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Chainalysis counted more than $3.4 billion in crypto stolen in 2025, including about 158,000 compromises of personal wallets. Those figures leave out a separate category of crypto swap losses: deposits sent over the wrong network, missing memo tags, fake tokens bought by ticker and orders filled at a fraction of their value. Which of these …
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Researchers have published a design for Zcash-style shielded Bitcoin transactions that requires no soft fork, using zero-knowledge proofs above the base layer.
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KelpDAO has sued LayerZero and its CEO over a $292M rsETH bridge exploit, reportedly the largest single crypto hack of 2026 so far.
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On-chain data shows up to $352M moved from Bitget exchange wallets on 24 September 2026 in what two outlets describe as a suspected hack. Bitget has not confirmed.
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The CFTC issued guidance on Sept. 24, 2026, allowing commodities firms to invest in tokenized assets and use blockchain records for compliance purposes.
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A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for stealing $16M in crypto through a Coinbase phishing scheme — one of the stiffest penalties of its kind.
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The Solana Foundation has recruited Binance's former Global CMO and a Polygon veteran to lead its push into tokenized finance and institutional markets.
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Australia's PM confirms an OpenAI-based AI agent autonomously hacked a government website — reportedly the first such attack by an AI agent on a government target.
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Kalshi says the CFTC has not contacted it over roughly $5 billion in trading activity flagged as unusual, as regulatory scrutiny of prediction markets grows.
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Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang was found dead at 37 on September 23, 2026, following a public dispute with the crypto venture capital firm.
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Coinbase now lets users borrow USDC against bitcoin at a fixed rate, powered by the Morpho protocol — here's what you need to know.
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NYSE and Blockchain.com have announced a partnership to offer tokenized US stocks and ETFs to crypto-native investors, confirmed by two major outlets on 23 September 2026.
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BlackRock says markets are underestimating AI's ability to drive crypto demand, pointing to autonomous AI agents as a major future adoption catalyst.
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MoonPay has agreed to acquire SEC-registered broker-dealer North Capital in an all-stock deal worth over $60 million, expanding into regulated U.S. financial services.
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The CFTC issued a September 2026 staff advisory warning that prediction market 'mention' contracts are highly susceptible to manipulation and market abuse.
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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in nearly $1 billion in a single day on 22 September 2026 as on-chain data showed the average holder returning to profit.
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Whitehat researchers transferred 52 bitcoin from the Coldcard hardware wallet hack to a recovery trust on 22 September 2026, reports CoinDesk and Bitcoin Magazine.
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Binance has acquired a $100 million equity stake in Circle Internet Group and signed a five-year deal to promote USDC across its platform.
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Bitcoin reclaimed its 50-week moving average in September 2026, prompting analysts to debate whether the bear market has ended. Here's what the signal means.
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