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$106 Million Suspected Stolen From EU Entity as Funds Flow Into Monero: ZachXBT
ZachXBT published 11 addresses and a TRM Labs graph tracing $106M suspected stolen from an EU entity toward Monero and a Tron bridge.
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Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin Freezes Deposits and Withdrawals Due to Ongoing Security Incident, Losses Estimated Near $40 Million
Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil's largest exchange, froze deposits and withdrawals during a security incident; the loss amount is not yet confirmed.
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Trade.xyz Tells Users Not to Click Its Documentation Links While It Probes GitBook Incident
Trade.xyz warned users not to click its GitBook documentation links while it investigates an incident; docs were restored but the cause is unexplained.
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Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals Over Security Incident as Hypernative Flags $40 Million Drain
Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin halted withdrawals after a security incident; Hypernative attributes over $40M in outflows to it, while the exchange says no clients lost money.
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Binance Reopens Withdrawals as Hack Recovery Enters Second Week
Binance reopened withdrawals after its $6.3B North Korea hack, covering 95% of losses with reserves for the rest.
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Mercado Bitcoin Keeps Withdrawals Suspended, Identifies Incident Wallets
Mercado Bitcoin keeps withdrawals suspended and links the incident to destination wallets receiving funds; customers report no losses.
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Binance taps half its SAFU Bitcoin holdings, releases reserve proof
Binance moved 7,499 BTC out of its SAFU fund wallet, leaving about 7,500 BTC, with no timeline to restore the $1B fund.
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Binance hackers begin swapping stolen Solana tokens for Bitcoin: Chainalysis
Chainalysis reports hackers started converting the $6.3B Binance theft from stolen Solana tokens into Bitcoin, and Gate froze two linked accounts.
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ZachXBT Flags Suspected $106 Million-Plus Theft From EU Entity
ZachXBT flags a suspected $106M-plus theft from an EU entity, with funds laundered via ETH swaps, Monero and bridges.
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XRP Ledger set to fix flaw that could let stablecoin partners print new tokens
An XRP Ledger amendment fixes a flaw that could let stablecoin partners mint unauthorized tokens; activation is set for Wednesday.
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Core Fork Recovers 68.15 Million CORE After b14g Hack
Core fork recovered about 70% of 68.15M CORE stolen in the b14g hack, but users have not been repaid and no claims process is open.
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BTCPay Tells Merchants to Switch Off Servers Amid Hot Wallet Attack Reports
BTCPay tells merchants to shut servers running 2.4.1 and older after attacks on hot wallets, days after an emergency fix.
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No proof of AI in North Korean hackers move of stolen Binance funds
Elliptic's tracking of the Binance hack funds finds scripted behavior rather than AI agents, so the AI-agent angle is unsupported.
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Elliptic Flags First Bitcoin Mixing of Binance Hack Proceeds
Elliptic traced roughly 12,000 wallets across 11 chains and reports the first Bitcoin mixing of Binance hack proceeds, with $3.24B still linked.
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Trezor lifts password ceiling after Coldcard’s $100M wallet thefts
Trezor raised its password limit after the July Coldcard attacks that cost about $100M, showing how passphrase strength protected some users.
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BTCPay Server Reports No Wallet Drains on Latest Release After Asking Merchants to Go Offline
BTCPay Server says an admin-login attack hit instances before 2.4.2 and reports no drains on the latest release.
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Wallet-Drainer Attack on DeFi Front Ends Traces to Name.com, With Cause Still Unclear
Wallet-drainer attack redirected DeFi front ends such as Flap, Kintsu and Origami, traced toward Name.com with cause still disputed.
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FBI Blames North Korea for $6B Binance Hack as Exchange Reopens Withdrawals
FBI attributes the $6B Binance hack to North Korea as Binance reopens withdrawals after $3.64B in net outflows in 9.5 hours.
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Live updates: Binance records $6 billion outflows after starting withdrawals, less then 4% of total holdings
Binance recorded about $6B in outflows after reopening withdrawals, under 4% of holdings, following the $6.3B theft.
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Why stealing billions from a crypto exchange can be harder to stop than a bank theft
Analysis of why exchanges can be harder to protect than banks, using the $6.3B Binance breach as the case.
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Binance Attacker Splits $292 Million in XRP Across Six Wallets
Binance attacker split $292M in XRP across six wallets, and native XRP cannot be frozen, so exchanges are the interception point.
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BTCPay Links Hot-Wallet Drains to Versions 2.4.1 and Older
BTCPay says hot-wallet drains trace to versions 2.4.1 and older; operators should update to 2.4.7.
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BTCPay Server warns of hot wallet thefts running on outdated software
BTCPay Server operators are warned to shut down servers running outdated software after attackers drained hot wallets.
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Strangers are begging the Binance hacker for bitcoin, one ‘help me bro’ at a time
The 19 wallets holding 18,270 stolen BTC from the Binance hack have received only trivial messages and pleas since Thursday.
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BTCPay, a bitcoin payment tool, tells users to switch off their servers after reports of drained wallets
BTCPay Server reports drained wallets in versions older than 2.4.2 and tells users to shut down servers while the cause is investigated; no loss figure yet.
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THORChain halts swaps after block reorg bug, slowing Binance hackers
THORChain node operators paused swaps across 10 networks after a block reorg bug, slowing the Binance hackers' laundering routes.
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b14g just had 97M CORE pulled out of its staking contract, exchanges froze 9M of it. Are we underpricing wrapper risk on BTC staking?
b14g staking wrapper lost about 97M CORE to attacker addresses while the Core chain itself held; a useful lesson on wrapper risk for BTC staking.
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Anza Urges Solana Validators to Act on Critical Linux Flaw
Anza urges Solana validators to filter traffic and disable two networking features until a fixed kernel patches a critical Linux flaw.
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Institutional Crypto Custody: A Guide to Roles and Control
A practical guide to institutional custody roles, separating safekeeping, signing permissions and collateral sale authority.
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Binance net outflows surge to $5.8B as withdrawals resume after record hack
Binance's net outflows reached $5.8B as withdrawals resumed after a record hack, though they are a small fraction of its roughly $171B in customer assets.