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Unable to recover from roughly $50 million hack, Radiant Capital is winding down
Radiant Capital said it hasn't been able to recover a meaningful amount of funds or raise new capital since the 2024 exploit.
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Recovery hopes fade as Kelp DAO hacker launders nearly all $220M in stolen funds
The Kelp DAO exploiter laundered about $220 million worth of remaining stolen funds in a bid to make them untraceable, excluding the $71 million frozen by Arbitrum’s Security Council.
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White hat hacker recovers $2M from faulty 2016 ICO smart contract
A white-hat hacker has helped the creators of Hong Coin by showing them how to exploit a flawed admin function on a smart contract and ultimately refund investors after a decade.
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Wall Street’s trillion-dollar dilemma: Why AI-powered hackers are keeping big banks off the blockchain
CertiK CEO and co-founder Ronghui Gu says April was the worst month for DeFi in four years with exploits on 27 out of 30 days.
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What Is an AI Prompt Injection Attack? The Hidden Threat Hijacking Your Chatbots
Hackers can hijack ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini with nothing but a sentence. OpenAI says the problem may never be fully solved. Here is what it is, how it works, and how to stay safe.
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Court lets Arbitrum DAO to transfer $71M in ETH tied to North Korea hack to Aave
A Manhattan judge modified a restraining notice to let Arbitrum DAO move $71 million in frozen Ether to Aave, while preserving terrorism victims’ legal claim on the funds.
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Judge clears path for Aave to move $71 million in ETH linked to North Korea hack
Judge Margaret Garnett allowed frozen exploit funds on Arbitrum to move to Aave, but the legal freeze follows the assets as terrorism plaintiffs continue their claim.
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AI agents fueled a frenzy of startup building at the Consensus Miami EasyA hackathon
Nearly 1,000 developers competed at the venue, from ecosystems like Base, Solana, and others arriving from companies like Microsoft and Google, most racing to build products around the theme of AI agents.
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Solv Protocol Will Dump LayerZero, Migrate $700M Tokenized Bitcoin Tech to Chainlink
Solv Protocol will move its tokenized Bitcoin infrastructure to Chainlink, following Kelp DAO's lead after it blamed LayerZero for a hack.
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Former Coinbase PM charged in cryptocurrency insider trading tipping scheme
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Norton is installing a Cryptocurrency miner called Norton Crypto (NCrypt.exe)
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I am often asked if I will “return to cryptocurrency”
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It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency
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Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 3070 cards
NVIDIA announced today that it's halving the hash rate for Etehereum cryptocurrency mining on the new GeForce RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti graphics cards to make them less desirable for miners.
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Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cryptocurrency
The encrypted messaging app is integrating support for MobileCoin in a bid to keep up with the features offered by its more mainstream rivals.
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MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies
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PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network
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Paypal Withdraws from Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
PayPal was one of several corporate backers of Facebook's cryptocurrency project.
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Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
Facebook says its “stablecoin,” will empower billions and underpin a stunningly ambitious global economy. And it promises to keep its hands off your transactional data.
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A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency
MIT researchers developed a new cryptocurrency, Vault, that reduces data users need to join the network and verify transactions by up to 99 percent compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum.
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Show HN: Cost of a 51% Attack on Popular Cryptocurrencies
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Google bans cryptocurrency ads
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Facebook is banning all ads promoting cryptocurrencies
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Statement on Cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings
Statement from SEC Chairman Jay Clayton on Cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings