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Kraken to Provide Institutional Custody for Ethena USDe Reserves
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (335+ words) Kraken Institutional partners with Ethena Labs to provide segregated cold storage and weekly proof of reserves for the USDe synthetic dollar. Kraken Institutional and Ethena Labs announced today that Kraken Custody will hold the backing assets for the USDe stablecoin....
Hackers Steal $1.5M on Arbitrum Via Proxy Contract DeFi Exploit
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (175+ words) Arbitrum suffers $1.5M hack as attackers exploit smart contract flaws, highlighting growing risks for users and decentralized finance platforms. Arbitrum has faced a security scare as $1.5 million in digital assets vanished through a proxy contract exploit. The attack involved sophisticated manipulation…...
Fake ‘2FA Security Check’ Targets MetaMask Wallets in Phishing Scam
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (485+ words) A new MetaMask phishing scam tricks users into revealing wallet seed phrases, risking instant losses'stay alert, verify links, and never share keys. Crypto users are under attack from a new MetaMask phishing scam targeting wallet seed phrases. According to SlowMist's…...
Trust Wallet Warns 36K Users Over Compromised Browser Wallets
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (255+ words) The platform has published step-by-step instructions to update the extension and move funds to a new, safe wallet. Trust Wallet has issued a warning that about 36,000 users are still using compromised wallets after a security issue affected its Browser Extension…...
Hacker Gets Hacked After Leaving Stolen Funds Exposed On-Chain
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (474+ words) The second hacker exploited an unprotected Uniswap V3 callback and took the USDT left inside the first hacker's contract. A cryptocurrency hacker lost part of his stolen funds on Thursday after another attacker exploited a critical flaw in the hacker's own…...
Bitfinex Hacker Walks Free: $10B Crypto Heist Ends in Early Release
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (685+ words) The First Step Act is shaping world's biggest bitcoin hacker Ilya Lichtenstein's journey from Federal prison to cybersecurity pivot. The most notorious chapter in crypto-heist history has reached its final page. Ilya Lichtenstein, the mastermind behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack, has…...
EVM Wallet Draining Continues Amid Browser Security Concerns
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (437+ words) EVM wallets face automated attacks, draining millions across chains as browser and third-party vulnerabilities leave users" funds at risk. Crypto wallets on several Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains are under attack, and hundreds of users are losing funds. Blockchain investigator…...
SlowMist 2025 Report: Professional Hacking Drives $2.9B Losses
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (436+ words) The SlowMist 2025 annual report reveals $2.9B in total stolen funds, a rise in AI-driven scams, and a 13% recovery rate by global authorities. Blockchain security firm SlowMist published its 2025 Annual Report on Tuesday, showing that while the number of crypto-related security breaches…...
Coinbase Users Lose $2 Million to Fake Support Scam
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (555+ words) ZachXBT traced a suspected Canadian scammer by linking Telegram chats, social media posts, and wallet data tied to Coinbase support impersonation scams. An alleged scammer impersonating Coinbase customer support has reportedly stolen more than $2 million in cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users,…...
Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Hack Drains Over $6M from Users: ZachXBT
1+ week, 4+ day ago (687+ words) Trust Wallet confirmed the issue affected extension version 2.68 and urged users to disable it immediately and upgrade to version 2.69. Crypto wallet provider Trust Wallet has confirmed a security incident affecting a specific version of its browser extension, after on-chain investigator…...