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Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier tells Blockworks that institutions have reached out about security in the wake of the Bybit attack

While some propose meaningful security improvements, others are opportunistically using the breach to push tangentially related products

If hacks were real bear catalysts, why did the market shrug them off?

Calls for a coordinated Ethereum “rollback” after the Bybit hack were bad-faith narratives designed to spread confusion

This year, so far, has been the “worst year” for cybercrime in history, Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet told Blockworks

DFlow put an interesting solution on the table in proposing conditional liquidity to divide toxic from non-toxic order flow

2024 brought the Bitboy vs. Ansem fight, the SEC getting hacked and memecoin rallies that shouldn’t have happened

Hyperliquid’s deposit bridge has seen a record net outflow of $114.7 million in USDC liquidity in the past day

A Solana researcher identified that the network’s top sandwich bot was pocketing millions of dollars a day from sandwich attacks

Today’s data points further solidify the notion that the economy is largely doing okay

The challenge of securing our digital world lies in developing conflict-resistant digital infrastructure

Not many are willing to admit that Web3 is overly reliant on hybrid security systems susceptible to sophisticated attacks

The Compound governance attacker has agreed to return $24 million of COMP and negate the previous vote

BLAST token skids as Season 2 points plan earns mixed reviews

Plus, airdrops have a branding problem

Despite the hardships and the seedier side of crypto that my first project was subjected to, I’m choosing to stay in this industry and try to make an impact

Cause of $300 million-plus “unauthorized leak” still unknown as company gets set for big fundraise

When it comes to long-term custody, exchanges just aren’t worth it — and frankly, it’s absurd to ignore the risks they pose as custodians

Pump.fun is “aware” that bonding curve contracts on Pump.fun were exploited, and has since paused trading

Shakeeb Ahmed was tied to two hacks, and the DOJ first filed an indictment against him in July of last year

Exploit shows centralization can sometimes be an asset

Michael Saylor announced Monday morning that MicroStrategy bought 3k more bitcoin after the X account was compromised over the weekend

If DeFi can just figure out how to improve both security and compliance, nothing would stop traditional finance from entering the game

Web3 companies are decentralizing the software audit process with bug bounties and cold hard cash