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Bessent’s Iran crypto seizure claim puts $1 billion in adversary assets between frozen wallets, forfeiture, and Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve.
Gino Matos 7 min read 
Police found a crypto-mining setup during an operation against Comando Vermelho in Rio, raising the question around whether gangs that control territory can convert stolen electricity into portable digital value.
Wrench attacks are forcing exchanges and holders to rethink protection as criminals target the people behind private keys.
More than $3 billion in DeFi value is moving toward Chainlink’s CCIP after the KelpDAO exploit exposed weaknesses in bridge verification.
Mozilla’s 20-year Firefox bug shows the risk of AI-accelerated zero-day discovery
A Grok-linked wallet, an AI payment bot, and an encoded X post show how public replies can collide with crypto transaction systems.
Hong Kong's stablecoin licences are barely three weeks old, and the scammers are already here.
Crypto ATMs helped bring crypto to ordinary users, but Canada now says they've have become too useful for criminals.
The new package moves beyond named exchanges, putting Russia-linked stablecoins, platforms, and settlement agents in scope.
