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Blockaids Ido Ben-Natan suspects attackers manipulated Binances transaction-signing infrastructure, drawing parallels with the Bybit hack.

Binances initial investigation points to a possible employee laptop compromise behind a security incident with an estimated $6.3 billion impact. The crypto exchange reported no evidence of a wallet private key leak and p...

Elon Musk poked fun at Binances $6.3 billion security crisis, and Changpeng Zhao (CZ) fired back with a billion-dollar reminder: the cryptocurrency exchange owns a valuable stake tied to Musks SpaceX empire, an investmen...

U.S. authorities have restrained more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency as overseas scam networks expand beyond Southeast Asia. New charges describe an alleged Madagascar dating scam that lured Americans into connecting ...

Binance is preparing to restore withdrawals in phases after its $6.3 billion hack, with reopening dependent on security checks. The exchange committed company funds to replace stolen assets while investigators expanded t...

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and John Curtis have asked Kalshi and Polymarket to explain how they keep insiders out of election markets, giving the companies until Nov. 3, Election Day, to answer seven questions. The bipartisa...

Attackers raced to convert stolen stablecoins into crypto that issuers could not freeze as industry players like Tether and Circle moved to immobilize billions of dollars in assets.

Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Uniswap Labs, and the DeFi Education Fund are urging Illinois regulators to overhaul proposed cryptocurrency tax regulations, warning that the rules could effectively pro...

Stablecoin issuer Tether generated $1.5 billion in net operating profit during the third quarter of 2026, bringing its year-to-date total to $4.5 billion, while reserves backing its tokens reached $191.5 billion, accordi...

The stablecoin issuers US Treasury holdings are comparable to those of major foreign holders, while its Bitcoin reserves were valued at $8.37 billion at the end of September.

Binance investigators uncovered additional breach points, bypassed approval controls, and evidence-destruction tactics in Thursdays $6.3 billion hack, co-CEO Richard Teng said. His update outlined a withdrawal-service re...

Circle, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks fell sharply Friday, a day after Binance disclosed a $6.3 billion security breach.

Bitcoin faces mounting quantum security concerns as Ripple secures a US banking charter, USDC gains ground in Europe and VanEck adds BTC to a new ETF.

A recap of Cointelegraphs live coverage of the Binance hack, including early breach reports and the exchanges full reimbursement pledge.

How Binances $6.3 billion hack unfolded, from the first onchain alerts to $3 billion in frozen funds and a widening security investigation.

Lin Han, founder and CEO of Gate, has called for the formation of a cryptocurrency security alliance to standardize procedures to prevent and eventually deal with the aftermath of security incidents similar to the $6.3 b...

Bitcoin circled $77,000 as crypto markets navigated US stock-market downside, while the gold price fell to its lowest in a year.

Bitcoin circled $77,000 as crypto markets navigated US stock-market downside, while the gold price fell to its lowest in a year.

Bitcoin ETFs stayed positive for a fourth straight session Thursday, adding $17.07 million and lifting week-to-date inflows above $440 million. Ether and solana funds suffered a fresh wave of redemptions, while zcash ext...

Crypto-linked stocks plunged Friday as a multibillion-dollar Binance security breach collided with a broader technology selloff driven by concerns over AI spending. Coinbase dropped more than 12% and Strategy fell 6%, ev...

Yishi Wang, founder and CEO of hardware wallet company OneKey, suggested that North Korean hackers could be eyeing another major target after Binance was ransacked: BlackRocks IBIT, the worlds largest bitcoin ETF, holdin...

Follow live updates as Binance says $6.3 billion in assets have been stolen in a major hack. Around $3 billion in stolen funds have been frozen.