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Binance, the world's biggest crypto exchange, was hacked, and around $100 million worth of Binance Coin was stolen, CEO says
The current impact estimate is around $100 million, about "a quarter of the last BNB burn," the CEO…
Nidhi Pandurangi
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The US network of bitcoin ATMs is vulnerable to hacks, according to crypto exchange Kraken
Bitcoin ATMs may seem like a safe proposition, but a report by crypto exchange Kraken showed the ne…
Camomile Shumba
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The hacker behind the biggest heist in crypto is now refusing to return the remaining funds
The USDT account the attacker is referring to has $33 million in stablecoins. Tether has fro…
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'Crypto couple' husband confesses to being the original Bitfinex hacker during plea hearing
Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder the stolen cryptocurrency, and even admit…
Michelle Mark
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A crypto hacker just pulled off one of the largest heists in history, swiping $625 million in tokens
"We are working with law enforcement officials, forensic cryptographers, and our investors to make …
Phil Rosen
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Hacker behind $610 million crypto hack conducts AMA — claims returning the money was always ‘a part of the plan’
The hacker behind the largest decentralised finance (DeFi) breach yet, claims he only stole $610 mi…
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Cryptocurrency hacks and fraud are on track for a record number of incidents in 2021, data shows
$19.2 billion has been stolen through breaches and fraud in the last 10 years, said Crypto Head in …
Carla Mozée
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Over $600 million has been stolen from DeFi platform Poly Network in one of the biggest crypto heists of all time - but the hacker has returned some of the cash already
The hacker appeared to be returning part of their loot to Poly Network after saying they would do s…
Sophie Kiderlin
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Axie Infinity's owner vows to reimburse victims of $600 million theft after a hacker pulled off one of the largest crypto heists in history
Users who lost tokens during the massive Ronin Network crypto heist will be reimbursed, according t…
Phil Rosen
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Solana is the latest target of a crypto hack just days after nearly $200 million was swiped in the Nomad bridge heist
Nearly $1 billion has been lost to crypto heists targeting bridges this year. Solana became the lat…
Brian Evans
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The 'crypto couple' is set to plead guilty to $4.5 billion bitcoin heist. Here's how the saga unfolded.
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, a couple known for walking a leashed Bengal cat, are set to p…
Michelle Mark
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Crypto exchange Binance ends derivatives trading and other offerings in South Africa
Binance will cease offering futures, options, margin, and leveraged trading in South Africa. Users …
Isabelle Lee
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Cryptocurrencies take a beating along with tech stocks, as Facebook earnings hit metaverse tokens and a blockchain hack hits solana and other DeFi coins
Meta's shares plunged 20% in premarket trading, dragging tech and social media stocks lower, while …
Adam Morgan McCarthy
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Inside BlackRock's long journey toward crypto adoption
BlackRock's embrace of digital assets didn't happen overnight. Here's why it's been years in the ma…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Here's why recent moves by the SEC and CFTC may be just the start of crypto's regulatory troubles
High-profile events like the crash of FTX and the implosion of TerraUSD earlier last year have made…
Morgan Chittum
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Man pleads guilty to hacking Elon Musk's and Joe Biden's Twitter accounts in bitcoin scam
Joseph James O'Connor was part of a group that hijacked several high-profile Twitter accounts in 20…
Pete Syme
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More than $120 million of a crypto firm's assets were moved to an unknown address - weeks after its CEO disappeared, report says
Multichain, a cross-chain router, said assets were moved to an unknown address "abnormally" and rec…
Zahra Tayeb
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Ray Dalio's world-leading hedge fund Bridgewater plans to back a crypto fund for the 1st time: report
"They're planning on having a small slug of their fund deployed directly into digital assets," one …
Shalini Nagarajan
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New iCloud phishing scam could drain users’ MetaMask crypto wallets
Crypto wallet MetaMask is warning its community of users about possible phishing attacks through Ap…
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Germany seizes $25 million in bitcoin as it shuts down a Russian-language darknet marketplace for illegal drugs
Roughly 17 million customers and more than 19,000 seller accounts were registered on the Hydra dark…