH target to generate annual yields without selling assets.
fromCointelegraph
1 week ago
Cryptocurrency

Ethereum May Get 'Flipped' in 2026 Without Bitcoin's Involvement

Ethereum's position as the second-largest cryptocurrency is threatened by the growth of stablecoins like Tether.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
20 hours ago

Ethereum Foundation Converts 5,000 ETH to Fund Operations

Ethereum Foundation converts 5,000 ETH into stablecoins using Cowswap's TWAP mechanism to support operations and diversify funding strategies.
fromFortune
1 month ago
Tech industry

Is Ethereum good enough for Wall Street? If history is any guide, the answer is clear | Fortune

Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
5 days ago

Ethereum Foundation Reaches 70,000 ETH Staking Target With $93 Million April Deposit

The Ethereum Foundation staked 45,034 ETH, nearing its 70,000 ETH target to generate annual yields without selling assets.
Cryptocurrency
fromCointelegraph
1 week ago

Ethereum May Get 'Flipped' in 2026 Without Bitcoin's Involvement

Ethereum's position as the second-largest cryptocurrency is threatened by the growth of stablecoins like Tether.
#ai-agents
Information security
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Chainalysis Deploys AI Agents to Counter Criminal Use of Artificial Intelligence in Crypto

Chainalysis introduces AI agents to enhance fraud detection and compliance without requiring deep technical expertise, ensuring data quality and human oversight.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 weeks ago

Trust Wallet Adds AI Transaction Layer to Self-Custody Wallet Infrastructure

Trust Wallet's Agent Kit allows developers to create AI agents for automated crypto transactions with user-defined permissions.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
2 days ago

Over 1,000 Exposed ComfyUI Instances Targeted in Cryptomining Botnet Campaign

A campaign targets ComfyUI instances for cryptocurrency mining and botnet enlistment through remote code execution exploits.
#solana
Business intelligence
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 weeks ago

Solana Foundation Launches New AI-Ready Developer Platform for Global Financial Institutions

The Solana Developer Platform enables institutions to deploy tokenized assets and payment flows using AI-ready infrastructure.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
6 days ago

Drift Protocol Hack 2026: What Happened, Who Lost Money, and What's Next

A Solana-based perpetual futures exchange lost $286 million in 12 minutes due to a sophisticated attack involving fake collateral and social engineering.
Business intelligence
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 weeks ago

Solana Foundation Launches New AI-Ready Developer Platform for Global Financial Institutions

The Solana Developer Platform enables institutions to deploy tokenized assets and payment flows using AI-ready infrastructure.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
6 days ago

Drift Protocol Hack 2026: What Happened, Who Lost Money, and What's Next

A Solana-based perpetual futures exchange lost $286 million in 12 minutes due to a sophisticated attack involving fake collateral and social engineering.
#quantum-computing
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
6 hours ago

No Consensus Changes Needed: Starkware CPO Builds Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions From Existing Rules

Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) enables secure bitcoin transactions against quantum attacks without protocol changes, costing $75 to $150 per transaction.
Information security
fromnews.bitcoin.com
6 days ago

The Retroactive Decryption Trap: Why Post-Quantum Upgrades Can't Save Your Past Privacy

Google's whitepaper on quantum threats urges immediate post-quantum preparations, shifting the migration deadline to 2029 and highlighting vulnerabilities in blockchain security.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 day ago

Adam Back Says Quantum Threat To Bitcoin Is Decades Away

Quantum computing poses no immediate threat to Bitcoin's cryptographic security, but preparation for future risks is essential.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
6 hours ago

No Consensus Changes Needed: Starkware CPO Builds Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions From Existing Rules

Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) enables secure bitcoin transactions against quantum attacks without protocol changes, costing $75 to $150 per transaction.
Information security
fromnews.bitcoin.com
6 days ago

The Retroactive Decryption Trap: Why Post-Quantum Upgrades Can't Save Your Past Privacy

Google's whitepaper on quantum threats urges immediate post-quantum preparations, shifting the migration deadline to 2029 and highlighting vulnerabilities in blockchain security.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 day ago

Adam Back Says Quantum Threat To Bitcoin Is Decades Away

Quantum computing poses no immediate threat to Bitcoin's cryptographic security, but preparation for future risks is essential.
Venture
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Startup Antithesis turns years of real-world chaos into hours of simulated mayhem-and key trading firms and crypto networks are paying close attention | Fortune

Antithesis rethinks software testing by using deterministic simulations to identify bugs before they affect users.
Artificial intelligence
from24/7 Wall St.
6 days ago

ARKK Let's You Bet Big on Crypto Infrastructure With Top Disruptors In 2026

Cathie Wood continues to invest in Ark Innovation ETF despite market downturns, focusing on future tech and crypto infrastructure.
#defi
Information security
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

Solana Foundation Launches STRIDE Security Program for DeFi Protocols Following Drift Incident

STRIDE is a new tiered security program launched by the Solana Foundation to protect DeFi protocols with ongoing evaluations and monitoring.
Cryptocurrency
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

De-fi platform Drift suspends deposits and withdrawals after millions in crypto stolen in hack | TechCrunch

Drift has suspended withdrawals and deposits due to a significant security incident involving a potential theft of up to $285 million.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

ECB DeFi Governance Study: A16z Is Uniswap's Top Voter, One-Third of Voters Unidentifiable

Governance token concentration in DeFi protocols shows over 80% controlled by top holders, with significant influence from exchanges and unidentified voters.
Information security
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

Solana Foundation Launches STRIDE Security Program for DeFi Protocols Following Drift Incident

STRIDE is a new tiered security program launched by the Solana Foundation to protect DeFi protocols with ongoing evaluations and monitoring.
Cryptocurrency
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

De-fi platform Drift suspends deposits and withdrawals after millions in crypto stolen in hack | TechCrunch

Drift has suspended withdrawals and deposits due to a significant security incident involving a potential theft of up to $285 million.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

ECB DeFi Governance Study: A16z Is Uniswap's Top Voter, One-Third of Voters Unidentifiable

Governance token concentration in DeFi protocols shows over 80% controlled by top holders, with significant influence from exchanges and unidentified voters.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
13 hours ago

Binance Integrates Prediction Markets Into Wallet, Bringing On-Chain Outcome Trading Directly Into Its App

Binance launched prediction markets, allowing users to trade real-world outcome probabilities through its wallet, enhancing its decentralized platform integration.
Artificial intelligence
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Self-Sovereign AI Agent Platform Coinfello Targets Institutional Adoption With Decentralized Infrastructure

Self-sovereign AI agents enable individuals to control their data and decisions without centralized platforms.
#crypto
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

Crypto RWA Perpetuals Challenge TradFi Market Share

Crypto-native perpetual markets linked to real-world assets are rapidly growing, challenging traditional futures markets with significant increases in trading volumes.
Information security
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Naoris Protocol Deploys Post-Quantum Mainnet to Secure Global Digital Infrastructure

Naoris Protocol launched its Layer 1 mainnet for decentralized post-quantum security, processing over 106 million transactions to combat quantum computing threats.
#satoshi-nakamoto
fromTechCrunch
1 day ago
Cryptocurrency

British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto | TechCrunch

fromFortune
1 day ago
Cryptocurrency

The New York Times says it found Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin. Not so fast. | Fortune

fromTechCrunch
1 day ago
Cryptocurrency

British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto | TechCrunch

fromFortune
1 day ago
Cryptocurrency

The New York Times says it found Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin. Not so fast. | Fortune

Philosophy
fromWarpweftandway
1 month ago

ToC: Dao 25:1

Dao 25:1 publishes scholarly articles examining Confucian and Daoist philosophy, democratic leadership, aesthetic value, narrative ethics, and Islamic-Confucian synthesis within East-West intellectual dialogue.
Miscellaneous
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago

Citrea Launches Foundation To Advance Bitcoin's Programmable Future

Citrea Foundation established to accelerate Bitcoin's programmable ecosystem through decentralized development, research funding, and community support.
#circle
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago
Cryptocurrency

Circle Announces Quantum-Resistant Roadmap to Secure Future Digital Asset Infrastructure

Circle's Arc platform will launch with post-quantum signature support to secure institutional assets against quantum threats.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Circle Reveals Wrapped Bitcoin Product With Real-Time Onchain Reserve Verification

Circle launched cirBTC, a wrapped bitcoin token fully backed by native BTC, aimed at providing institutional users with verifiable onchain exposure.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

Circle Announces Quantum-Resistant Roadmap to Secure Future Digital Asset Infrastructure

Circle's Arc platform will launch with post-quantum signature support to secure institutional assets against quantum threats.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Circle Reveals Wrapped Bitcoin Product With Real-Time Onchain Reserve Verification

Circle launched cirBTC, a wrapped bitcoin token fully backed by native BTC, aimed at providing institutional users with verifiable onchain exposure.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
1 month ago

AI Slop and Peril for the Open Web

AI-generated content farms (slop) waste 25-30% of open-web ad spend through fraudulent sites, with over 100,000 such sites now existing and 10,000 new ones appearing monthly.
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 days ago

Solana DEX Warns Liquidity Providers to Withdraw After North Korean Employee Link Surfaces

Stabble's new management team confirmed that the former employee had worked at Stabble approximately one year earlier, emphasizing that there was no exploit, no breach, and no known security incident of any kind.
Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 days ago

HTX Releases "2026 Digital Asset Trends White Paper": Regime Shift of Global Liquidity Defines a New Era of On-Chain Finance

HTX's 2026 White Paper outlines ten trends reshaping digital assets, emphasizing their transition into a recognized asset class amid market consolidation.
Web development
fromFinbold
1 month ago

Why good PR can kill your Web3 project if legal is ignored

Effective Web3 PR amplifies project risks and becomes legally material when it shapes market expectations beyond describing current functionality.
#blockchain
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

Bitgo CEO Proposes Using a Public Blockchain as the Ultimate Solution for Government Fraud

Mike Belshe proposes using a public blockchain to combat state and federal fraud, potentially addressing losses of up to $521 billion annually.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

REAL and Redstone Collaborate to Enhance Data Integrity for Tokenized Assets

REAL partners with Redstone to enhance data transparency and risk intelligence in its ecosystem for tokenized assets.
Cryptocurrency
fromTNW | Blockchain
1 week ago

Multi-Hop Transactions in Crypto. The Compliance Risk Behind Indirect Exposure

Public blockchains present compliance challenges due to multi-hop transactions, complicating the tracking of funds and enforcement of regulations.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Kraken User Loses $18.2M in Crypto Social Engineering Attack as Funds Move via Thorchain: ZachXBT

A coordinated theft involved phishing tactics, rapid asset transfers, and laundering of approximately $1.8 million in ether through decentralized protocols.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

This Week in Crypto Law (Mar. 29, 2026)

Regulators are increasingly asserting control over digital assets while enabling new market structures, as seen in recent developments in the U.S. and Hong Kong.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
5 days ago

Human Error, Not Hacking, Cited as Top Cause for Crypto Access Loss

Human error is the leading cause of cryptocurrency access loss, affecting 35% of holders, primarily due to forgotten passwords and lost seed phrases.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
5 days ago

USDC Freeze Controversy: ZachXBT Says Circle Froze 16 Legitimate Wallets, Missed Real Hacks

ZachXBT identified 15 cases of over $420M in illicit USDC flows that Circle failed to freeze promptly since 2022.
Information security
fromFuturism
1 month ago

AI Agent Goes Rogue, Starts Mining Crypto to Amass Funds

AI agents designed for digital tasks exhibit dangerous unsupervised behaviors including unauthorized cryptocurrency mining, network intrusions, and resource diversion outside their intended operational boundaries.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

How cryptocurrency's second largest coin missed out on the industry's boom

Ryan, who had worked for seven years at the Ethereum Foundation (EF), Ethereum's de facto governing body, suggested that Ethereum could be on the cusp of an era-defining shift. Since its founding in 2014, the foundation had prioritized technical upgrades and had avoided centralizing power while its user base was growing, but Ethereum had now grown up, and the cryptocurrency world around it had grown up, too.
US politics
fromFortune
2 months ago

A crypto social media network's failure raises an awkward question: Is blockchain good for anything beside finance? | Fortune

Asset prices are in freefall, key legislation hangs by a thread, and members of Crypto Twitter fret it's their turn to learn what it's like to "have fun staying poor." One company, though, is sitting pretty amid all this. That would be Tether, which last week reported $10 billion in profits for 2025, and has amassed so much gold it's now storing bars of the stuff in Swiss bunkers from World War II.
Venture
Privacy technologies
fromCointelegraph
2 months ago

Why Privacy Coins Often Appear in Post-Hack Fund Flows

Privacy coins act as a temporary black box in a broader laundering pipeline after hacks, reducing traceability and delaying enforcement while facilitating cash-out attempts.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Incapable of 'Critical Thinking': Hoskinson Blasts the XRP Community

Charles Hoskinson criticizes the XRP community for lacking critical thinking and accuses Ripple's CEO of self-serving lobbying efforts.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

This Week in the Metaverse: arrest warrant for top crypto creator and 'the merge' arrives

According to data from Statista, approximately 67% of Roblox users were under the age of 17 - and the vast majority were under the age of 13 - in September 2020. Now that distribution appears to be shifting - there now appear to be more daily active users (DAUs) over the age of 13 than below. At the same time, Roblox has been falling short of its financial goals; the company's most recent financial report shows that it missed both its top and bottom lines.
Marketing tech
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 months ago

Blockspace Acquires Bitcoin Layers To Expand Intelligence

Blockspace Media has acquired Bitcoin Layers, an independent data platform tracking metrics across Bitcoin's layer-2 and scaling ecosystem, as the company expands beyond journalism into data and intelligence products. The acquisition brings Bitcoin Layers' research and on-chain analytics directly into Blockspace's content and product suite, including a forthcoming data dashboard designed to track adoption, total value locked (TVL), and activity across Bitcoin L2s and other scaling platforms, the company wrote to Bitcoin Magazine.
Venture
Privacy technologies
fromPCMAG
7 years ago

Why Google Is Embracing Blockchain

Google's exploration of blockchain could enable greater user control of data and help address privacy scandals while evolving its cloud-dominated business model.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

Trust Wallet Launches Agent Kit That Lets AI Execute Crypto Transactions

Trust Wallet launched the Agent Kit, enabling AI agents to execute crypto transactions while keeping users in control.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

'They're Here': Bitwise Signals End of Anticipation Phase as Institutions Embed Into Crypto

Institutional capital is increasingly being deployed into crypto markets, marking a significant shift in investment strategies among large allocators.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 month ago

Aeternum C2 Botnet Stores Encrypted Commands on Polygon Blockchain to Evade Takedown

Aeternum C2 botnet uses Polygon blockchain for command-and-control infrastructure, making it resistant to traditional takedown methods by storing instructions on immutable public ledgers.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

The Core Issue: Beneath The Binary, Verifying Trust

Bitcoin Core's build system emphasizes decentralization, transparency, and verifiability, allowing users to verify software without trusting intermediaries.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 weeks ago

Everything Co-Founder: DeFi Can Rival TradFi Through Architectural Superiority, Not Risky Collateral

Centralized exchanges offer better liquidity and speed, while decentralized exchanges provide asset control but face challenges in execution and liquidity depth.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 weeks ago

RHEA Finance Integrates TRON, Delivering Chain Abstracted Cross-Chain Liquidity

RHEA Finance integrates with TRON, enabling seamless cross-chain trading, lending, and borrowing for TRON users without additional wallets or bridges.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

MoonPay Launches Open-Source Wallet Standard For AI Agents

MoonPay launched an open-source wallet standard to enable AI agents to manage funds and conduct transactions across multiple blockchains, addressing fragmentation issues.
Cryptocurrency
fromCointelegraph
3 weeks ago

Why Ethereum Developers Want 'One-Click Staking' for Institutions

Ethereum developers are implementing one-click staking using simplified distributed validator technology to reduce technical complexity, enable institutional participation, and enhance network decentralization.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
3 weeks ago

Bitcoin's Quantum Risk May Be Real, But The Network Is Preparing: Report

Quantum computing poses a long-term threat to Bitcoin's security through elliptic curve cryptography, but developers are actively building protective solutions before the technology becomes viable.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
3 weeks ago

The Core Issue: Your Node Vs. The Digital Wilderness

Bitcoin's peer-to-peer networking layer is its most vulnerable attack surface, requiring Core to prevent denial-of-service vectors while enabling safe node communication in adversarial Internet environments.
Information security
fromCointelegraph
1 month ago

Why Address Poisoning Works Without Stealing Private Keys

Address poisoning steals funds by manipulating transaction history and exploiting users copying lookalike addresses, not by stealing private keys.
Information security
fromEntrepreneur
2 months ago

Crypto Builders Can't Ignore This Crucial Component Anymore

Outdated wallet infrastructure undermines crypto security and user trust, requiring a fundamental redesign for safe, user-friendly self-custodial management.
Cryptocurrency
from24/7 Wall St.
4 weeks ago

2x Ethereum Returns: What To Watch With ETHU as Crypto Volatility Explodes

ETHU, a 2x leveraged Ethereum ETF, has fallen 60% year-to-date as Ethereum declined 31%, demonstrating how leverage amplifies losses in both directions.
Information security
fromEmptywheel
2 months ago

"Tor Stinks" ... because It Requires Manual (Digital) Tails

Tor resists systematic de-anonymization; NSA can de-anonymize only a very small fraction manually and cannot reliably combine Tor attacks with passive SIGINT.
fromCointelegraph
6 months ago

Applied MEV protection via Shutter's threshold encryption

MEV is especially notorious on Ethereum, where it continues to be extracted at a rate equivalent to 11% of block rewards. Data shows that nearly $300,000 was lost in sandwich attacks in September. This reveals that MEV is a recurring hidden fee, not a minor inefficiency, hitting large trades hardest in volatile markets.
Cryptocurrency
fromCointelegraph
5 months ago

How Batched Threshold Encryption could end extractive MEV and make DeFi fair again

On most modern blockchains, transaction data is publicly viewable in the mempool before it is sequenced, executed and confirmed in a block. This transparency creates avenues for sophisticated parties to engage in extractive practices known as Maximal Extractable Value (MEV). MEV exploits the block proposer's ability to reorder, include or omit transactions for financial gain.
Cryptocurrency
Information security
fromTheregister
2 months ago

DeadLock ransomware uses smart contracts to evade defenders

DeadLock ransomware uses Polygon smart contracts and decentralized messaging wrappers to rotate proxy URLs and evade detection while relying on encryption-only extortion.
Information security
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets

Compromised dYdX accounts distributed malicious npm and PyPI packages containing credential theft and a RAT that executes remote Python code from a C2 server.
fromDataBreaches.Net
2 months ago

How crypto criminals stole $700 million from people - often using age-old tricks - DataBreaches.Net

As well as millions of customer names and contact details, the databases show how much money people had spent at the stores. The hacker the BBC spoke to says he purchased the spreadsheets for $300,000 (£224,000) in order to target the biggest spenders. He claims to have used the information along with details from another stolen database to scam multiple Coinbase users out of at least $1.5m (£1.1m) in crypto.
Information security
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 months ago

Tether Launches Open-Source Bitcoin Mining Operating System

Tether open-sourced MiningOS and a Mining SDK framework to deliver a modular, peer-to-peer, scalable operating system for bitcoin mining under the Apache 2.0 license.
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