Tag: #crypto

Q2 2026 Is Already the Most-Hacked Crypto Quarter by Incident Count, Tracker Shows

DefiLlama data show roughly 70 exploits and about $746 million lost in Q2 so far, with April's two mega-attacks and infrastructure failures driving the tally.

#crypto, #defi, #cybersecurity, #hacks

U.S., European authorities dismantle AudiA6 crypto mixer; two arrested in Batumi, Georgia

Authorities say they dismantled AudiA6, a crypto mixer used to launder about 10,333 BTC; two alleged administrators arrested in Batumi, Georgia and face extradition.

#crypto, #ransomware, #moneylaundering, #europol

500 Million USDT Transferred From Binance Wallet to Tether Treasury on June 2

Public blockchain records show a 500 million USDT transfer from a Binance-labeled wallet to Tether Treasury on June 2, part of a recurring pattern.

#crypto, #tether, #binance, #stablecoin, #ethereum

1.35 Million SOL (~$84M) Transferred to Address Labeled 'Coinbase Institutional'

On June 6, Whale Alert recorded 1,349,999 SOL (about $84M) moved to an address it labels 'Coinbase Institutional', a transaction traders watch.

#crypto, #solana, #coinbase, #whalealert

Gravity Bridge Halted After $5.4M Drain; Signing-Layer Compromise Suspected

Gravity Bridge suspended operations after an apparent $5.4M drain that appears tied to a signing/authorization compromise; investigations are ongoing.

#crypto, #ethereum, #cosmos, #security

CFTC Approves First Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Contract for U.S. Exchange; KalshiEX to List BTCPERP

The CFTC approved KalshiEX's cash-settled bitcoin perpetual futures contract, the first formal approval for a perp on a CFTC-regulated U.S. exchange.

#crypto, #bitcoin, #cftc, #derivatives, #kalshiex

CFTC Staff Says Some Deribit Perpetuals Can Be Treated as Foreign Futures; Coinbase Subsidiary Gets Conditional No-Action Relief

CFTC staff says Deribit perpetuals may qualify as foreign futures and grants Coinbase Financial Markets conditional relief to post customer crypto as margin.

$COIN, #cftc, #coinbase, #crypto, #deribit

Sui Mainnet Restores Service After 6‑Hour Stall Caused by Validator Crash Bug

Sui recovered Thursday after a software bug in release 1.72 caused a roughly six-hour mainnet stall; validators upgraded to a patched client to resume finalization.

#sui, #blockchain, #crypto, #outage

May 27 vsdCRV Mint on Arbitrum: Trillions Created, But Only ~$91,000 Extracted

An unauthorized mint of vsdCRV on Arbitrum created trillions of tokens, but attackers appear to have cashed out only about $91,000 as DeFi protocols scrambled to contain risk.

#crypto, #arbitrum, #stakedao, #defi, #security

Apparent Infinite‑Mint Exploit Creates 5.4 Trillion vsdCRV on Arbitrum; Attacker Swapped ~43.8 ETH

Security feeds report an apparent infinite‑mint exploit on Arbitrum's vsdCRV, creating ~5.4T tokens; attacker swapped about 43.78 ETH (~$90k).

#crypto, #arbitrum, #stakedao, #defi, #security

Former Hodlnaut CEO Charged in Singapore Over Alleged False Claims About UST Losses

Singapore police charged ex-Hodlnaut CEO Zhu Juntao with six fraud counts, accusing him of misleading users about the company’s TerraUSD exposure after UST’s 2022 collapse.

#hodlnaut, #terraust, #crypto, #fraud

Pyth Network outage halts price feeds for more than five hours

Pyth Network validators stopped creating blocks on May 22, 2026, interrupting price feeds for over five hours; Hermes endpoints remained delayed.

#crypto, #blockchain, #pyth, #oracles

Warren Challenges OCC Over Crypto National Trust Charters

Sen. Elizabeth Warren requested OCC charter applications and legal analyses, arguing crypto trust charters let firms perform bank-like activities beyond legal limits.

$COIN, #crypto, #occ, #regulation, #elizabethwarren

Echo Protocol halts eBTC cross‑chain transfers after unauthorized mint of 1,000 tokens

Echo Protocol suspended cross‑chain eBTC transfers after an unauthorized mint created 1,000 eBTC (~$76M nominal); on‑chain tracing shows only ~ $870k converted.

#crypto, #defi, #ebtc, #monad

THORChain Confirms Exploit, Opens Claims Portal; Announces ~$10M Treasury Refund

THORChain confirmed a cross-chain exploit affecting 12,847 wallets, opened a claims portal and announced a roughly $10M treasury-backed refund as probes continue.

#thorchain, #crypto, #security, #exploit