Hacks, exploits, scams and how funds are recovered.
News summaries on this topic: 36 in the last 7 days, 36 in 30 days — each with links to the original publications.
Most mentioned coins: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, BNB, Cardano.
The 198-token reserve snapshot expands Binance's disclosed scope, while proof availability, phased withdrawals and SAFU restoration remain separate tests. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Tron and Tether have formed a strategic partnership with blockchain intelligence platform Chainalysis. The coalition aims to crack down on criminal activity involving Tether’s USDT stablecoin on the Tron blockchain, according to data Tron CEO Justin Sun shared today. The new partnership is an upgrade In a Thursday announcement, Tron, Tether, and Chainalysis formed a digital crime task force (DCTF), a new initiative designed to effectively uncover and clamp down on illicit activity…
The FBI says the “FaceStealer” scheme uses prerecorded footage and AI deepfakes of trusted contacts to trick crypto workers into installing malware on video calls—as the DOJ also moves to seize $1.2 billion from the…
Three Things to Know Bitcoin Core disclosed three patched flaws, including one that let thousands of Tor-linked nodes trust any stranger. Bitcoin trades below both of its key moving averages, and momentum still favors sellers. The nearest floor sits far below current prices, leaving little on the chart to cushion a drop.
Three Things to Know Stablecoin supply just posted its sharpest monthly contraction since the Terra collapse, Glassnode said. Bitcoin's daily momentum gauge sits deep in oversold territory, yet sellers still control the trend. Whale buy orders cluster just above the nearest chart support near $63K, setting up a key test.
Three Things to Know An Ethereum Foundation-linked wallet sold more ETH this week, while spot ETF redemptions dwarf its sales. Ether looks deeply oversold on the daily chart, but momentum still favors sellers. The lost $2,000 mark now decides whether any bounce turns into a real recovery.
Quick Take Bitcoin fell through several round-number levels in one session as climbing bond yields pulled money away from risk assets. Daily momentum looks deeply oversold, yet sellers still control the trend and show few signs of easing. A daily close above the $75K ceiling would be the first real test of whether buyers can take back control.
The new service is built on the Beacon Network, which has more than 200 members covering 80% of crypto trading volume.
Trezor CTO Tomáš Sušánka explains the trade-offs of Bitcoin’s leading post-quantum signature scheme. Bitcoin custody has always involved some degree of risk, but wallet manufacturers like Trezor — which build physical devices designed to keep a user’s private keys secure offline — are preparing for a post-quantum world… That’s because SHRINCS, the community’s leading candidate for a post-quantum signature scheme, allows users to make transactions using stateful signatures that require rigid state tracking to prevent funds from being…
BitGo has said its systems were not breached in the Unocoin incident, with its review finding that outgoing transactions were signed using two keys held by the Indian exchange after its account was frozen on Nov. BitGo says the disputed transfers used Unocoin-held keys without its participation. The exchange suspects misuse of a backup mechanism as services remain suspended....
Solo’s SDK confirms that each JellyJelly account belongs to a real, unique person, after a Solo AI agent passed CAPTCHA on 50+ Discord servers. San Francisco, United States, November 13th, 2026 – Solo , a privacy-preserving proof-of-humanity company, is bringing its human verification software development kit (SDK) to JellyJelly. The social video app runs on Solana and was co-founded by Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail.
Back in 2020, at a campaign rally in Ocala, Florida, Donald Trump said: “It’s a political class that enriched itself while draining the economic life and soul from our country.” But Coffeezilla has discovered that many… He said, “It turns out Trump was right. There is a political class stealing from America, but it turns out all we’ve done is replaced one that was mediocre at it to one that’s incredibly good at it.” Inside the Trump Family’s Crypto Empire YouTuber and…
Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC has confirmed a leak of personal information belonging to some current and former employees. Reports from the local media said anonymous sellers on underground forums, including DarkForums and BreachForums, offered around 46,000 employee records for 3 Bitcoin. TSMC Employee Data Leak The sellers also threatened to make the data public if no buyer came forward within a week.
Binance has published a new proof-of-reserves snapshot showing that user USDT holdings fell by 928.2 million tokens over eight days, while Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB balances increased. According to figures from Binance, the exchange held approximately 24.3 billion USDT on… Ethereum drops below $2,000 as an Ethereum Foundation-linked wallet sells 2,000 ETH, while liquidations mount and other whales continue buying.
Crypto wallet firm Trezor has cut its reseller network by 80% following the discovery of more spy implants in devices sold by Malaysian vendor CryptoBilis. Trezor’s latest update on the spyware incident revealed it has implemented stricter rules for vendors in order to protect its supply chain. However, only 20% of vendors were able to abide by the new rules that focus on “how devices are sourced, stored and who has access to them.” Trezor stressed, however, that the dropped resellers “were trustworthy and…
Federal prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture complaint targeting cryptocurrency traced to a fraud that drained nearly $200,000 from an Ohio man’s retirement savings. An Eastlake resident transferred funds from his retirement account to a local bank and then to Coinbase after an unsolicited caller using the alias “Jake Williams” posed as a trading expert, says the U.S. The fraudster gained remote access to the victim’s laptop and moved the money through roughly 60 transfers between December 2025 and March 2026.
Южнокорейская Комиссия по финансовым услугам (FSC) планирует разрешить криптобиржам приостанавливать вывод средств при подозрении, что транзакция может быть связана с хакерской атакой. Сейчас законодательство запрещает остановку вывода средств. Комиссия по финансовым услугам Южной Кореи (FSC) готовит механизм, который позволит криптобиржам Южной Кореи временно останавливать вывод средств, если операция выглядит связанной с возможной хакерской атакой.
As 2026 becomes the year with the most crypto hacks, organizations are ramping up efforts to detect illicit activity before criminals move funds.
Unocoin says disputed transfers were signed outside BitGo while it investigates suspected misuse of a backup mechanism. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
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