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Compromised owner contract just let hackers print 5.2 million WEMIX stablecoins out of thin air, forcing a complete network freeze
The WEMIX team said compromised ownership of a contract tied to its WEMIX$ stablecoin enabled approximately 5.23 million tokens to be minted without authorization, prompting it to suspend bridges, liquidity pools, and several services on the WEMIX3.0 network. Contract-owner breac...
July 27, 2026
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Lawsuit claims BitMEX used server freezes and internal trading to seize 622 Bitcoin ahead of its September closure
BitMEX customers are seeking the return of 622.66 Bitcoin in a proposed class action that accuses the exchange of engine...
Jul 27
On-chain data shows 5,280 ETH draining into single address following quiet Triple-A wallet breach
Triple-A, a Singapore-based stablecoin payments firm, said unauthorized access to wallets holding its own digital assets...
Jul 27
SEC warning over crypto yield vaults puts DeFi’s secret human controllers in the crosshairs
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has warned that crypto vaults may face federal securities-law scrutiny when people contro...
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July 27, 2026•Cryptocurrency
BitMart’s sudden shutdown triggers withdrawal delays and on-chain panic, echoing the ghosts of 2022
BitMart said it will wind down its trading platform after nine years, abruptly reversing an expansion push that continued into the summer. The exchange stopped accepting new regist...
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July 27, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin’s $65,000 rebound looks like a relief rally, but Wednesday’s Fed decision could turn it into a trap
Bitcoin reclaimed $65,000 on Monday as a pause in US-Iran strikes revived demand for risk assets ahead of a pivotal Federal Reserve meeting. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the l...
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July 27, 2026•Cryptocurrency
31 newly discovered vulnerabilities expose 99% of x402 crypto payments to asset theft and free shopping
A new security study reported 31 previously unknown vulnerabilities across 15 major facilitators supporting x402, an HTTP-native standard for programmatic payments. The tested grou...
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July 27, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Inside the $87 million BTC sell-off driving a Bitcoin treasury pivot into AI data centers
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital has added a completed AI-infrastructure investment to its strategy, closing a $20 million preferred-equity stake in Cardinal D...
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July 26, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Why Hashdex's new crypto ETF keeps 100% of your initial staking yields and 40% of everything else
Hashdex plans to put some of the crypto held by its Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF (NCIQ) to work through staking. The sponsor takes the first slice of net income, while common shareh...
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July 26, 2026•Cryptocurrency
The brutal $346M math behind Galaxy's high-stakes race to build CoreWeave's Texas AI mega-center
Galaxy Digital’s $3.507 billion financing for its CoreWeave data-center build in Texas comes with a steep price: about $346.3 million in annual interest. A Galaxy project subsidiar...
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