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Stories 1–24 of 34 · 20 Mar 2025 – 31 Oct 2026

Trezor Urges CryptoBilis Buyers to Move Funds Over Suspected Spy Implant

Trezor received a responsible disclosure on 28 October 2026 describing a suspected hardware implant inside a Safe 5 wallet bought from reseller CryptoBilis.

By Bartek31 Oct 20263 min read

Wallet Hackers

A Stolen Key Is Forcing Keystone to Destroy 18,835 Wallets

Hardware wallet maker Keystone will destroy 18,835 unsold devices after a website breach exposed 25,964 buyer records and a key used to verify that its wallets are genuine.

By Bartek28 Oct 20263 min read

India Wallet

CoinDCX Absorbs $16 Million Loss After Internal Sweeping Failure

CoinDCX, India's largest crypto exchange, said it absorbed a 15.99 million USDT loss after an automated service failed to move customer deposits out of a retired wallet.

By Bartek26 Oct 20262 min read

Hackers Wallet

A Hidden Spy Chip Drained $90 Million From Ledger Wallets

A covert chip hidden inside Ledger hardware wallets sold by the reseller CryptoBilis stole users' recovery phrases and drained an estimated $90 million in crypto.

By Bartek19 Oct 20264 min read

Wallet Hackers

Ledger Confirms Hidden Implant in CryptoBilis Wallet Theft Probe

Ledger is investigating reported crypto losses among Southeast Asian customers who bought hardware wallets from reseller CryptoBilis.

By Bartek12 Oct 20263 min read

Crypto Regulations Wallet

Treasury Scraps $10,000 Crypto Wallet Rule After Nearly Six Years

The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network withdrew a December 2020 proposal that would have required banks and crypto firms to report self-custody wallet transfers above $10,000.

By Bartek6 Oct 20263 min read

Hackers Wallet

Bitget Loses $352 Million in Hack, Insists User Funds Are Safe

Crypto exchange Bitget lost about $352 million on 24 September 2026 after attackers drained parts of its hot and warm wallets.

By Bartek26 Sep 20264 min read

Crypto Regulations Wallet

EU Starts a 24-Hour Clock for Crypto Wallet Makers to Report Exploits

The European Union's Cyber Resilience Act took effect on 11 September 2026, requiring crypto wallet makers to report actively exploited bugs within 24 hours.

By Bartek15 Sep 20263 min read

Ethereum Wallet

MetaMask Becomes Its Own Company as Consensys Stays Quiet on IPO

Consensys said on 9 September 2026 that it will split into two independent companies.

By Bartek10 Sep 20263 min read

Ethereum Wallet

Ethereum Moves to Let Users Pay Gas Fees Without Holding ETH

Ethereum core developers scheduled EIP-8141, called Frame Transactions, for inclusion in the Hegotá upgrade planned for 2027.

By Bartek8 Sep 20264 min read

AI Agents Wallet

MetaMask Turns AI Agents Loose on Crypto Trading, Within Limits

MetaMask launched Agent Wallet on August 6, 2026, a self-custodial wallet that lets AI agents execute on-chain trades within user-defined limits.

By Bartek10 Aug 20263 min read

Wallet Hackers

A Coldcard Firmware Bug Drained 1,082 Bitcoin Before Anyone Noticed

A firmware vulnerability in Coldcard hardware wallets let attackers drain 1,082.65 Bitcoin, worth about $70.2 million, from nearly 1,200 addresses.

By Bartek2 Aug 20263 min read

Stablecoins Wallet

Samsung Wallet Will Add Stablecoin Support, Including Circle's USDC

Samsung announced at its Galaxy Unpacked event on 22 July 2026 that Samsung Wallet will add native stablecoin support.

By Bartek25 Jul 20262 min read

Wallet Payments

Telegram to Ship a Native Gram Wallet to Over a Billion Users

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on 21 July that the app will add a native, non-custodial Gram wallet to every version this summer.

By Bartek22 Jul 20263 min read

Tokenization Wallet

Telegram Wallet Offers Tokenized SK Hynix Shares Through xStocks

Wallet in Telegram now offers its users tokenized shares of SK Hynix through xStocks, following the chipmaker's $26.5 billion Nasdaq debut on July 10.