Cryptocurrency News
11/3/2026
Mercado Bitcoin Hit by Reported $46M Security Breach
Mercado Bitcoin, widely recognized as Brazil's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has reportedly been hit by a security breach valued at $46 million.
Cryptocurrency News
11/3/2026
Mercado Bitcoin, widely recognized as Brazil's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has reportedly been hit by a security breach valued at $46 million.
Cryptocurrency News
11/2/2026
A zero-value withdrawal request exploit drained approximately 97 million CORE tokens from 91 staking positions on b14g, a Bitcoin-native staking protocol built on Core DAO, according to findings attributed to Bitquery.
Cryptocurrency News
11/1/2026
The FBI has formally attributed the reported $6 billion-plus Binance hack to North Korea, marking one of the largest state-attributed crypto thefts on record.
Cryptocurrency News
10/30/2026
Binance responded by pausing withdrawals. The exchange has not publicly confirmed the root cause, the specific networks or assets involved, or a timeline for full service restoration.
Solana
10/28/2026
What is confirmed, per The Defiant's reporting , is that the reward interruption is directly linked to the provider-level security event rather than a fault in Solflare's wallet software or the Solana protocol itself.
Regulation
10/28/2026
Ripio, one of Latin America's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is pursuing a regulated crypto broker license in Brazil ahead of an approaching filing deadline, according to reporting from The Defiant.
Cryptocurrency News
10/26/2026
Crypto markets face a convergence of macro and industry-specific catalysts this week, as the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of Japan each hold scheduled monetary policy meetings while Coinbase reports quarterly earnings.
Cryptocurrency News
10/25/2026
Proceeds from the X100 exploit have been distributed across four separate Ethereum wallets, each holding 400 ETH, according to reporting by The Defiant.
Cryptocurrency News
10/24/2026
Reports emerged this week that an attacker reportedly minted approximately $2. 7 million in crypto tokens on the Initia blockchain, triggering a network halt that suspended transactions and raised urgent questions about the protocol's security model and recovery path.
Cryptocurrency News
10/23/2026
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has pushed back against the wave of concern surrounding artificial intelligence as a tool for hacking cryptocurrency networks, arguing that the real threat to crypto users is more immediate and far less futuristic than quantum-era cryptography attacks.
Cryptocurrency News
10/22/2026
The new mechanism lets qualifying investors contribute tokens directly in exchange for shares in Grayscale investment products, according to the announcement. Participation is restricted to eligible investors, meaning the option is not universally available to all market participants.
Cryptocurrency News
10/21/2026
Tether has announced an investment in Peso, a payments-focused company, with the stated objective of expanding USD₮ payment infrastructure across Latin America.