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Coldcard Breach Suspect Begins Moving Significant Portion of Stolen Bitcoin Holdings
The third-wave attacker linked to the Coldcard hardware wallet compromises is starting to move funds. According to Galaxy's latest tracking data, the...
Coldcard Exploiter Offloads 45% of 'Wave 3' Stolen Funds, Galaxy Research Confirms
The Coldcard vulnerability saga continues to unfold as the attacker behind the "Wave 3" hacks moves a significant portion of their ill-gotten gains. ...
Fomo Surges Past Pump.fun in Single-Day Revenue, Signals Shifting Memecoin Dynamics on Solana
Fomo's memecoin launchpad just outpaced the long-reigning champion Pump. fun in daily revenue—a significant momentum shift that traders should be watc...
Coldcard Exploit Attacker Begins Moving Majority of Stolen Bitcoin, Galaxy Research Reveals
The perpetrator behind the Coldcard hardware wallet attacks is finally moving their ill-gotten gains. Galaxy's research team has tracked the suspect ...
Hanwha Builds Tokenized Securities Play on Avalanche as South Korea's Regulatory Framework Solidifies
South Korea just took a major step toward legitimizing digital asset infrastructure. The country passed amendments that integrate tokenized securitie...
Bitcoin's Liquid Network Halted After $320M BTC Withdrawal by Mystery Security Researchers
The Liquid sidechain—Blockstream's prominent Bitcoin scaling solution—has ground to a halt following a dramatic $320 million bitcoin withdrawal by act...
Harmony Abandons Layer-1 Strategy: ONE Token Heading to Ethereum as a Second-Layer Asset
Harmony is proposing to shutter its layer-1 blockchain and migrate the ONE token to Ethereum—a significant strategic pivot that comes just weeks after...
Harmony Abandons Layer 1 Ambitions, Pivots Entire Ecosystem to Ethereum for AI Video Play
Harmony's making a decisive move: they're pulling the plug on their Layer 1 blockchain entirely and migrating the whole operation to Ethereum as an L2...
Institutional Buyers Return: Spot Bitcoin ETFs Rake in $3.52B as August Closes Strong
Spot bitcoin ETFs are showing real signs of institutional appetite returning to the market. Last month pulled in $3.
Security Breach Rocks Liquid Sidechain as White Hats Seize 4,000 BTC—Bitcoin ETFs Hit Best Week of 2026
The crypto market just got a stark reminder that even trusted infrastructure isn't immune to compromise. A group claiming to be white hat hackers has...
Bitcoin Sidechain Frozen: $320M Withdrawal Triggers Emergency Lockdown
The Liquid Network, a major Bitcoin sidechain operated by Blockstream, has gone dark. The platform paused operations after purported "white-hat" hack...
STONK Token Explodes 250% Amid Strategic Solana Launchpad Integration
STONK has rocketed 250% to claim a $140 million market cap, riding the wave of StonkFun's integration with major Solana DEXs. The stock-paired token ...
Router Protocol Winds Down After Failed Exit Strategy, Plans to Burn $303M in ROUTE Tokens
Router Protocol, backed by major crypto exchange Coinbase, is shutting down operations after exhausting its options to monetize its technology. The ...
OpenAI's New Astra Model Proves It's Breaking Away From Text-Only Limitations
OpenAI's latest flagship model, Astra, just dropped this weekend—and early testers are reporting something we haven't seen before: genuine multimodal ...
Ripple Doubles Down on College Sports with Florida Gators Stadium Sponsorship Deal
Ripple's expanding sports marketing strategy just got a major boost. The blockchain company inked a multi-year sponsorship agreement with University ...
Stablecoins Hit a Wall: Why Banking Integration Is Non-Negotiable
The stablecoin narrative has shifted. It's no longer about whether institutions will adopt digital dollar alternatives—they're already exploring them...
Ancient Bitcoin Stash Stirs: 600 BTC from Mining's Early Days Suddenly Mobilizes After Nearly Two Decades
We're watching one of crypto's most intriguing patterns play out on-chain: a massive 600 BTC wallet that hasn't budged since the earliest days of Bitc...
On-Chain Student Lending Hits Milestone: Pencil Finance Funds 1,000 Southeast Asian Loans Through Blockchain
Pencil Finance just announced a significant crypto achievement—the platform has now funded 1,000 student loans entirely through blockchain technology,...
Tether-Backed Exchange Orionx Collapses After Auditors Uncover $7M Custody Breach
Orionx, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by Tether, is shutting down permanently following an audit that discovered over $7 million in customer assets...
Major Institutions Now Holding $75M in Hyperliquid ETF—Here's Who's Buying
UBS, Jane Street, and a handful of other institutional players have collectively accumulated roughly $75 million in holdings across Hyperliquid (HYPE)...