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Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is offering a massive bounty to crack crypto’s largest theft in history. The exchange is pledging 10% of recovered funds—potentially up to $140 million—to cybersecurity experts and blockchain analysts who help…
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The scale of the staggering $1.4 billion hack on crypto exchange Bybit will undoubtedly unfold in coming days and weeks. However, as Bybit, industry players such as other exchanges and blockchain sleuths work out on unmasking the hacker, on-chain data…
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Ethena Labs has provided an update confirming that its unrealized PNL exposure to the hacked crypto exchange Bybit is now zero. The update follows an earlier post in which the Ethereum-based synthetic dollar protocol reassured users that its USDe stablecoin…
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Ben Zhou, ByBit CEO, assured the public that user funds were safe and the platform could cover losses from the largest crypto exchange hack in history.
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Ethereum multisig wallet Safe has announced it is temporarily halting certain functionalities as the post-mortem of the $1.4 billion Bybit hack on Feb. 21 begins. Safe said in an update that the wallet’s security team had not found any evidence…
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Bybit confirmed its multi-sig cold wallet was breached hours after the crypto exchange increased access to liquidation data for transparency.
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While quantum computing poses a threat to Bitcoin’s security, banks have multiple defenses in place to prevent a widespread collapse, River’s Leishman says. The debate over whether quantum computers could threaten Bitcoin (BTC) is heating up once again, with River…
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The Dior coin fell more than 90% after it was revealed to be a fake Solana meme coin promoted by a hacker on the Dior official account. On Feb. 19, the official Instagram account for luxury brand Dior uploaded a…
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Polter Finance has partnered with blockchain security provider FailSafe to enhance its security system to prevent future exploits. According to a press release sent to crypto.news, Polter Finance’s collaboration with FailSafe will ensure the implementation of real-time threat detection and…
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zkLend has lost over $9 million worth of Ethereum in a hack. The protocol is demanding the hacker return 90% of the stolen funds or face legal consequences. On Feb. 12, Starknet-based layer2 money-market protocol zkLend officially admitted that it…
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Crypto scams driven by social engineering soared in 2024, with analysts warning that scammers are increasingly targeting celebrities and tech leaders. In a Feb. 11 research report, analysts at blockchain forensic firm Merkle Science revealed that in 2024, scammers targeted…
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Crypto hack losses dropped to $98.19 million in January from $160 million a year earlier, despite a rise in account compromises, data reveals. Hackers had a busy start to 2025, though they stole less than last year. Crypto losses from…
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Solana-based dex aggregator Jupiter has recovered its X account after it was hijacked by cryptocurrency scammers who promoted a fraudulent meme coin. According to a Feb. 6 X post, reassured users that no funds were ever at risk. They confirmed…
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Hacker Indian crypto exchange WazirX’s latest move has users furious: either support new DEX plan or sit tight for five years to get their money back. Indian crypto exchange WazirX, which lost hundreds of millions in customer funds in a…
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Federal prosecutors in the United States have charged a Canadian national with exploiting vulnerabilities across two decentralized finance protocols, alleging he stole millions in cryptocurrency and attempted to cover his tracks. Andean Medjedovic, a University of Waterloo mathematics graduate, has…
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Crypto hacks surged in January 2025, with total losses reaching $73.9 million across 19 incidents, according to a report by Immunefi. The figure marks a ninefold increase from December but a 44.6% decline compared to January 2024, when hackers stole…
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