Mercado Bitcoin's $11M Hack Exposes Crypto Exchange Security Gaps
Hackers drained $11M in altcoins from Mercado Bitcoin and swapped them for ETH, underscoring persistent vulnerabilities in exchange infrastructure.…
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Hackers drained $11M in altcoins from Mercado Bitcoin and swapped them for ETH, underscoring persistent vulnerabilities in exchange infrastructure.…
An attacker who breached Mercado Bitcoin swapped stolen tokens for $10.55M in ETH, with Arkham tracing $13.26M in outflows and blocked assets now at $12.9M.…
A federal appeals court refused to grant Coinbase and Kalshi interim protection from Connecticut and New York enforcement of prediction market rules, though trading can continue.…
Hong Kong has passed legislation adopting the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, requiring crypto service providers to collect user data from 2027.…
France has backed an amendment requiring taxpayers to report self-custodied crypto holdings worth €100,000 or more (~$112,000), though the measure must still clear the budget process.…
Attackers behind the Binance hack have moved 81% of stolen Solana, routing funds through THORChain after the cross-chain protocol resumed swap operations.…
Zach Pandl of Grayscale says the record $6.3 billion Binance hack may be a temporary setback as crypto markets begin recovering losses.…
The CFTC approved stock perpetuals only to face a lawsuit the same day, while pro-crypto Midterm spending failed as Democrats swept Congress.…
Circle booked $9.1M in restructuring costs and laid off 5% of its workforce even as the USDC issuer remained profitable, with reserve income slipping 8%.…
SEC staff issued a no-action letter classifying Canton Network's CC token as a 'digital commodity,' sending the token up 4% — but the ruling carries no legal binding force.…
Bitrue launches a 45-day flexible staking promotion offering new users up to 10% APR on XRP, BTC, and USDT — with no lock-up period attached.…
Onchain investigator ZachXBT has named French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as the alleged victim of a $133M crypto theft — and accuses it of covering up the breach.…