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Pirate Chain Exploit: The Rollback That Wasn't
Pirate Chain minted 39.8M ARRR in a bug, announced a rollback, then reversed course. What happened, and why unverifiable accounting is the real risk.
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Google's Quantum Chip and Bitcoin: Run This Checklist First
Google cut quantum errors 40-fold using magic state cultivation. A self-check for what that actually changes about your Bitcoin addresses today.
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Self-Custody
P7 DarkSword Spyware Hunts Crypto Wallets: Check This
iVerify found iPhone spyware that scans for crypto wallet apps and pulls wallet data every 15 seconds. Here is the walkthrough to check and close it.
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Self-Custody
Coldcard's X Hack: What It Means for Your Bitcoin
Coldcard's own X account posted a phishing link on October 11. What happened, and what it changes about trusting official posts.
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Self-Custody
Quantum Computing and Bitcoin: What to Check Today
VanEck says quantum risk doesn't justify selling Bitcoin yet. A step-by-step look at what exposes an address, and what BIP-360 does and doesn't fix.
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Self-Custody
MetaMask's Incident: What Non-Custodial Doesn't Cover
MetaMask's September 30 infrastructure incident forced a validator exit while wallets stayed safe. What non-custodial promises, and what it doesn't.
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Security
Q3 2026's $1.26B in Crypto Hacks, By the Numbers
CertiK counted $1.26 billion lost to crypto hacks in Q3 2026, up 53.9% on Q2. Here is what the numbers show about custodial risk for miners.
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Security
Bitget Hack Explained: Fake Orders, Real Signatures
Bitget says a flaw in a third-party security product let an attacker send fake withdrawals. See the timeline, the gas-limit tell and what a miner can check.
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Security
Duelbits Lost $7 Million. Check Your Own Wallets Against It
Duelbits went offline after a $7M hot-wallet hack. Run this checklist on every platform holding your crypto, including a mining pool.
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Security
Bitget's $351M Hack: The Balance That Wasn't There
Bitget lost $351.6M in a hot-wallet hack, no private keys touched. What a non-custodial, coinbase-paid payout looks like instead.
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Security
Revolut Data Breach: What Bitcoin Miners Should Know
Revolut sent passports, selfies and Bitcoin histories to a fake government request. What leaked, why it matters on-chain, and what miners can do.
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Glass Ledger
Trezor Phishing Scam: The Fake Alert Explained
Hackers breached the email platform behind Trezor and BitBox to send a fake 'critical' wallet alert. Here is exactly what happened and how to verify a real one.
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Glass Ledger
Liquid Network Restart: What Actually Came Back
Liquid resumed block production on September 10, but transactions and pegs stay suspended and 598.5 BTC is still out. What the restart really restored.
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Glass Ledger
How the Nomic Exploit Drained Osmosis's Bitcoin
A double-spend bug on the Nomic chain forged Bitcoin backing for Osmosis's allBTC token. Here is exactly how the exploit worked, step by step.
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Glass Ledger
Hardware Wallet Shipping Breaches: A Step-by-Step Response
Trezor and SafePal disclosed shipping and order data breaches in August 2026. A step-by-step walkthrough of what leaked and what to do about it.
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Self-Custody
What the Coldcard Hack Teaches About Verifying, Not Trusting
A five-year-old firmware flaw let attackers drain $116M from Coldcard wallets. The real lesson is about hardware wallet randomness verification, not the brand.
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