The cryptocurrency market is filled with incredible opportunities for investors, but it certainly takes a skilled hand to avoid the inherent dangers within. This article will explore some of these altcoins with the most potential. We’ll evaluate the growth and adoption potential of Arbitrum ($ARB), BNB ($BNB), Bitcoin ($BTC), Bitcoin...
Doing this in line with their MEXC $100 million user protection fund, the exchange announced recently. This fund was established to protect all users’ assets in the event of a security attack or other unexpected events. This move underscores MEXC’s commitment to proactive user security. Its goal is to provide...
Our friend Paul Atkins, the former SEC Commissioner, delivered a terrific speech. His remarks suggest a move towards regulatory clarity for the still-nascent, but rapidly growing decentralized finance (DeFi) industry. Atkins defined what some might call the “American DeFi thesis” in no uncertain terms. He rooted his industry arguments in...
Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange, is still deeply investigating an apparent DNS exploit. Though a temporary glitch, this exploit would have forced users to an attack site. The breach, found Monday afternoon, necessarily led to urgent action from the site. Just as Curve Finance experienced a DNS hijack last year...
A serious vulnerability has drained $2.15 million worth of MBU tokens from Mobius Token smart contracts on the BNB Chain. The attacker deployed the contract from address 0xb32a53... at 07:31:38 UTC and initiated the exploit at 07:33:56 UTC. The malicious smart contract drained 28.5 million MBU tokens and exchanged the...
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police (BKA) shut down the eXch crypto exchange on April 30, 2025, amid allegations of money laundering and illegal trading. This exchange enabled users to exchange cryptocurrencies anonymously on both the clearnet and the darknet. Today, it finds itself under fire for allegedly laundering nearly $1.9 billion...
German authorities have taken down eXch, a dark web crypto-swapping platform used for laundering illicit funds, in operation with Dutch law enforcement as part of a growing trend. The platform flourished because of its extreme lack of oversight and complete anonymity. It quickly became a preferred refuge for cybercriminals who...
As an example, in the first quarter of 2025, Rootstock—a layer-2 Bitcoin network—witnessed an astonishing jump in mining activity. The inverse relationship affected its total value locked (TVL) in both Bitcoin and U.S. dollars during the same period. While TVL has decreased, Rootstock continued building their ecosystem with important integrations...
On March 18, Voltage Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, suffered the second exploit. This event resulted in an incredible loss of $322,000. This incident comes after an exploit in March of 2022, when the platform was drained of $4.67 million. The attacker from the original exploit has funneled nearly...
Just last April, in fact, the fast-booming cryptocurrency sector took its biggest spill. It further lost an estimated $357 million to hacks, scams, and exploits. Of the total losses, phishing attacks were responsible for the majority of the losses, $318 million. This enormous uptick represents a troubling maturation of these...
