3+ week, 3+ day ago   (299+ words) Researchers found evidence that attackers used AI coding tools throughout the campaign’s development. The exposed infrastructure gave Rapid7 an unusual view into an active crypto phishing operation. Rapid7 discovered roughly 885,000 phone numbers across multiple datasets linked to the operation. The attackers used…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (455+ words) Security researchers at Socket say they found 77 Firefox browser extensions tied to a large scale crypto wallet theft campaign. The group has been active since at least March 2026 and was still running in August. Of the 77 extensions, 40 were confirmed to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (524+ words) Edward Zimbardi is back on U.S. soil after more than a year on the run. The 59 year old from Flowery Branch, Georgia, was deported from Fiji on Aug. 14 following a federal indictment tied to an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme. Federal prosecutors…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (490+ words) Federal prosecutors in Georgia have charged Edward Zimbardi with running a crypto investment scheme that collected more than $165 million from thousands of people. Zimbardi was deported from Fiji last week after living there for over a year. He appeared before…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (444+ words) British law enforcement has secured control over $13.6 million deposited in the Premier League’s bank account, originating from Sorare—a cryptocurrency-based fantasy football platform with backing from high-profile investors like Lionel Messi. Westminster magistrates’ court granted the National Crime Agency’s request…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (322+ words) — CoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap) August 29, 2026 On Friday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a unanimous opinion. The three-member judicial panel concluded that Kalshi failed to demonstrate that federal legislation prevents Nevada from enforcing its gaming statutes against the company’s sports event…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (467+ words) A stash of Bitcoin linked to the 2026 Coldcard hardware wallet theft began moving this week. Blockchain data provider Bitquery tracked the funds as they crossed into Ethereum. The move shifted the case from a mostly parked stash of stolen coins…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (481+ words) Two Thai businessmen have sued Tether over a Tether USDT freeze involving $42.4 million in stablecoin holdings. The case was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to attorney Ariel Givner, the plaintiffs say…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (421+ words) Chainalysis Government Solutions has sued the United States government. The lawsuit challenges a decision by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to give a large contract to a competitor. That competitor is TRM Labs. Both companies build software that helps track cryptocurrency…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (487+ words) Sam Bankman-Fried has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his fraud conviction. The former FTX chief filed the petition on September 10, 2026. He is currently serving a 25-year federal prison sentence. A jury convicted him on seven counts in 2023, including wire…...