Data from Lookonchain shows an early bitcoin BTC$111,379.36 miner wallet holding 4,000 BTC (around $442 million) has become active for the first time in 14 years. The wallet, identified as 18eY9o, transferred 150 BTC (roughly $16.6 million) after years of dormancy. These coins were originally mined in 2009 and consolidated into the wallet in 2011. […]
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 pseudonymous analyst ZackXBT. CoinDesk has not independently verified the investor’s identity, balances, or the complete on-chain path. The account comes from […]
Hackers exploited a vulnerability in CoinMarketCap’s front-end system, using a seemingly harmless doodle image to inject malicious code that triggered fake wallet verification pop-ups across the site. The breach, confirmed by CoinMarketCap, used its backend API to deliver a manipulated JSON payload that embedded JavaScript into the homepage according to blockchain security firm Coinspect Security. […]