Summary: Ledger links all confirmed wallet-draining cases to reseller CryptoBilis, stating its direct channels are safe while investigators trace over $86 million in suspected thefts across multiple blockchains.
Summary: Rep. Warren Davidson links Western civilization's future to monetary policy, citing $40 trillion in debt and a 30% loss in dollar purchasing power since 2020 as drivers for adopting sound money and real assets.
Summary: XRPL developers justified bypassing the standard two-week validator vote to fix a critical integer overflow bug capable of creating unlimited XRP.
Summary: Seth for Privacy stated that mixing KYC and non-KYC coins in one transaction links all associated UTXOs to a user's identity.
Summary: Hardware wallet maker Ledger is investigating user fund losses traced to a reseller, with blockchain investigator Specter reporting over $86 million stolen.
Summary: Raheim Hamilton, co-creator of the Empire Market darknet marketplace, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and fined $5 million.
Summary: A Manhattan jury convicted Jonathan Spalletta of computer fraud and money laundering for stealing over $50 million from Uranium Finance in 2021.
Summary: Former core infrastructure engineer Daniel Rhyne received a 32-month prison sentence for attacking his New Jersey employer's network and demanding a 20 BTC ransom.
Summary: Tavus reports its new Griffin-Lite model convinced 48% of participants during one-minute video calls that they were speaking with a real person.
Summary: Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated recovery of the $388 million stolen is unlikely, noting only $1.1 million has been frozen so far.
Summary: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde highlighted systemic risks from artificial intelligence adoption in finance, citing concerns over market misalignment, cyber vulnerabilities, and geopolitical dependencies on frontier models.
Summary: An internal FBI memo instructs employees to assume the hacker group ShinyHunters stole personal data on every staffer following a breach of FBIjobs.gov.
Summary: Security firm SlowMist identified an August 31 zero-day exploit in a third-party product as the initial vector for the recent $388 million theft from Bitget.
Summary: Cointelegraph evaluated major hardware wallets, noting a Ledger Stax lag issue and linking a Coinkite firmware flaw to the theft of about 1,789 BTC worth $114.7 million.
Summary: Following a $388 million hack attributed to North Korean actors, Bitget resumed withdrawals, resulting in over 4,000 Bitcoin being moved by users within the first hour.
Summary: The European Central Bank is seeking fintechs, payment firms and other organizations to explore the use of AI agents in digital euro payments.
Summary: NEAR Intents blocked over $50 million in attempted transfers linked to the recent $387.5 million Bitget hack, freezing $503,000 during execution.
Summary: Ronald Spektor received a 12-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to stealing $16 million from Coinbase users through social engineering and money laundering.
Summary: BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump that there is more opportunity for cooperation than competition on artificial intelligence. That's according to a state media readout…
Summary: Fraudsters drained approximately $2 million in Ether through a fake bridge for the unlaunched GIWA network, which decentralized exchange DYORSWAP initially mistook for the mainnet.