Bitcoin Fund Crashes 36% Unnoticed for 74 Days
Osmosis freezes 22.65 BTC after Nomic bug minted 39.84 unbacked nBTC, leaving Alloyed BTC with a 36% backing hole. Governance to restore full backing. #Update #Crypto $BTC
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Bitcoin Network Recovers Post 4000 BTC Exploit
Liquid Network resumes block production after a 4,000 BTC hack; hacker returned 3,400 BTC but demands a 10% bounty. Blockstream reassures users, pledges L-BTC coverage. #Breaking #Crypto $BTC
Bitcoin Hackers Hijack Trezor Emails
@Trezor, @BitBoxSwiss, and @Coin_Tracking warn of phishing attacks after a breach at email provider Brevo. Investigations continue as affected firms urge caution. #Update #Security
Bitcoin Hackers Demand 10% Bounty Threat
Blockstream hackers demand a 10% bounty while holding 598.5 BTC, threatening to publish private keys if not paid; 3,400 BTC returned by Liquid’s white hats. #Breaking #Crypto $BTC
Bitcoin Transforms Into Onchain Message Board
html Liquid Network hit for nearly 4,000 BTC; 3,400 BTC returned by white hats while 598.49 BTC remains held. Onchain messages flood with scams and meme shills. #Breaking #Crypto $BTC
Bitcoin Hackers Return 3400 BTC Keep $47M
Liquid recovers 3,400 BTC worth $268M after Elements bug; 598.5 BTC remains with actors. Network paused as operators restore L-BTC backing. #Breaking #Crypto $BTC
Bitcoin Heist 4000 BTC Leaves Liquid
Blockstream paused Liquid after 4,000 BTC ($320M) was withdrawn by white hat hackers; exploit remains unresolved. #Breaking #Crypto $BTC
Balancer Pool Hacked $234K Vulnerability Exploited
Balancer V1 pool lost $234K to a rounding-error exploit on August 31, per Slowmist. The attacker exploited WBTC reserves, echoing a past $116M hack. #Update #Crypto $BTC
Crypto Wallets Hijacked by USB Malware
@Microsoft discovered malware that steals crypto wallet data by monitoring clipboard activity and spreading via USB drives, posing significant security risks to users. #Update #Crypto $BTC $ETH
Crypto Security Crisis Demands More Than Audits
Audits are failing to address the most costly attack vectors in crypto, with operational failures and private key compromises causing greater losses than code vulnerabilities. #Update #Crypto
Bitcoin Hacker Moves at Superhuman Speed
@DriftProtocol lost $285M to a North Korea-linked group after a social-engineering attack, while Kelp DAO was exploited for $292M due to a flaw. Humanity Protocol also suffered a $30M loss from private-key compromise. #Breaking #Crypto $BTC
Crypto Hacks Surge: 70 Exploits in Q2
Defillama reports Q2 2026 as the most-hacked quarter with 70 incidents, $746M stolen, led by Drift Protocol and KelpDAO breaches. #Breaking #Crypto
Crypto Theft Task Force Launches in US
A bipartisan U.S. House bill proposes a Federal Cryptocurrency Theft Task Force led by the Attorney General to combat crypto theft, backed by Representatives Lance Gooden and Josh Gottheimer. #Update #Crypto
Bitcoin Heist Exposes $36 Million Multisig Wallet
@HumanityProtocol reported a $36 million exploit due to a compromised laptop storing multisig wallet keys, allowing an attacker to drain 141 million H tokens on Ethereum and mint 200 million on BNB Chain. #Breaking #Crypto $H (-8) ↘