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Reports on what's happening in DeFi, crypto markets and NFTs. Every story names its sources and carries a date. Where we have a connection to a company, we say so at the top.

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Security

Gnosis Pay Breach Exposes Card Numbers, Home Addresses and Linked Crypto Wallets

Robert Stone9 Nov 2026
Scams

Pennsylvania Police Warn of Fake Sheriff Calls Demanding Bitcoin for Missed Jury Duty

Robert Stone7 Nov 2026
Crime

Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.47 Million in Crypto From 35 FBI Cases

Robert Stone7 Nov 2026
Scams

FATF Traces More Than $100 Million From Scam Victims to One Compound's Crypto Wallets, and Says the First 72 Hours Count

Robert Stone6 Nov 2026
Security

Chainalysis Breach Widens: Password Hashes and Live Tokens Exposed for All Users

Robert Stone6 Nov 2026
Regulation

France Votes to Make Holders Report Self-Custody Crypto Over €100,000, in the Country With the Most Crypto Kidnappings

Robert Stone5 Nov 2026
Security

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa Confirms the Cyberattack Behind a Crypto Theft of $100 Million or More

Robert Stone5 Nov 2026
Security

$106 Million Crypto Theft Hits an EU Firm's Exchange Accounts, and Part of It Is Now in Monero

Robert Stone4 Nov 2026
Security

Binance SAFU Fund Is Half Spent After the Hack, and There's No Refill Date

Robert Stone4 Nov 2026
Security

Mercado Bitcoin Hack: About $40 Million Drained From Hot Wallets, and the Exchange Says It Will Pay

Robert Stone3 Nov 2026
Security

FBI Says North Korea's TraderTraitor Hacked Binance: How That Group Usually Gets In

Robert Stone3 Nov 2026
Scam Alert

BG Wealth SEC Lawsuit: How a $130 Million Crypto Scheme Used SEC Filings to Look Legit

Robert Stone30 Oct 2026
Scam of the Week

The Fake FTC Call That Tells You What to Search For

Robert Stone30 Oct 2026
Scam Alert

Anthropic Pre-IPO Shares Offer? How the Scam Pitches Around Its IPO Work

Robert Stone30 Oct 2026
Security

Binance Hack: About $6.3 Billion Hit, Withdrawals Paused, and What Users Should Do

Robert Stone30 Oct 2026
Exchanges

Datavault AI Can't Withdraw Its Bitcoin From Biconomy. Here's What That Means

Robert Stone29 Oct 2026
Scam Alert

Fake Google Support Crypto Scam: Thief Who Posed as Google and Trezor Gets 25 Months

Robert Stone29 Oct 2026
Security

Coinbase Data Breach Email? What the Amplitude Vendor Leak Means for You

Robert Stone28 Oct 2026
Scam Alert

Dating Site Crypto Scam: US Charges 6 Over Wallets Drained From Madagascar

Robert Stone28 Oct 2026
Stablecoins

Why Is the OCC Asking Community Banks to Issue Stablecoins?

Robert Stone27 Oct 2026
Stablecoins

USDT Is Coming Back to Bitcoin. Here's What Changes, and When

Robert Stone27 Oct 2026
Scam Alert

AI Voices Now Talk Like People. Here's How to Beat the Scam Calls

Robert Stone27 Oct 2026
Crypto Crime

Man Accused of Laundering $36.9 Million for Cambodian Scam Centers Is Extradited to the US

Robert Stone25 Oct 2026
Wallet Safety

Electrum Users Told to Update After Rogue Servers Redirected Bitcoin Payments

Robert Stone25 Oct 2026
Bitcoin Security

Could AI Crack Bitcoin's Locks? What Both Sides Say

Robert Stone24 Oct 2026
Crypto Crime

Initia Freezes Its Network After a $2.6 Million Minting Exploit

Robert Stone24 Oct 2026
Wallet Safety

Railway Breach Linked to About $371,000 Drained From Crypto Wallets

Robert Stone24 Oct 2026
Exchange Risk

CoinDCX and On-Chain Investigators Dispute Where $16 Million Came From

Robert Stone23 Oct 2026
Wallet Safety

Trust Wallet, BNB Chain and PancakeSwap Say PHP2Shell Doesn't Touch Them

Robert Stone23 Oct 2026
Crypto Crime

Justice Department Lists $938 Million in Scam Crypto Restrained

Robert Stone22 Oct 2026
Scam Alert

PHP Patches Two Critical Flaws Nicknamed PHP2Shell

Robert Stone22 Oct 2026
Crypto Crime

Drift Hacker Sends $61 Million in Ether Into Tornado Cash

Robert Stone21 Oct 2026
Wallet Safety

Solana Switches On Alpenglow, a New Way to Confirm Transactions

Robert Stone21 Oct 2026
Payments

Visa and Mesh Want Your Crypto Wallet to Pay Like a Card. It Isn't Live Yet.

Robert Stone20 Oct 2026
Wallet Safety

Fake Ledger Updates and Letters Are Out. Here's How to Spot Them.

Robert Stone20 Oct 2026
Investing

Schwab Now Sells Bitcoin and Ether to All Eligible Clients. It Isn't SIPC-Protected.

Robert Stone19 Oct 2026
Wallet Safety

Qubic Wallets Drained Through Weak Seeds. Check Where You Made Yours.

Robert Stone19 Oct 2026
Exchanges

Bitget Is Closing Some Accounts. If You Got the Notice, Here's What to Do.

Robert Stone18 Oct 2026
Crypto Crime

HEX Founder Richard Heart Arrested in Istanbul. What Holders Need to Know Now.

Robert Stone18 Oct 2026
Scams

Brooklyn and the FBI Pulled the Plug on 241 Crypto Scam Sites. The Scammers Came Back as "Recovery" Agents.

Robert Stone17 Oct 2026
Wallet Safety

A Task Scammer Lost 60 Bitcoin to the Ledger Reseller Thieves. Here's What It Tells You.

Robert Stone17 Oct 2026
NFTs

Liquid Apes Whitelist Closes Today. The Mint Is Next.

Robert Stone16 Oct 2026
Markets

$487 Million Left US Bitcoin ETFs in One Day. Not One Fund Took Money In.

Robert Stone16 Oct 2026
Stablecoins

Samsung Wallet Is Adding USDC Dollars for US Galaxy Phones. Here's the Catch.

Robert Stone15 Oct 2026
Wallet Safety

About $86 Million Drained From Wallets Bought Through One Ledger Reseller

Robert Stone15 Oct 2026
Scams

If Someone Sends You to a Bitcoin ATM With a QR Code, It's a Scam. Every Time.

Robert Stone15 Oct 2026
Scams

Microsoft's X Account Was Hijacked to Push a "Clippy" Token. Here's the Playbook.

Robert Stone15 Oct 2026
Liquid

Anon NFTs Is Adding Liquidity Every Day for a Year, and Publishing the Receipts

Robert Stone3 Oct 2026
Liquid

Liquid Switches On Revenue Claims for Genesis and Alpha Holders. Top-Ups Land on the 1st.

Robert Stone30 Sept 2026
NFTs

Liquid Apes: Whitelist Closes 16 October, Then the Mint. And It Took Over a Magazine on the Way.

Robert Stone30 Sept 2026
Crypto

The Big Crypto Giveaway Goes Loud. The Campaign Is Called "Don't Tell Karen".

Robert Stone30 Sept 2026
NFTs

Liquid Apes Drops 10,000 Free "Worthless" NFTs on OpenSea. One in Ten Wins a Whitelist Spot.

Robert Stone25 Sept 2026

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