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Three Things to Know A suspected Binance hack left one attacker address holding a large Ether stash that no issuer can freeze. Ether trades below both its 50-day and 200-day averages, and sel
Three Things to Know A security breach at Binance triggered more than $1.5 billion in crypto liquidations, most of them bullish bets. XRP is sliding without a strong trend, while sellers firm
Casa’s Jameson Lopp warned on Thursday about a new phishing scam that sends fake emails through Google’s own systems. Crypto holders face the biggest risk from this scam due to the use of fak
Summary Trezor urged CryptoBilis customers to transfer cryptocurrency into new wallets following reports of suspected hardware implants in Safe 5 devices. The suspected implant reportedly con
Ethereum fees spiked to the highest levels since April, showing a sudden burst of activity in the ecosystem in the aftermath of the Binance hack. Decentralized trading and MEV bot fees were t
TL;DR Binance estimates that approximately $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency was affected after attackers allegedly exploited access through a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop. The company i
TLDR Polymarket restored trading on its international platform after a security breach at a third-party vendor on October 29. Bubblemaps estimates about $2.7 million was stolen from roughly 7
The cryptocurrency market has been rocked by reports of a staggering $6.3 billion security breach involving Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, sending shockwaves through th
TLDR HTX, formerly Huobi, has left the UK after settling the FCA’s case over illegal crypto promotions. UK users can no longer deposit, trade, or open new accounts on the exchange. Eligible u
North Korea is behind the Binance hack of 29 October 2026, according to two leading blockchain investigators. TRM Labs attributes the attack with high confidence to TraderTraitor, a North Kor
The Remittix Presale is approaching its planned November 24 launch, but fresh Binance hack fears are testing crypto investor confidence. With reported fundraising above $33 million, RTX buyer
TLDR TRM Labs linked the $6.3 billion Binance hack to North Korea’s TraderTraitor unit, part of the Lazarus Group. Most stolen funds moved across ten blockchains in about 20 minutes on Octobe
