Hackers steal over $130M by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai·16d ago
Hackers are in the midst of a massive theft of cryptocurrency from supposedly secure offline hardware wallets, according to blockchain security firms monitoring the heists.
56%plop scorePolymarket says hackers stole users' funds | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai·25 Jun 2026
Prediction market giant Polymarket confirmed that hackers stole funds from an unspecified number of users after a third-party breach.
North Korean hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai·20 Apr 2026
Over the weekend, hackers stole more than $290 million in cryptocurrency from Kelp DAO, a protocol that allows users to earn yields on idle crypto investments.
De-fi platform Drift suspends deposits and withdrawals after millions in crypto stolen in hack | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker·1 Apr 2026
Decentralized finance company Drift says it has suspended withdrawals and deposits after confirming a security incident.
Hackers stole over $2.7B in crypto in 2025, data shows | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai·23 Dec 2025
Cybercriminals stole $2.7 billion in crypto this year, a new record for crypto-stealing hacks, according to blockchain-monitoring firms.
48%plop scoreWorld launches its 'super app,' including crypto pay and encrypted chat features | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lucas Ropek·12 Dec 2025
World, the biometric ID verification project co-founded by Sam Altman, released the newest version of its app today, debuting several new features, including an encrypted chat integration and an...
56%plop scoreCoinbase starts onboarding users again in India, plans for fiat on-ramp next year | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·7 Dec 2025
After a pause of more than two years, crypto exchange Coinbase has opened its app for registration in India.
57%plop scoreEuropean cops shut down crypto mixing website that helped launder 1.3B euros | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai·1 Dec 2025
A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by Europol announced Monday the shuttering of cryptocurrency laundering service Cryptomixer.
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko is a big fan of agentic coding | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Russell Brandom·29 Oct 2025
The rise of agentic coding tools has been a sea change for software engineers across the industry — but for Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko, it seems to have landed particularly hard.
54%plop scoreNorth Korean hackers stole over $2 billion in crypto so far in 2025, researchers say | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai·7 Oct 2025
Hackers working for the North Korean government have stolen more than $2 billion in crypto so far this year, according to blockchain analysis firm Elliptic.
53%plop scoreSpacecoin beams blockchain transaction through space in bid for decentralized internet | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Aria Alamalhodaei·2 Oct 2025
Spacecoin says it reached a new milestone in its quest to build a decentralized communications backbone that could one day rival SpaceX’s Starlink.
50%plop scoreIsrael announces seizure of $1.5M from crypto wallets tied to Iran | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai·15 Sept 2025
Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it was ordering the seizure of 187 crypto wallets that allegedly belong to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC.
52%plop scoreWinklevoss twins' crypto company Gemini files for IPO | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec·16 Aug 2025
Another crypto company is headed for the public markets. This time, it’s Gemini Space Station Inc., the New York-based crypto exchange and custodian bank founded by billionaire twins Cameron and...
Bitcoin surpasses $118K, its second all-time high in less than 24 hours | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal·11 Jul 2025
Bitcoin achieved a new all-time high of $118,900 on Friday after exceeding its previous record, $113,822, on Thursday. At the time of this writing, Bitcoin’s price stands at around $117,400.
Coinbase says its data breach affects at least 69,000 customers | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker·21 May 2025
Coinbase said at least 69,461 customers had personal and financial information stolen during a months-long data breach that it disclosed last week.
North Korea launches new unit with a focus on AI hacking, per report | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai·20 Mar 2025
The North Korean government is reportedly establishing a new hacking group within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).
Crypto wallet integrated with Telegram introduces crypto trading and yield features | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·13 Mar 2025
Telegram’s crypto wallet, developed by a third-party company called The Open Platform (TOP), has introduced new features for people who don’t just use Telegram as a messaging app.
54%plop scoreFollowing takedown operation, Garantex invites customers to 'face-to-face' Moscow meeting | TechCrunch
cryptocurrency | TechCrunchby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai·10 Mar 2025
It has not been a good week for Russian crypto exchange Garantex. Firstly, on Thursday, stablecoin issuer Tether blocked access to Garantex’s wallets that held around $28 million of the crypto...
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