Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the network is evolving beyond the traditional definition of a blockchain toward what he calls a “cryptographic world computer,” with major changes to verification, consensus, privacy and computation planned through the end of the decade. In a September 27 essay titled The Cryptographic World Computer, Buterin argued that describing future
GoPlus Security says the $387.5 million Bitget hack did not result from stolen private keys but from a compromise of the exchange’s transaction-signing “trust chain,” allowing attackers to make fraudulent transfers appear legitimate to Bitget’s own authorization infrastructure. The finding provides a clearer technical explanation for the September 24 breach, which affected portions of Bitget’s
Web3 security company GoPlus has challenged THORChain’s claims of decentralization after examining the decentralized exchange’s role in processing cryptocurrency linked to North Korean hackers, reopening a long-running debate over censorship resistance and responsibility in permissionless financial protocols. In research published September 27, GoPlus examined how funds attributed to North Korea’s Lazarus Group moved through THORChain
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is standing by his prediction that Bitcoin could reach $400,000 by 2030, maintaining one of his most bullish long-term calls even as the cryptocurrency continues to experience sharp price swings. Armstrong reiterated the target in comments published over the weekend, saying he remains comfortable with the forecast he first made publicly
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor is calling for a “bill of digital rights” that would protect the ability of individuals and companies to create, issue, hold, transfer and use digital assets, extending his Bitcoin-focused investment philosophy into a broader proposal for how digital capital markets should operate.In an essay published Saturday, Saylor argued that artificial
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted about $2.4 billion in net inflows during the week ended Sept. 25, their strongest weekly intake since October 2025 and enough to push their 2026 flows back into positive territory after a difficult first half of the year.The reversal extends beyond Bitcoin. Spot Ether ETFs added $689.9 million after posting
Magic Eden said legacy permissions from its former EVM marketplace exposed more than $5.7 million of NFTs to an exploit in Limit Break’s Payment Processor V2, showing that wallet approvals can remain dangerous long after a marketplace stops using the underlying contract.The marketplace said Friday that no live Magic Eden listings were affected. It stopped
Circle and Tether have frozen approximately $318,000 in stablecoins held by a wallet linked to the Bitget security breach, demonstrating the recovery advantage of centrally issued tokens while leaving almost all of the stolen assets outside their reach.Circle blacklisted an Ethereum address labeled “Bitget Exploiter 8” at approximately 05:00 UTC on Friday. Blockchain security firm
U.S. prosecutors have charged a Vietnamese national with money laundering over an alleged cryptocurrency “pig butchering” scheme in which one victim transferred about $16 million to a purported investment platform called “Triangle,” while investigators traced more than $53 million linked to U.S. fraud schemes through wallets attributed to the defendant.Trung Nguyen Van, 37, faces two
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