A security incident at Humanity Protocol has undermined confidence in its zero-knowledge identity system after revelations that private keys are held in bridge-admin custody — contradicting the decentralized trust model the project promoted. The H token has fallen 76% in the wake of the disclosure, with questions about who
A private-key compromise targeting a foundation member of decentralized identity project Humanity Protocol has resulted in approximately $32 million in stolen H tokens being swapped for ether on open markets. The aggressive selling triggered an 80% collapse in the token's price. The project confirmed the breach publicly,
MetaMask has launched a dedicated wallet designed for AI agents, positioning itself at the intersection of artificial intelligence and decentralised finance as autonomous systems become more active in crypto markets. The product includes built-in security features intended to reduce risks associated with AI-driven trading, where agents execute transactions
A recently disclosed vulnerability in Zcash's codebase, identified with assistance from Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8, has raised urgent questions about AI's growing role in blockchain security. Frontier AI models are now capable of detecting critical protocol flaws at a speed and scale that
Anthropic's latest flagship model, Claude Opus 4.5, delivers notable improvements in mathematical reasoning and code generation but comes with a significant trade-off: extreme token consumption that can exhaust entire usage quotas in a single prompt. A hands-on review putting the model through six distinct tests
A critical vulnerability discovered in Zcash's Orchard shielded pool exposed weaknesses in the protocol's supply integrity that an emergency hard fork could not entirely resolve. Security researcher Taylor Hornby of Shielded Labs identified the flaw on May 29 during a targeted protocol review, with ZODL engineers
A security researcher hired by the ZCash team used Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, to identify a critical vulnerability that had existed undetected in the ZCash protocol for four years. The full extent of the exploit remains unknown, raising concerns about whether it was previously discovered and potentially abused
Despite Bitcoin's pseudonymous architecture, growing threats from exchange surveillance and data breaches are pushing users toward stronger privacy practices in 2026. Writing for Bitcoin Magazine, analyst Juan Galt outlines a practical framework for protecting on-chain and off-chain activity, spotlighting three key tools: Sparrow Wallet for transaction
Blockware has appointed Megan Brooks-Anderson as its new Chief Executive Officer, signalling a strategic shift beyond its core Bitcoin mining operations. Brooks-Anderson will lead the company's expansion into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing infrastructure, sectors that have attracted growing interest from crypto mining firms seeking
Bitcoin miner and AI infrastructure firm IREN is expanding into Australia with its first data center campus, targeting growing artificial intelligence compute demand across the Asia-Pacific region. The move follows IREN securing $3.65 billion in financing tied to its Microsoft AI contract, signalling an accelerating pivot from crypto
A faulty interaction between a new address-balance feature and Sui's existing gas and consensus logic caused three mainnet outages within 48 hours, according to a post-mortem published Sunday by the Sui Foundation. The bug was introduced in the v1.72 release and repeatedly triggered network halts
A developer used a whitehat exploit to unlock approximately $2 million worth of Ether that had been frozen inside a 2016 ICO smart contract for nearly nine years, highlighting the long-tail risks of early Ethereum infrastructure. The rescue operation targeted a contract with 48 eligible investors who had been