Polymarket says it will refund users after hackers drained close to $3 million from wallets
A compromised third-party vendor allegedly let attackers inject a malicious frontend script
Cryptocurrency articles
Chris Seedor once spent 1,500 Bitcoin on a GPU. Now he insures crypto fortunes
After receiving an early bitcoin windfall, he is building protection for self-custody investors
Sam Altman's other startup is laying off workers
Adoption, privacy concerns, and revenue questions hang over World's iris-scanning platform
Fake downloads of popular PC utilities are quietly installing crypto miners on enthusiast PCs
Link poisoning enters the AI era – cryptojackers target GPU owners via chatbots
PSA: PC enthusiasts downloading tools like Display Driver Uninstaller, CrystalDiskInfo, or similar utilities should take a closer look at where those downloads are actually coming from. Microsoft has uncovered an active cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting the kinds of high-end machines most likely to run benchmarking and maintenance software.
One company now controls more than 4% of all Bitcoin
Strategy is closing in on one million Bitcoin after spending another $2 billion
Peter Molyneux's $50 million NFT game left most players with heavy losses
The game reportedly died within weeks, leaving most with losses instead of rewards
Winners & losers: Peter Molyneux's play-to-earn blockchain game Legacy launched in 2023 and has long since gone offline. His studio, 22cans, is now focused on Masters of Albion. But while Legacy brought in more than $50 million for the studio two years before it even launched, a new report suggests that virtually no players turned a profit, and many suffered staggering losses.
What was the first ransomware attack to demand payment in Bitcoin?
Test your cyber history savvy in this week's trivia.
New report revives theory that cryptographer Adam Back could be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto
The hunt for Satoshi is back, despite denials
Hoax post claiming the world's oldest tortoise had died was a crypto scam
The fake post fooled major outlets and drew millions of views
South Korea's tax office lost millions in crypto after accidentally posting the wallet's master key
A basic security lapse raises bigger questions about crypto oversight
Facepalm: Last month, South Korea's National Police Agency realized that 22 Bitcoin had been missing for years after officials failed to transfer the seized funds to a state-owned wallet. Now the country's National Tax Service has stumbled into an even more damaging mistake – effectively handing cybercriminals the keys to confiscated crypto.
At $70 million, AI.com is now the most expensive domain name ever sold
Beats previous record by $20 million, another $8 million spent on Super Bowl ad, website went down
Kingpin of dark web-based drug marketplace "Incognito Market" sentenced to 30 years
A multi-million dollar operation that sold loads of narcotics
Crypto laundering surged to $82 billion last year and the numbers keep rising
Chinese-language networks are laundering $44 million a day through on-chain ecosystems
Data shows half of all crypto tokens have gone dark, and 2025 was the worst year yet
Crypto's biggest problem might be too much crypto
Americans lost $330 million to Bitcoin ATM scams last year, FBI says
The FBI said the rise is "not slowing down"
Hollywood director received $11 million to finish a Netflix show - he spent it on crypto, a Ferrari, and five Rolls-Royces
Filmmaker Carl Rinsch found guilty of defrauding Netflix
Solo Bitcoin miner defies astronomical odds to claim block worth $270K
A 1-in-180 million shot
Sam Altman's iris-scanning World project wants a billion users – it's reached 2% of that goal
World could partner with Reddit to confirm users are human
Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao in shift for US crypto policy
The decision ends years of hostility between Washington and the industry, signaling what officials called the conclusion of the "war on crypto"
North Korean hackers stole $2 billion in crypto, and the year's not over
Rising social engineering attacks are behind the surge in these crypto hauls
Breach of npm threatens billions of weekly downloads in JavaScript ecosystem
Massive supply chain attack compromised open-source JS packages to steal cryptocurrency
Stock exchanges representatives warn against turning financial assets into cryptocurrencies
The traditional equity market might not survive unregulated crypto finance
Teen hacker from notorious Scattered Spider ring sentenced to 10 years in federal prison
He also agreed to pay $13 million in restitution as part of his plea deal
In a nutshell: A Palm Coast, Florida, man linked to a notorious hacking crew will spend the next decade in federal prison after admitting to a multimillion-dollar cybercrime spree that relied on SIM-swapping attacks to steal cryptocurrency. The sentencing closes a two-year investigation that exposed one of the largest fraud schemes tied to a group known as Scattered Spider.
PayPal to let US merchants accept over 100 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum
"Pay with Crypto" feature could cost foreign users up to 10% in fees, however
Bitcoin hits all-time high of $123,000 as Washington declares "crypto week"
A golden age for crypto - or just another wave of hype and fraud?