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Coins•11h ago

House Oversight Chair Seeks Ban on Government Officials’ Prediction Market Bets Amid Insider Trading Concerns

Key Highlights Four of the five prediction market platforms provided substantial information about their surveillance systems. Polymarket and Kalshi have strengthened procedures for monitoring suspicious trading activity. Congress is considering broader restrictions on government-related prediction market trading and stronger regulator-platform information sharing. Prediction Markets Face Scrutiny Over Surveillance and Government Trading Four of the five ...

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Coins•Nov 12, 2026

This Altcoin, Which Parted Ways With Binance, Joins Forces With Two Major Names: Details

Key Highlights: Tron, Tether and Chainalysis have launched a joint task force to identify suspicious crypto transactions and accelerate enforcement action. Chainalysis will provide blockchain analytics and AI-powered tracking, while Tron monitors its network and Tether freezes wallets linked to illicit activity. The task force will target investment fraud, cyberattacks, terrorist financing and North Korea-linked ...

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Coins•Nov 9, 2026

Chainalysis Restores Reactor and KYT Services Following Multifront Cyberattack

Key Highlights Chainalysis identified an on-path attack that intercepted customer credentials and confirmed it is directly notifying affected Know Your Transaction (KYT) users. Core tools including Reactor, KYT, and Address Screening returned to operational status on November 7 under gated, phased security protocols requiring credential and IP updates. The disruption comes amid rising stakes in ...

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Coins•Nov 5, 2026

Chainalysis Hack Exposed Password Hashes of Every User

Key Highlights: An external actor used advanced automated techniques to compromise internal systems at Chainalysis, exposing user identifiers, role labels, and some customer credentials. Core services including Know Your Transaction (KYT), Reactor, and Data Solutions were taken offline amid detected anomalies, with phased restorations requiring IP allowlisting and API key rotations. Chainalysis confirmed that investigation ...

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Coins•Nov 2, 2026

Mercado Bitcoin Hacked for $49M as Quick Response Freezes $10M

Key Highlights: Mercado Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Brazil, was hit by an early morning security breach on November 2 that siphoned roughly $49 million. Exploiters targeted assets spanning 17 different blockchains in an effort to launder and scatter the capital. Blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis collaborated with law enforcement and industry partners to successfully ...

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Coins•Nov 1, 2026

THORChain Pauses Swaps Following Block Reorg Bug to Thwart Binance Hackers

Key Highlights: THORChain node operators halted cross-chain swaps across 10 major networks, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Tron, to address a critical vulnerability related to external blockchain reorganizations. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis confirmed that the emergency halt unintentionally obstructed North Korean cybercriminals from laundering assets stolen during the recent $6.3 billion Binance exploit. The shutdown ...

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Coins•Oct 31, 2026

FBI Confirms North Korea Linked to $6B Binance Hack, Urges DeFi to Block Crypto Addresses

Key Highlights Binance suffered a massive $6.4 billion security breach on Thursday, which blockchain analysts attribute to North Korea’s TraderTraitor, a division of the Lazarus Group. Stablecoin issuers quickly intervened to freeze more than $2.4 billion in illicit assets, while Binance replenished 90% of the drained crypto assets and slated withdrawal resumptions for Sunday. Chainalysis ...

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Coins•Oct 31, 2026

US Sanctions Two Russians Over North Korean IT Workers’ Crypto Cash-Outs

Key Highlights Blockchain intelligence tracked bi-weekly stablecoin salaries paid to a North Korean IT worker, which were laundered through sanctioned entities, an operative named Boykov, and the Russian exchange Garantex. U.S. sanctions targeted intermediaries including Roman Obertas, who converted nearly $2 million in cryptocurrency to fiat for North Korean officials, alongside managers Kim Ki Hyok, ...

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Coins•Oct 30, 2026

Binance Hackers Deploy ‘Never-Seen-Before’ Crypto Laundering Tactics

Key Highlights: Blockchain analytics firms Chainalysis and TRM Labs have linked the breach of Binance hot wallets to the North Korean cybercrime syndicate Tradertraitor. Attackers deployed valid signed authorizations to run malicious software, using Tornado Cash funding and rapid stablecoin-to-ether swaps to beat issuer blacklists. Binance set aside over $6.34 billion in internal reserves to ...

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Coins•Oct 30, 2026

Binance Secures $6.34 Billion to Cover Losses From Record Crypto Hack

Key Highlights Binance identified multiple exploit vectors starting from a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, though the exchange maintains that wallet private keys were not stolen. Blockchain analytics firms Chainalysis and TRM Labs attributed the high-speed attack with high confidence to North Korea’s cybercrime syndicate. Investigators discovered unprecedented laundering tactics, characterized by automated scripts, cyclical multi-wallet ...

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Coins•Oct 28, 2026

Iran-Linked Bitcoin Activity Plunged 80% Before Rebounding During Internet Blackout

Key Highlights: Data from network monitor Cloudflare and blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis reveals that Iranian Bitcoin transaction activity rebounded to over 75% of baseline levels during a prolonged 87-day national internet shutdown that began February 28. While Cloudflare recorded overall internet traffic dropping to under 1% of normal volume, cryptocurrency transfers surged to nearly double ...

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Coins•Oct 24, 2026

Chainalysis Exposes Exploit Behind $4.7 Million Stablecoin Attack

Key Highlights: The recent X100 exploit has injected uncertainty into the broader cryptocurrency market, triggering mixed price action across digital assets. Security and on-chain intelligence firms, including Chainalysis, continue to focus on assessing decentralized system vulnerabilities and tracing stolen funds. The breach is expected to drive heightened regulatory scrutiny and force decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms ...

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