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Tracking hacks, scams, and legal actions impacting the blockchain and crypto industry.

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A glowing Cardano coin rises from a fiery crack in a futuristic, grid-like landscape with blue and orange energy lines, under a stormy sky with faint Ethereum symbols in the background.

Crime

FBI called as Cardano split in two by a single transaction: Lessons for ETH and SOL client diversity

What broke, why it didn’t cascade, and what L1s can borrow for resilience.

3 months ago

A rain-soaked table holds a discarded event badge as police lights flash near a major venue, reflecting security fears after violent attacks on crypto holders forced a cancellation

Crime

Two major crypto events canceled after city hit by 18 violent physical attacks on crypto holders amid market downturn

Organizers blame a “market collapse” for the sudden shutdown, but a string of brutal kidnappings and home invasions across France suggests the risks of being seen in public have changed.

1 month ago

Police tape and flashing lights frame a bitcoin coin beside leaked documents and personal items, illustrating how tax data exposure puts crypto investors at risk of home attacks

Crime

Insiders sell government crypto database to violent home invaders as transparency laws backfire

An insider allegedly sold address-and-family lookups to criminals, turning “self-custody” into a coercion problem overnight.

1 month ago

Crime

Bitcoin is not the king of the dark web – and the reason why is a $154 billion crypto nightmare

Despite stablecoins driving a surge in illicit transactions, these volumes still account for less than 1% of the crypto economy.

1 month ago

A Ledger hardware wallet sits on a shipped package beside a laptop showing a data breach notice, underscoring how the Global-e incident exposes risks in crypto commerce systems.

Crime

Ledger customer data breached including info that leads violent criminals to your door

A third-party ecommerce compromise can doxx buyers and sharpen social-engineering attacks even when private keys remain safe.

1 month ago

Depressed inmate in an orange jumpsuit gripping prison bars under a stormy sky, symbolizing crypto CEOs sentenced to a combined 83 years in prison since 2024.

Crime

Crypto CEOs “41-year” prison run rate predicts a brutal future doubling the 83-year record Do Kwon just set

How new "prison-years" metric forecasts 80 more years of custodial time, suggesting the current sentencing wave is merely the warm-up.

2 months ago

Cracked Terra (LUNA) coin hovering in a courtroom beside scales of justice, symbolizing Do Kwon’s trial verdict and the harsh truth test facing algorithmic tokens and crypto projects under regulatory scrutiny.

Legal

How Do Kwon’s jail sentence forces a brutal “truth test” that many algorithmic tokens will instantly fail

Listing committees are drafting mandates for "kill-switch" documentation that turn marketing claims into prosecutable crimes for unverified projects.

2 months ago

A Bitcoin coin beside a worn leather wallet on cracked ground at sunset, symbolizing dormant Silk Road Bitcoin wallets awakening and the on-chain detail that challenges the typical crash narrative.

Crime

Silk Road Bitcoin wallets just woke up, but one critical on-chain detail defies the usual crash narrative

Some traders will brace for a sell-off after Silk Road Bitcoin moved, but forensic data reveals why this specific transfer isn’t a government dump.

2 months ago

Hacks

Binance CEO hacked by cell carrier exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed

While BNB remained flat, the heist exposes the "soft underbelly" of crypto market infrastructure: executive identities are becoming single points of failure.

2 months ago

Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky

Crypto 2 months ago

Are you doxxed? Crypto holders are now primary targets for violent gangs using one specific data overlap to locate homes

Crime 2 months ago

A fake delivery driver stole $11 million in crypto this weekend as home invasion heists increase – report

Crime 3 months ago