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An attack against users of the D’CENT App Wallet allowed the diversion of 11.746 million XRP, nearly 20 million dollars. Between September 15 and 20, 6,678 wallets were affected in six waves. More than 5.59 million XRP have already left the network via THORChain. The case does not come from a flaw in the XRP Ledger: the crypto transactions were signed with private keys controlled by the attacker. D’CENT is still investigating how these keys were compromised.

The crypto NEAR jumps 78.2% in one week, driven by the rise of NEAR Intents, privacy and cross-chain volumes now close to 30 billion dollars.

Consensys Software Inc. announced on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, its split into two independent companies. The parent company will be renamed MetaMask and led by Joe Lubin. Protocols and institutional infrastructure will be part of a new Consensys. The official statement does not mention any IPO, while speculation is already running towards 2027.

Ethereum: crypto reserves on exchanges collapse to a multi-year low. Will the shortage trigger a price explosion?

Ethereum is preparing Frame Transactions so users can pay gas fees without holding any ETH starting in 2027.

A Bitcoin wallet estimated at 1.5 million dollars appears in the investigation into the murder of Mexican musician Jonathan Meléndez, his wife, their 3-year-old daughter and a housemaid. Two suspects were arrested less than twelve hours after the incident. The exact link with the BTC remains to be established: Mexican authorities confirm a money demand and a commercial dispute, but not yet the amount of 1.5 million dollars.

A new data leak expands the incident affecting hardware wallet buyers. Trezor reports that a breach at its logistics partner Shipmonk exposed information of an additional 67,000 American customers. The affected files were supposed to be deleted from the provider's systems but remained accessible. The impacted orders date from November 2019 to August 2021. With the 13,689 recorded customers, the incident concerns about 80,000 people, without compromising wallets, private keys, or backups.

On August 19, 2026, the Belgian Department for Combating Online Harm (BAPO) issued five decisions requiring four registrars and one registry to provide a complete file on operators of illicit sports streaming sites: identity, IBAN, bank cards, crypto wallets, and transaction identifiers, plus twelve months of connection logs. All under seal of secrecy. The cross-border scope of the injunction remains, in practice, to be tested.

BitBox released a security update yesterday for its BitBox02 wallets. Named Dixence, the patch addresses several vulnerabilities, including two considered severe. The next day, Dogecoin contributor Mishaboar relayed the alert and urged affected holders to check their firmware without delay.

SafePal reveals a data breach affecting nearly 40,000 customers. Names, addresses, and purchases were exposed, but no crypto funds were compromised.

Changpeng Zhao ended up abandoning the public wallet he was using. Too many memecoins, dust, and unwanted tokens were arriving directly at the address without him being able to stop them. The episode also moved Trust Wallet. CZ now requests that its feature allowing to ignore certain tokens becomes much easier to use.

Trezor has just warned 13,689 clients after a data leak at one of its logistics providers. Names, emails, phone numbers, and delivery addresses were exposed according to the affected users. Wallets were not hacked and no private keys leaked. Good news for cryptos. A bit less so for personal data.

MetaMask puts a leash on its latest beast: Agent Wallet. AI can trade, but it can't bite. And if it messes up, up to 10k in damages is covered.

Hardware wallets are among the safest solutions for storing bitcoins offline. However, this certainty has just been shaken. A critical flaw discovered in the Coldcard ecosystem allowed the theft of 116 million dollars, revealing a software vulnerability that went unnoticed for five years. The case questions the reliability of self-custody tools, as digital sovereignty emerges as a pillar of the Bitcoin ecosystem. The losses, mostly concentrated in Canada, further emphasize the scale of this incident.

Security incidents quickly influence investors' decisions in the cryptocurrency market. This time, a vulnerability affecting the Coldcard hardware wallet caused an unusual movement of funds. While self-custody had gained popularity after the FTX bankruptcy, many bitcoin holders adopted the opposite strategy. Onchain data now shows an increase in deposits to exchange platforms, illustrating a temporary behavioral shift in response to risks.

Cold storage, long presented as the ultimate bulwark against hacking, has just suffered one of its biggest setbacks. A critical software vulnerability affecting Coldcard wallets enabled the theft of tens of millions of dollars in bitcoin, reviving questions about the limits of self-custody. This case breaks out as the market comes off a July up 7.36%, under pressure from massive institutional withdrawals and approaching two major protocol upgrades expected in August.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup marked a new step for the blockchain ecosystem. According to data published by Chainalysis, predictive markets recorded unprecedented activity thanks to the worldwide excitement around the competition. Decentralized betting, digital collectibles, and the participation of hundreds of thousands of users illustrated the magnitude of the phenomenon. These results also show that major sports competitions accelerate the use of blockchain-based applications.

Stablecoins continue to gain ground in digital uses, far beyond the traditional crypto ecosystem. Now, Samsung intends to give them a place at the heart of its Wallet application, presented as a future everyday wallet. This evolution marks a new stage in the strategy of the Korean group, which wants to bring together payments, rewards, and digital assets within a single interface. The announcement was made during Galaxy Unpacked and confirms the growing interest of major technology companies in stablecoins.

Telegram continues to develop its digital ecosystem with a new milestone focused on crypto. Its founder, Pavel Durov, announced the deployment this summer of a native non-custodial wallet directly integrated into the messaging app. This initiative could enable over one billion monthly active users to send digital assets autonomously. The project is part of a broader strategy aimed at enhancing peer-to-peer payment uses and Web3 technologies within the platform.

Vitalik Buterin promises inviolable crypto votes thanks to obfuscation, a fascinating technical feat. But patience: the technology will take longer than the universe to run. We'll wait patiently.

The dynamism inherent in decentralized networks sometimes manages to overcome graphical hazards to reveal the real power of conviction within a community. While the global crypto market is going through a phase of uncertainty related to persistent macroeconomic pressures, the Shiba Inu (SHIB) protocol has just crossed a historic milestone. Token allocation mechanisms in decentralized finance often serve as a powerful leading indicator, and a thorough examination of distributed ledgers reveals a growing divergence between the attraction of unique users and short-term price performance.

This is no longer science fiction! MetaMask has just given full control of DeFi to autonomous AI agents. Crypto trading is about to shift into a 100% algorithmic era.

Former bitcoin holders are regaining control of the market. While BTC trades below 75,000 dollars, several wallets inactive for years have just moved millions of dollars, some of which to Coinbase. These movements, rare and closely monitored in the crypto ecosystem, rekindle speculation about possible profit-taking by the network's first whales.

Brussels and Mexico quietly strengthen their ties as crypto becomes a new global financial battleground. Between cartels, trade, and tensions with Washington, Europe now wants to monitor digital flows without breaking blockchain innovation.

Blockchain.com quietly returns to knock on Wall Street's door, as bankers, regulators, and crypto veterans slowly bring out their old tokens still burning after several particularly painful IPOs.

An old bitcoin wallet quietly gathered dust since 2015 in the dusty basements of a university computer. Then Claude arrived with his forensic lamps and his reflexes of a digital flea market trader on amphetamines. Behind the viral euphoria, several experts nevertheless remind that no bitcoin safe has actually been cracked.

XRP records a new all-time high on its network. According to Santiment data, 332,230 wallets now hold at least 10,000 XRP, a level never reached before. This increase in the number of large wallets comes while the crypto price remains far from its previous peaks. Such momentum revives discussions around the positioning of long-term investors on Ripple's asset.

France has backed down on the mandatory declaration of self-hosted wallets, and this is a clear victory for Bitcoin defenders. On April 28, 2026, the joint parliamentary committee did not retain Article 3 quater of the bill aimed at combating social and tax fraud. This provision sought to impose an annual declaration of digital asset wallets controlled directly by their users.