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Security researchers have flagged an active malware campaign dubbed TrapDoor, targeting developer environments across…
The collaboration matters beyond the 14,000 leads: it shows major exchanges publicly backing blockchain forensics as the default enforcement layer for the next generation of on-chain crime.
Bridges remain the single largest hack surface in crypto. A 7-point checklist covering audits, finality, TVL, and exit windows helps separate safe bridges from the next exploit.
From Mt. Gox to FTX, Ronin to Bybit, the largest crypto hacks have shaped how the industry thinks about custody, code, and trust. Here is the story of each one and the lesson it left behind.
Arbitrum runs the deepest L2 DeFi liquidity in crypto, but its L3 Orbit thesis is still mostly speculative. Here is what actually works, and what does not.
Three cross-chain stacks route billions in user funds, yet each leans on a very different security model. Here is how IBC, LayerZero, and Wormhole actually verify a message.
Bridges hold billions in locked tokens, run on upgrade-resistant code, and guard them with validator sets smaller than the chains they connect — a perfect target.
Geopolitics rocked markets while tokenization coalitions, stablecoin rails, and a UK taskforce quietly built the next decade of on-chain finance.
Regulators are tightening the screws on crypto's largest exchange, but the tape barely flinched as a torrent of bullish headlines took the wheel.
Capital is rerouting from a tightening EU and a bleeding US ETF complex toward Asia, stablecoins, and a maturing institutional plumbing layer.
Geopolitical shocks and a treasury unwind are dominating the tape, but the institutional plumbing for crypto is hardening in plain sight.
Drainer kits now target permit2, session keys, and smart accounts, not just legacy approvals. Here is the current taxonomy and the laundering trail behind it.
While ETF flows snapped back and Bessent made stablecoins a state project, the tape kept treating policy support like weather and capital kept walking toward AI.
Worldcoin promises a free crypto airdrop in exchange for an iris scan. Governments in Kenya, Germany, and Hong Kong are pushing back. Here is the actual trade-off.
Most crypto AI agents today are LLMs tied to a wallet with a narrow set of on-chain actions, not autonomous AGI. Here's how they really work and where the risk sits.
AI tokens are crypto's hottest narrative — and one of its most overhyped. Here's what they actually are, what they're meant to do, and how to stay grounded.
A crypto bear market is the long, painful phase after a top — Bitcoin down 80%, altcoins down 95%, and sentiment dead. Here is what one is, what it does and how to live through it.
Most stolen crypto starts with a sloppy wallet setup. Here is the step-by-step method that closes the five holes phishers actually use.
Bear markets are obvious in hindsight and confusing while they happen. Here is the realistic set of signals that have historically marked the start and end of crypto bears — and the limits of every one.
These three are often lumped together as 'interoperable L1s,' but they solve different problems. Here is what each actually does and where each one breaks.
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