Ledger probes potential theft of up to $87M in user funds tied to a crypto wallet reseller
Hardware wallet maker Ledger is investigating reports that tampered devices from a reseller allowed attackers to drain roughly $86-87 million, raising supply-ch
Decrypt News · +2 outlets
Bitcoin falls to $80,000 as crypto longs lose over $1.09 billion in forced liquidations
A sharp selloff roughly a year after the October 2025 crash wiped out more than $1 billion in leveraged long positions, with ether liquidations outpacing bitcoi
BigGo Finance · +9 outlets
XRP Ledger patched a decade-old bug that could have created billions of dollars of XRP
The fix addressed a flaw that could have minted XRP from nothing, a reminder of consensus and code risks in long-running public ledgers.
CoinDesk · +11 outlets
ESMA gives EU crypto platforms three months to drop non-MiCA stablecoins such as USDT
The deadline forces European exchanges to delist stablecoins that lack MiCA authorization, with Tether's USDT the largest token affected.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin rebounds to about $82,000 after Trump rules out an Iran strike before midterms
Geopolitical de-escalation and a drop in oil prices lifted crypto off its lows, though bearish positioning left leveraged traders exposed to further liquidation
CoinDesk · +11 outlets
Mashinsky hit with $35M penalty and permanent industry ban in NY settlement
New York's attorney general secured up to $35 million and a lifetime ban from the former Celsius CEO, adding to the fallout from the lender's 2022 collapse.
CoinDesk · +6 outlets
Blockchain.com seeks CFTC approval for US prediction markets and crypto derivatives
The exchange filed for licenses to offer event contracts and crypto derivatives, adding to a wave of firms angling to enter the regulated US prediction-market b
Decrypt · +13 outlets
CFTC moves to fold event contracts into swaps regulation as legal fight continues
The proposed rulemaking would subject prediction-market event contracts to swaps oversight, deepening the regulatory standoff with platforms such as Kalshi.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Ether liquidations hit six times bitcoin's rate in crypto's $1 billion flush
Despite having about a fifth of bitcoin's market cap, ETH futures bore the brunt of the forced selling, highlighting elevated leverage in ether derivatives.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Thailand's SEC approves spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs for the Stock Exchange of Thailand
The approval opens domestic listed crypto ETF access in a Southeast Asian market, extending the year's global ETF rollout beyond the US and Hong Kong.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Zcash developers target January for quantum-resistant payments after 'bunker mode' scare
The privacy coin's team set a timeline for post-quantum upgrades as researchers and developers debate whether AI-assisted attacks could break current encryption
CoinDesk · +6 outlets
US government moves $1 billion in bitcoin seized from the Bitfinex hack, with no sign of a sale
On-chain transfers of government-held BTC tied to the 2016 exchange hack drew market attention, though no exchange deposit indicated an imminent liquidation.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Vitalik Buterin and researchers warn AI may break crypto encryption before quantum computers
The Ethereum co-founder and a researcher argued that advances in AI could shorten the window for migrating wallets and blockchains to post-quantum cryptography,
Decrypt News · +14 outlets
Samsung taps Solana and Sui for zero-fee USDC remittances on 82 million phones
Preinstalled stablecoin remittance functionality on a mass-market handset line is a notable consumer distribution step for crypto payments.
CoinDesk · +11 outlets
Senate Democrat presses Cantor Fitzgerald over Tether ties and Lutnick family profits
The inquiry examines whether the brokerage's relationship with the stablecoin issuer created conflicts of interest for a cabinet-level official's family.
Decrypt News · +7 outlets
Trump-linked WLFI entities sue BitGo for $141 million over early token sales
The dispute centers on token sales made before a broader deal, marking a rare public legal fight between a politically connected DeFi venture and a major custod
CoinDesk · +4 outlets
Solana prepares to halve block times with final 200-millisecond upgrade
The change targets faster finality and higher throughput as Solana competes for trading and payment workloads.
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Securitize launches tokenized US stocks on Solana, plans NYSE and OKXICE trading
Tokenized shares of Nvidia, Apple and Amazon are part of a push to bring equity exposure on-chain, with the firm also outlining plans for more venues.
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