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On June 23, the US Treasury sanctioned nine individuals and 26 entities linked to the Prince Group transnational criminal organization and proposed expanding its Huione Group rule to include H-Pay Service PLC and any successor entity, tying…

Congress wants a task force for cryptocurrency theft months after the Justice Department disbanded NCET.The proposal, introduced by Reps. Lance Gooden and Josh Gottheimer, would create a Federal Cryptocurrency Theft Task Force inside the…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Socket's May 24 disclosure of TrapDoor found more than 34 malicious packages and over 384 related versions spread across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io, each targeting the developers who build and maintain…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on THORChain’s suspected multichain exploit and emergency halt on May 15 has turned into another DeFi security incident, and another test of cross-chain trust.Emergency controls moved through chain-specific…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is seeing a drastic rise in fraud attempts targeting its users as the network draws more institutional activity, higher transaction volumes, and renewed attention from XRP traders.On…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on A crypto founder had his laptop compromised when he joined what appeared to be a Microsoft Teams call with Pierre Kaklamanos, a Cardano Foundation contact he had spoken with before.When “Pierre” reached…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on On Apr. 22, a malicious version of Bitwarden's command-line interface appeared on npm under the official package name @bitwarden/. For 93 minutes, anyone who pulled the CLI through npm received a…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on RAVE briefly crossed a $6.7 billion valuation on Apr. 18 before collapsing nearly 95% in hours. The market infrastructure surrounding the token, consisting of thin float, concentrated supply, and a live…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The latest geopolitical risk to crypto from the Strait of Hormuz has come via radio from a tanker under fire.“Sepah Navy, Sepah Navy, this is Motor Vessel Sanmar Herald. You gave me clearance to go. My…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Kraken says it is being extorted by a criminal group threatening to release internal material after two support staff members improperly accessed limited customer data.In a security update published by…