Crypto Hacks Are on the Rise – Best Wallet Has a Safer Alternative for Storin...
What to Know: 2025 is on pace to eclipse 2024’s $2.2B theft total, with this year’s Bybit exploit underscoring rising attack sophistication and concentration risk. Non-custodial architecture, MPC key management, and transaction-level defenses address the real attack surface end users face today. Emerging MPC self-custody apps like Best Wallet are rising to meet growing retail demand for hot wallet security. The $BEST token presale is set to hit $20M before its November 28 end date, highlighting increased investor interest. For all the regulation talk going on lately, crypto crime didn’t....
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According to a report published on Tuesday by blockchain analysis company Chainalysis, a remarkable $1.9 billion worth of bitcoin was stolen in hacks of various services in the first seven months of this year, representing a 60% rise from the same time in the previous year. DeFi Saw Huge Cases Of Hacks, Chainalysis Reports Even […]
There is a silver lining from the DeFi hacks as new tech develops to protect the sector: "DeFi will be much safer in 12 months from now.” The rise of decentralized finance, or DeFi, could be paving the way toward a fully decentralized financial ecosystem. Yet, given the innovative nature of DeFi, the sector remains in constant development and is therefore prone to a number of vulnerabilities. Unsurprisingly, one of the biggest challenges currently facing the DeFi sector is security threats. This has become apparent as more DeFi hacks continue to wreak havoc across the crypto community.....
While 2021 was the biggest year on record for crypto hacks, 2022 could “likely” beat the record “at this rate” according to Chainalysis. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has labeled October 2022 as “the biggest month in the biggest year ever for hacking activity” with the total hacked value for the month nearly reaching $718 million.Despite not being more than halfway through the month, Chainalysis said 11 different hacks on decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols had seen hundreds of millions exploited.Four exploits alone took place on Oct. 11 worth around $122 million. Hackers....
Starting today, anyone can store his/her bitcoins in a Coinbase Vault. Earlier in July, the popular Bitcoin exchange, wallet, and payments processor - Coinbase, announced Coinbase Vault, a free, optional service for safer long-term Bitcoin storage. The Vault wasn't immediately available to all users, and was instead gradually rolled out. General availability was targeted for July 16th, and although Coinbase seems to have missed their target by a few days, the Vault is now available to all users worldwide. Features. The general recommendation for Bitcoin wallets is to store a small....
For Dave Bitcoin, the alias of the software architect that hacks people’s cryptocurrrency passwords, the price surge of Ethereum’s blockchain token ether has generated a significant amount of work; work that wouldn’t have been steered his way without his focus on developing trust. And just to be clear, Dave Bitcoin hacks people’s passwords with their permission. He runs the website Wallet Recovery Services, which recovers people’s lost or forgotten passwords by brute force decryption – that is, using a computer program to try millions of passwords in a short amount of time. He provides the....