Two vessels waiting to transit the Strait of Hormuz reportedly fell victim to scammers posing as Iranian authorities and asking for transit fee payments in crypto.
The hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto has circled back to a likely candidate, Adam Back, thanks to a New York Times article that draws striking parallels between the two. Back denies being Satoshi, saying it's all just a coincidence and confirmation bias on behalf of the reporter. The 40-page-long investigation goes over decades of evidence to try to prove otherwise.
Drift Protocol says that the platform is currently under attack from hackers, with multiple sources estimating that it lost somewhere between $130 million and $270 million in assets.
Jonathan Spalletta is charged with computer fraud and money laundering for stealing more than $53.3 million worth of cryptocurrency from Uranium Finance, resulting in its shut down.
Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure amidst the conflict in Iran. The BTC network has seen its first quarterly hashrate drop in nearly six years.
Cambridge scientists have completed the first longitudinal study of Bitcoin’s resilience to network infrastructure disruption, with a particular eye on submarine data cables.
South Korea's National Tax Agency added a photo of a hardware wallet in a press release, which also listed its mnemonic seed phrase. This led to an unknown user using the code to recover the wallet and steal over US$4.8 million in crypto seized by the government.
The authorities found out about the theft of 22 BTC from the Gangnam Police Station during the investigation of another case of missing Bitcoin from government custody.
A South Korean crypto exchange mistakenly issued 15 times its holdings in Bitcoin during an ill-fated promotional effort, drawing the ire of regulators during a sensitive period for crypto legalization in the country.
The police have picked up four people suspected of the theft of multiple NFTs amounting to 1.4 million Euros or US$1.65 million. The group was released after interrogation, but their house, cars, data carriers, and cash were seized as part of the investigation.
Jefferies Global Head of Equity Strategy Christopher Wood said that quantum computing could break Bitcoin sooner rather than later, and that the debate between crypto developers and quantum computing will only be a "long-term positive for gold."
Superheat was at CES 2026 to showcase what it describes as “a water heater that pays for itself.” Instead of a resistive heating element, it warms your H2O with heat generated by a Bitcoin ASIC miner.
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