Hackers stole over $2.7B in crypto in 2025, data shows
This was another banner year for crypto hacks and heists — 2025 was the third year in a row that a new crypto theft record was set.
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World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features
Tools for Humanity, the company behind the app, is seeking to expand its “real human network.”
Coinbase starts onboarding users again in India, plans for fiat on-ramp next year
Coinbase is exploring expansion into India with a staggered relaunch and hiring for different roles.
European cops shut down crypto mixing website that helped launder 1.3 billion euros
Europol announced the seizure of Cryptomixer’s official website, as well as 25 million euros and 12 terabytes of data from the mixer’s service.
Five people plead guilty to helping North Koreans infiltrate US companies as ‘remote IT workers’
The U.S. Department of Justice said five people — including four U.S. nationals — “facilitated” North Korean IT workers to get jobs at American companies, allowing the regime to earn money from their remote labor.
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko is a big fan of agentic coding
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Yakovenko said he’s become increasingly comfortable taking a back seat in software development tasks.
North Korean hackers stole over $2 billion in crypto so far in 2025, researchers say
Blockchain monitoring firm Elliptic said this year’s total is already an all-time record for the North Korean regime.
Spacecoin beams blockchain transaction through space in bid for decentralized internet
Spacecoin envisions a decentralized rival to SpaceX’s Starlink.
Israel announces seizure of $1.5 million from crypto wallets tied to Iran
The Israeli government ordered the seizure of 187 wallets it said belong to the IRGC, which have over time received $1.5 billion in crypto, according to a blockchain analysis firm.
Winklevoss twins’ crypto company Gemini files for IPO
Another crypto company is headed for the public markets.