A violent home invasion in southern France shows how cryptocurrency wealth is spilling into the real world — and turning investors into physical targets.

A new phishing scam is targeting MetaMask users, tricking them with fake 2FA messages to steal their wallet seed phrases. The attackers use cloned websites and urgent emails to gain full access to users’ wallets.

A critical vulnerability in React, one of the world’s most widely used JavaScript libraries, is being actively exploited by hackers to inject crypto-draining malware into legitimate websites — a development that has alarmed cybersecurity experts and Web3 teams alike.

Netflix is leaning into one of crypto’s most familiar anxieties with One Attempt Remaining, a new comedy centered on a divorced couple racing against time to recover access to a forgotten cryptocurrency wallet that has since grown to be worth millions.

On November 21, 2025, Cardano suffered its most serious technical failure in nearly a decade, when a single flawed delegation transaction triggered a rare chain split—effectively causing the blockchain to divide into two competing versions of itself.

Indonesian authorities have arrested a Bandung-based hacker accused of exploiting a critical flaw inside the trading platform Markets.com—an incident that has quickly brought light to the limitations of Know-Your Customer identification as a primary defense mechanism for crypto exchanges.

A specially crafted delegation transaction caused Cardano’s network to split into two conflicting chains, disrupting exchanges, DeFi apps, and users. Developers quickly deployed emergency fixes, restored consensus, and confirmed that no user funds were lost.

Mastercard is partnering with Mercuryo and Polygon to give its customer's self-custody wallet names. This new update would replace long hexadecimal addresses with simple username-style identifiers, giving users a familiar payment flow that mirrors Web2 apps like Venmo or PayPal.

Japan is gearing up for one of its toughest crackdowns yet on the crypto industry — and this time, it’s targeting the kind of secretive deals that have long lurked in the shadows of digital finance.

Bhutan has moved its national digital ID system to the Ethereum blockchain, giving nearly 800,000 citizens more control over their personal data. The migration aims to improve security, privacy, and transparency, while the country also continues expanding its cryptocurrency holdings and blockchain initiatives.