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Policy

Most Influential: The Lazarus Group

The crypto industry’s most notorious hackers continue to break records, highlighting the importance of taking every step possible to secure wallets.

The Lazarus Group

Finance

North Korea’s AI-Powered Hackers Are Redefining Crypto Crime

Mysten Labs’ chief cryptographer warns that artificial intelligence, not quantum computing, poses the real near-term threat to blockchain security.

North Korean flags waving in the wind.

Finance

North Korean Hackers Have Stolen Over $2 Billion This Year: Elliptic

North Korea’s crypto theft spree has already hit a record $2 billion in 2025, nearly triple last year’s total.

Lazarus Group, a cybercrime organization run by the North Korean government, may have links to this week's exploit of Euler Finance. (Micha Brandli/Unsplash)

Policy

DPRK-Linked Hacks Drive Potential Record Year for Crypto Thefts, Chainalysis Says

Hackers have already stolen $2.17 billion from crypto companies this year, more than was swindled throughout the entirety of 2024 — and it’s only July.

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un (Getty Images/Contributor)

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Markets

WazirX's Restructuring Plan Declined by Singapore Court, Hacked Indian Exchange Says

Creditors were banking on a promise to have their funds distributed in April 2025. That shifted further and now looks to be in indefinite territory again.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Finance

Bybit and Safe Custody Are at Odds on Who's to Blame for $1.5B Hack

The apparent stand-off mirrors that of WazirX and Liminal Custody, which blamed each other following a $230 million exploit last July.

A hooded figure sits typing on a laptop in a darkened (Pixabay)

Markets

Bybit Declares ‘War on Lazarus’ as It Crowdsources Effort to Freeze Stolen Funds

The exchange is offering a 5% bounty for submissions that could lead to stolen funds being frozen.

Bybit lost roughly $1.5 billion in crypto to a theft Friday. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Policy

WazirX Co-Founder Nischal Shetty Says All Options Are on the Table for Fund Recovery

Shetty said that outreach efforts to different exchanges “are going to be crucial.”

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

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Policy

Cambodian Payments Firm Received $150K From North Korean Hackers Lazarus Wallet: Reuters

The crypto was stolen by Lazarus hackers from three crypto companies in June and July last year.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Hacks, Rug Pulls Led to $473M Worth of Losses in 2024: Immunefi

The figures show a decrease in hacking activity since 2022 and 2023.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

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