Security

Boltz Paused Swaps Because a Small Team Cannot Outrun AI Attackers

Non custodial Bitcoin swap service Boltz disabled operations indefinitely after a series of automated attacks. The team said it contained several exploits over recent months, but...

When Seized Wallet Access Becomes a Personal ATM

Former FBI supervisory agent Patrick Steven Yaroch admitted using internal systems to obtain credentials for cryptocurrency wallets linked to an adversarial country and...

Coldcard Mk3 Warning Puts Bitcoin Self-Custody Back Under Pressure

Coinkite warned Coldcard Mk3 users about a potential risk affecting seed phrases generated on certain firmware versions. Industry reports connected the warning to analysis of a...

Restaking: Security Innovation Or Stacked Financial Risk

AMLBot AI Tracer Turns Crypto Investigations Into a Self-Service Tool

AMLBot launched AI Tracer, a self service tool for following crypto fund movements from a transaction hash. The important point is not that AI can magically recover stolen coins...

NOWPayments and BlockSec Publish Crypto Payment Security Checklist

NOWPayments and BlockSec published a free security and technical compliance checklist for crypto payments. The document includes 25 controls across nine categories: key management...

Crypto.com Custody Adds Institutional Support for XYO

Crypto.com announced that Crypto.com Custody will provide institutional grade custody and liquidity solutions for the XYO ecosystem. The service targets eligible institutions and...

Bitcoin's Quantum Threat: The Real Problem Starts With Migration

BlackRock, Strategy and Coinbase back long-term Bitcoin security

Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, BlackRock, Block, Blockstream, Coinbase, Fidelity Digital Assets, Galaxy and Strategy formed the Bitcoin Security Consortium. Members have...

Input Output transfers Cardano components to outside teams

Input Output is preparing to transfer several foundational Cardano components to independent developers and external engineering teams. The transition covers the Haskell node...

Bonzo Lend Pauses After Oracle-Linked Exploit

Bonzo Lend published an incident report after a Hedera mainnet exploit that allowed an attacker to borrow far beyond available collateral. The team said the issue came from a third...

The Zcash testnet has moved on to the Ironwood update

Zcash testnet has begun rolling out consensus changes for the Ironwood upgrade, developers' response to a four year old bug in the Orchard shielded pool disclosed in early June...