Bitfinex Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Released After 14 Months; Credits Trump’s First Step Act
Convicted Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein is out after serving 14 months of a 5-year sentence, citing the 2018 First Step...
Crypto Phishing Losses Plunge 83% in 2025; New EIP-7702 Exploits Emerge
Losses fell to $83.85 million in 2025 from nearly $500 million the prior year, though the Pectra upgrade opened new...
Trump Confirms Maduro Capture by Delta Force; Bitcoin Slides Below $90K
Bitcoin loses $90k support as Trump confirms US Delta Force operators captured Venezuelan President Maduro in a predawn raid.
Bitcoin Surrenders $90K as Trump Confirms US Strikes in Venezuela
Bitcoin plunged below $90,000 in minutes after President Trump confirmed US military strikes in Venezuela and the capture of Nicolas...
Binance Delists FLOW/BTC Pair Days After Protocol Claims ‘KYC Failure’ at Unnamed Exchange
Binance removes FLOW/BTC and flags the token for high risk, days after Flow blamed an 'unnamed exchange' for facilitating a...
Bitfinex Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early; Credits Trump’s First Step Act
The Bitfinex hacker served less than 14 months of his five-year sentence, citing the 2018 First Step Act for his...
Silent Alarm: ZachXBT Flags ‘Mystery’ Drainer Siphoning EVM Wallets
Hundreds of EVM wallets are being drained in a 'low and slow' attack with no confirmed root cause, alerting security...
Iran State Arms Exporter ‘Mindex’ Formalizes Crypto Payments for Ballistic Missiles
Iran's Mindex agency now openly accepts crypto for missile and drone exports, explicitly citing "sanctions circumvention" in its official FAQs.
Iran’s Mindex Lists Ballistic Missiles for Crypto in Sanctions Defiance
Iran’s defense export agency Mindex is now accepting cryptocurrency for ballistic missiles and drones, marking a formal state-level bypass of...
Trader ‘Vida’ Nets $1.5M Exploiting $26M Binance Order Book Glitch
A structural failure in Binance's order book allowed one trader to turn a $26 million 'charity bid' into a seven-figure...