In brief An X user claimed Anthropic’s Claude AI helped recover access to a Bitcoin wallet holding 5 BTC worth roughly $400,000. The viral posts generated more than 6 million views and sparked debate …
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Irish national police say they have cracked one of 12 Bitcoin wallets linked to a convicted drug dealer, years after they were confiscated and their access codes were thought to be gone forever. Ireland’s …
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Trust Wallet Adds Address Poisoning Protection Across 32 EVM Chains
by adminby adminTrust Wallet has introduced address-poisoning protection, adding a new screening feature designed to help users avoid sending cryptocurrency to scam wallets that mimic legitimate addresses. The noncustodial wallet provider said Tuesday that the new …
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Did DOJ Prosecutors Violate Trump’s Executive Order By Selling The Forfeited Samourai Wallet Bitcoin?
by adminby adminIt seems that the U.S. Marshall Service (USMS) has sold the $6.3 million worth of bitcoin that Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill paid the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as …
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XRP is flooding Ethereum and Solana, but this invisible layer exposes your wallet to a $1.5 billion risk
by adminby adminHex Trust launched wrapped XRP across Ethereum, Solana, Optimism, and HyperEVM on Dec. 12 with $100 million in initial liquidity, positioning the token as a trading pair for Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin. This latest move …
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Samourai Wallet CTO William Hill Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
by adminby adminIn brief William Lonergan Hill was sentenced to four years in prison, three years of supervised release, and fined $250,000 for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitter. Hill and co-founder Keonne Rodriguez processed …
French cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger is reportedly exploring an IPO in New York or a fundraising round. While demand for self-custody solutions is climbing amid rising digital asset theft, the move signals growing …
ZachXBT Highlights $282M Theft of Bitcoin and Litecoin in Hardware Wallet Scam
The investigator said the attacker swapped funds into Monero and moved BTC across chains using Thorchain. Onchain investigator ZachXBT said a victim lost more than $282 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC) …
Phantom Crypto Wallet Adds Kalshi Prediction Markets for Over 20 Million Users
In brief Phantom wallet integrated Kalshi’s prediction markets, allowing 20+ million users to trade on politics, sports, and culture directly within the app. The integration includes social features like live community chat and real-time …
Long-Time HODLer Says $3M Worth of Tokens Were Stolen From His Cold Wallet
An American retiree says more than $3 million in XRP vanished after he checked Ellipal’s mobile app on Oct. 15 and saw his balance gone, a discovery that spurred an on-chain tracing effort by …