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BounceBit to Sunset Its Blockchain, Migrate to BNB Chain After $3 Million Exploit

BounceBit is retiring its standalone blockchain after a $3 million exploit drained 286.5 million BB tokens from nine wallets, opting to migrate to BNB Chain…

August 21, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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MANTRA Chain Halts Network Amid Unspecified Incident, OM Token Slides 9.9%

MANTRA Chain froze block production and all transactions Thursday while investigating an unspecified incident, with OM sliding to $0.004406 as exchanges were told to pause…

August 21, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Coldcard Bitcoin Hack Losses Confirmed at $115 Million as Bug Traced to Old Code Flaw

Galaxy Research confirms $115 million in bitcoin stolen through a Coldcard firmware bug that went unnoticed since 2021, with at least 15 attackers exploiting the…

August 18, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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SafePal Says Order Data of Nearly 40,000 Customers Was Exposed in Plug-In Flaw

SafePal disclosed an authorization flaw in an order-tracking plug-in exposed the names, addresses and purchase details of 39,798 customers, the third wallet-industry security incident in…

August 16, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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French tax data breach exposes 678,000 people, fueling crypto ‘wrench attack’ fears

A hacker is selling personal and financial records tied to 678,437 French taxpayers, giving physical attackers a ready-made target list in the country already leading…

August 14, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Trezor Shipping Partner Breach Exposes Data of Nearly 14,000 Customers

A breach at Trezor's shipping partner ShipMonk exposed personal data of roughly 13,700 hardware wallet customers across seven countries, with Trezor warning affected users face…

August 13, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

Security

Harmony Confirms Exploit After Attacker Mints 4 Billion ONE Tokens

Harmony confirmed a network exploit after an attacker allegedly minted 4 billion unauthorized ONE tokens, crashing the token's price and prompting exchange freezes and a…

August 12, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

Security

Ravencoin Hits Record Low as Mining Pools Race to Reverse Network Exploit

Ravencoin (RVN) dropped to a record low after a consensus-layer exploit let vulnerable nodes accept invalid blocks, with two mining pools now forcing a chain…

August 12, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Fugitive ‘Pig Butchering’ Boss Sentenced to 20 Years in Absentia Over $73M Scam

Daren Li receives a statutory maximum 20-year sentence for laundering $73M in victim funds, despite fleeing U.S. custody in December.

February 10, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

Cryptocurrencies

Vitalik Buterin Counters Solana’s AGI ‘Arms Race’ With Defensive Ethereum Roadmap

Vitalik Buterin challenges the 'accelerationist' AI narrative, positioning Ethereum as the verification layer for the agent economy via ERC-8004.

February 10, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments