Category: Bitcoin News

Total funds lost to crypto hacks and exploits fell by nearly 37% in the third quarter of the year, even as malicious actors shifted their approach from smart contract attacks to wallet-focused compromises and operational breaches.  According to data from blockchain security firm CertiK shared with Cointelegraph, the initial losses dropped from around $803 million in Q2 to $509 million in Q3, a 36.6% decline. Compared to Q1, when hackers stole nearly $1.7 billion, Q3’s losses declined by over 70%.  CertiK said losses from code vulnerabilities fell sharply, from $272…

Michael Saylor’s digital asset treasury firm, Strategy, has just hit a new all-time high in crypto value, now worth more than several leading banks and equivalent to the gross domestic product of some nations.  “Our journey began with $0.25 billion in Bitcoin — and an immediate $0.04 billion unrealized loss,” said Saylor on Thursday, noting that Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings are now valued at $77.4 billion, close to double its value in 2024. The valuation comes as Bitcoin returned to the $120,000 level. While Bitcoin is still down 3% from its…

The Unity gaming platform is quietly rolling out a fix for a vulnerability that allows third-party code to run in Android-based mobile games, which can potentially target mobile crypto wallets, according to two anonymous sources.  The vulnerability affects projects dating back to 2017, according to the sources, who added that the vulnerability primarily affects Android, but Windows, macOS and Linux systems are also affected to varying degrees. Unity has begun distributing fixes and a standalone patching tool privately to selected partners, according to the sources, but public guidance isn’t expected…

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US First Lady Melania Trump has resumed promoting her Solana-based memecoin, MelaniaMeme (MELANIA), after months of silence, even as the project faces ongoing questions about millions of dollars in unexplained token sales. In a Thursday X post, Trump returned with an artificial intelligence-generated video promoting the Official MelaniaMeme token as the path “into the future,” tagging the official X account of the memecoin. However, blockchain analysts were quick to note that the promotion did not address concerns over token sales by team wallets. Source: Melania Trump “Melania Trump won’t address…

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has blocked a privacy bill that seeks to protect all Americans from having their personal information exposed by data brokers — arguing that law enforcement needs access to some data and that the bill requires refinement. The Bitcoiner was the only US Senator to object to Democrat Senator Ron Wyden’s bill — Senate Bill 2850 — on Wednesday, arguing a lack of data could disrupt efforts to ensure that convicted sex offenders are kept away from children. SB 2850 seeks to stop brokers from exposing personal…