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Block has traced the attacker behind a $38M Bitcoin theft exploiting a COLDCARD vulnerability to a blockchain services provider, raising urgent questions about firmware security.…
A Bitcoin thief targeting Coldcard hardware wallet users reportedly leveraged a top blockchain services provider. Experts are now urging all Coldcard holders to move funds immediately.…
MetronomeDAO reveals years of accumulated unbacked synthetic assets totaling $15.7M, blaming Chainlink oracle latency — and stages $34M in treasury defenses.…
MetronomeDAO has disclosed a $16M shortfall traced to oracle latency issues, throwing a harsh spotlight on one of decentralized finance's most persistent and underappreciated infrastructure risks.…
Coinkite has released a patched firmware for the Coldcard wallet after a bug was discovered, with AI likely involved — forcing a reckoning on hardware security.…
The CFTC has ordered George Santos to pay $35,000 over manipulative trading on a prediction market, spotlighting regulatory gaps in decentralized platforms.…
A Bank of Italy study finds stablecoins offer no consistent cost advantage for remittances, with fiat conversion and infrastructure — not blockchain fees — driving most costs.…
Tether posted $1.5B in Q2 2026 earnings, yet excess reserves backing USDT fell from $8.23B to $4.11B — raising structural questions about the world's largest stablecoin.…
Tether earned $1.5B in Q2 2026, growing its reserve surplus to $4.11B as US Treasury holdings continued to underwrite the world's dominant stablecoin.…
Tether's latest attestation reveals $1.5B in Q2 profit, growing USDT supply, and gold reserves surpassing 146 metric tons, reinforcing its dominance in the stablecoin market.…
The New York Fed asked US banks to check the EUR/JPY rate, signaling potential American involvement in efforts to stabilize a weakening Japanese yen.…
Citigroup has hired Andrea Gacki, the US Treasury's anti-money laundering chief, as its new global head of sanctions — a move that signals how seriously major banks are treating compliance infrastructure.…