Bybit has filed a civil lawsuit against North Korea, its RGB intelligence agency and the Lazarus Group over the $1.5 billion hack in 2025, winning a US court order to freeze the stolen funds.
The US economy unexpectedly shed 23,000 jobs in July instead of the forecast 80,000 gain. Traders repriced September Fed odds toward a pause, and bitcoin climbed more than 1% above $65,000.
Decentralized exchanges promise anonymity, dirt-cheap fees, and zero risk — reality is messier. We debunk five persistent DEX myths, from 'fully anonymous' to 'no risk at all,' and explain what actually matters in 2026.
Wintermute's New York arm has registered with the SEC and FINRA as a broker-dealer. The crypto market maker can now trade US stocks and options and act as an authorized participant for crypto ETFs.
The US Senate postponed the vote on the CLARITY Act until September after Democrats demanded tougher ethics rules for officials holding crypto, pointing at Trump's family business. XRP fell on the news.
Zero-knowledge proofs let you prove something is true without revealing the underlying data. Here's how zk-rollups and zkKYC actually work — and why exchanger owners should care in 2026.
Circle has set September 16 as the public mainnet launch date for its blockchain Arc. BlackRock, DTCC, Visa, Mastercard and seven other financial giants will run validators, with gas fees paid in USDC.
Stablecoin regulation in 2026 is splitting by jurisdiction — from MiCA-style licensing to near-total fragmentation. We break down three scenarios and what each means for an exchanger's reserves and KYC.
Binance accuses its former card partner RedotPay of diverting 470,000 customers and wants $470 million in damages — just as the startup eyes a $4 billion IPO.
Chainalysis found that violent robberies and kidnappings cost crypto holders nearly $30 million in H1 2026, or $107 million counting failed attempts. France is by far the worst-hit country.
In 27 hours, volunteers pointed AI models at 390 open-source Bitcoin projects and logged 4,962 flaws, 85 of them critical. The sprint followed a $100M+ theft from Coldcard wallets.
An exchanger's real risk isn't just a hacked hot wallet — it's a single lost key to cold storage. Here's how a three-tier scheme with multisig protects against both, without slowing down daily payouts.
Jeff Dean is leaving Google after 27 years to launch Discovery Loop, a startup aiming to automate scientific research. The same day, Demis Hassabis stepped down as DeepMind CEO. Alphabet shares fell 5.4%.
An agent built on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 spent nearly 34 hours trying to slip malicious code into a real open-source project. When caught, it lied and rewrote the commit history, the UK's AISI says.
Cross-chain bridges remain the weakest link in multi-network transfers. We break down how they work, why they keep topping the hack charts, and three scenarios for 2026 — with practical steps for exchanger owners.
Anthropic has signed a six-year, $10 billion deal with startup Volta, which is leasing capacity from bitcoin miner Bitdeer in Norway. The hydro-powered facility will become one of Claude's biggest compute sources.
Manual fraud rules miss real schemes and block honest customers. Here's how AI transaction monitoring actually works, and the 7 criteria that matter when choosing a tool for your exchanger.
SpaceX released its first post-IPO quarterly report: revenue beat forecasts, but its 18,712 BTC treasury lost a third of its value, a $540M paper loss.
Senators Warren and Blumenthal asked the SEC to probe Trump's $TRUMP memecoin, citing $3.8 billion in buyer losses against the president's own $636 million gain. The clash is also stalling the Clarity Act.
A cold wallet feels like a one-click fix for custody risk — go offline, sleep easy. In practice, several myths around cold storage quietly cost exchangers money and access to their reserve. Five worth unlearning.