Hacker Prints $2.7M in Crypto as Initia Blockchain Halts
A hacker exploited a previously unknown bug in Initia's blockchain infrastructure on October 23, 2026, minting and bridging out roughly $2.7 million in digital assets before the network's val
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Argentina drops Milei probe over $99M LIBRA meme coin scandal
Argentina has dropped its criminal investigation into President Javier Milei and his sister, Karina Milei, over their alleged links to a crypto scandal. Federal judge Marcelo Martínez de Gior
Hacker Mints $2.7M in Crypto as Initia Blockchain Halts
A hacker reportedly minted $2.7 million in unauthorized crypto on the Initia blockchain, forcing the network to halt operations entirely. The incident raises urgent questions about how the pr
Stellar News Today: Old SDKs May Break Before Vote, Where Is XLM Now?
Stellar News Today: Old SDKs May Break Before Nov 3 Vote As of October 24, 2026, Stellar news today is a developer warning rather than a price move, and it stands out in crypto news today. Bu
PHP2Shell attacks surge as Potassium botnet targets vulnerable servers
“viable and very serious.” — John Hultquist, Google, quoted by The Record. Why a DDoS botnet worries hosting and crypto operators The wider threat is already substantial. Cloudflare recorded
Glamsterdam fork on Hoodi cancelled: how to check whether your Ethereum staking is affected
The test fork that Ethereum developers had been working towards since early October is not happening. On October 22, the core developers cancelled the activation of the Glamsterdam upgrade on
Sophon names November 25 as its withdrawal deadline: what happens to your tokens now?
Sophon is shutting down its Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, and anyone still holding a balance there has to get it out by November 25, according to the project. After that, infrastructure and we
Coinbase Ireland accepts a 3.25 million euro fine and admits the breaches: “We have no tolerance for weaknesses in safeguarding arrangements...
The Central Bank of Ireland has fined Coinbase Ireland Limited 3,252,618 euros. The reason: between November 1, 2020 and August 19, 2025 the company breached its duties to safeguard client fu
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Caps Gains to Cushion Losses
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF reported a net asset value of $45.98 on October 23, 2026, slipping $0.05 or 0.10% for the day, as Bitcoin itself traded around $80,874 with a 24-hour dec
SEC Puts Tokenized Securities and ‘Super Intelligence’ on Its FY2027 Exam Agenda
Every autumn, the people who run compliance programs at fund shops, broker-dealers, and clearing houses read the same document and ask the same question: where is the examiner pointing next?
Chamath Says AI Could Hack Bitcoin and Send It to Zero
Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya has issued a long-term warning that artificial intelligence could eventually compromise Bitcoin's cryptographic security and send its price
k0t campaign exposes 70,000 credentials and possible ransomware access pipeline
Group-IB and NyxLab discovered more than 70,000 network credentials linked to a campaign by cyber threat group k0t. However, the hackers did not only steal account credentials. They also crea