Category: Security

ASIC Drops $9.3M Hammer on Qoin Wallet Issuer; Bans BPS Financial for 10 Years

Federal Court orders BPS Financial to pay AUD 14M and imposes a decade-long ban, citing 'serious and unlawful misconduct' regarding...
4 weeks ago Cryptocurrency, Security

60% of Major US Banks Build Bitcoin Services as Adoption Hits “Point of No Return”

River's latest audit confirms 14 of the top 25 US banks are developing direct Bitcoin trading or custody, signaling the...
4 weeks ago Security

Viral AI Assistant ‘Clawdbot’ Exposes 1,000+ Users via Plaintext Vulnerability

Security researchers find over 1,000 exposed Clawdbot instances, revealing plaintext storage of API keys and private chats.
4 weeks ago Cryptocurrency, Security

US Marshals Contractor Linked to $40M Govt Crypto Theft; ‘Digital Fort Knox’ Breached

A $40M theft from US government wallets, allegedly by a contractor's son, undermines the 'Strategic Bitcoin Reserve' narrative.
4 weeks ago Cryptocurrency, Security

US Marshals Contractor Linked to $40M Crypto Theft in ‘Digital Fort Knox’ Breach

A Telegram flex by a contractor’s son reportedly exposed a $40M hole in the US government’s crypto custody, undermining the...

Vitalik Buterin Declares 2026 ‘Year of Sovereign Compute’; Targets Big Tech

Ethereum's co-founder outlines a roadmap to replace Google and OpenAI with a "sovereign stack" powered by zkEVMs and local AI.
4 weeks ago Cryptocurrency, Security

US Marshals Probe Alleged $40M Theft of Seized Crypto by Contractor’s Son

On-chain sleuth ZachXBT links a $40M drain of US government seizure wallets to the son of a federal contractor, exposing...
4 weeks ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Foundry USA Hashrate Plummets 60% as Winter Storm ‘Fern’ Batters US Grid

The world's largest mining pool took 200 EH/s offline to stabilize the US power grid during Winter Storm Fern, pushing...
4 weeks ago Cryptocurrency, Security

Bitcoin Hashrate Plunges as Winter Storm ‘Fernan’ Forces US Miners Offline

Foundry USA lost 60% of its hashrate as US miners curtailed power to support strained grids during Winter Storm Fernan.
4 weeks ago Cryptocurrency, Security

420,000 Binance Logins Exposed in 149M Record ‘Infostealer’ Dump

A 96 GB database discovered by Jeremiah Fowler exposes 149 million credentials, including 420,000 Binance logins harvested by infostealer malware.