coindesk 12 hours ago

Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin halts withdrawals after $40 million drained across 10 c...

The Brazilian exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after wallets on at least 10 chains were emptied, days after the $6.3 billi...

coindesk 20 hours ago

Why stealing billions from a crypto exchange can be harder to stop than a bank t...

The $6.3 billion Binance breach has revived a debate over whether crypto exchanges are less secure than banks or simply harder to...

coindesk 2 days ago

FBI confirms North Korea's role in $6 billion Binance hack, asks DeFi community...

While the FBI listed hundreds of addresses in its notice, Chainalysis said the Binance attackers have already used "thousands addr...

coindesk 2 days ago

A stolen iPhone, $14,000 in losses and London's crypto theft problem

Two strangers befriended Magnus Ahmad outside a London bar. Hours later, thieves had emptied his crypto wallets, accessed his bank...

coindesk 2 days ago

The $6.3 billion Binance hack paradox: Centralization made the hack possible, bu...

The Binance hack has revived debates about whether decentralization is the digital asset industry’s greatest security advantage or...

coinpedia 2 days ago

Donald Trump Comments on Binance Hack, Says US Is Still Investigating North Kore...

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coindesk 3 days ago

Experts divided over Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery is another matter

Tether, Circle and others moved within hours to block billions in stolen crypto, but legal experts question whether smaller victim...

coindesk 3 days ago

Binance uncovers wider breach in $6.3 billion exploit, targets Sunday withdrawal...

CEO Richard Teng said hackers erased evidence and bypassed security checks. Binance plans to publish its proof of reserves Monday.

coindesk 3 days ago

Wall Street analysts urge investors to buy crypto stocks after $6.3 billion Bina...

Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, TD Cowen and Compass Point say the $6.3 billion Binance hack is unlikely to derail the crypto marke...

coindesk 3 days ago

Binance arranges $6.34 billion to cover losses from record crypto hack

Binance said it reserved its own funds to cover the $6.3 billion hack, including freezes of roughly $3 billion in stolen assets.