Crypto investors were fleeced of almost a billion dollars in the first half of 2026, and the industry’s favorite comfort blanket did little to stop it. Security research house ack3 has verified 135 exploits between January and June, with $939.86m in attributed losses, averaging $6.96m each time the alarm sounded. The firm has published its…
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says hardware wallets can still have bugs and suggests spreading funds across multiple wallets after the major Coldcard security failure.
Texas broke its all-time electricity demand record twice in two days last week. ERCOT served a preliminary 91,308 megawatts around 5 p.m. on July 22, one day after demand hit 87,403 megawatts and erased the 85,508-megawatt mark that had stood since Aug. 10, 2023. Neither afternoon saw an appeal for energy conservation, and the system…
Coinbase told investors on Thursday that 88% of its second-quarter net revenue came from something other than Bitcoin spot trading. The same release reported a $359.5 million net loss under US accounting rules, the company’s third consecutive losing quarter. Both numbers describe the same three months. Taken together, they get closer to the truth about…
One of the most recognizable and well-known figures in the cryptocurrency space has displayed a somewhat controversial approach to his Ethereum investments over the past few months. The most recent data shared by Lookonchain doubled down on his sporadic approach, as he had realized another loss. The analytics resource informed that the former BitMEX CEO…
The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week with five proposed amendments, including two revised features that were previously withdrawn after researchers found bugs that could have allowed unauthorized transactions or fee draining.
Galaxy Research said weak seed generation let an attacker recreate likely private keys offline, sweep more than 1,000 BTC from nearly 1,200 wallets and continue searching without ever accessing the devices.
Bitcoin tried but failed at $65,000 on several occasions in the past week, and there are now multiple and different signals suggesting that another leg down is on the cards. From war escalation to ETF withdrawals, let’s dive in. Macro Factors Let’s start with the Wednesday developments on US soil when the central bank decided…
The broader crypto market posted some much-needed gains in July, and Ripple’s cross-border token extended a very impressive streak that began in 2020. However, the new month is already here, and the past four Augusts weren’t very bullish for the asset. Can XRP defy its painful August performance, or is another leg down looming? 7…