How the Thala Labs Mining Contract Exploit Exposes Systemic Risks in Legacy DeFi Code
On November 15, 2024, the Aptos-based decentralized finance protocol Thala Labs suffered a devastating security breach that resulted in the […]
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Crypto mining, staking rewards, and network security
Bitcoin at ,000: How Liquidations and ETF Inflows Are Rewriting Mining Economics Overnight
The Hardware/Software Landscape When Bitcoin touched $89,940 on November 12, 2024 — its sixth consecutive day of setting fresh all-time
The Hashrate-Price Divergence: Why Bitcoin Miners Aren’t Celebrating the Post-Election Rally
The Hardware/Software Landscape November 12, 2024, marked the sixth consecutive day of Bitcoin all-time highs, with the world’s largest cryptocurrency
Bitcoin Hashrate Surges Past 875 EH/s as Miners Race to Capitalize on Post-Election Price Rally
The Bitcoin network’s hashrate has surged to unprecedented levels, crossing 875 exahashes per second on November 7 as miners ramp
Galaxy Digital Bets Big on AI Computing as Bitcoin Mining Revenue Takes a Hit
Galaxy Digital, the cryptocurrency financial services firm founded by Michael Novogratz, is making a decisive pivot toward artificial intelligence computing
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Smashes Through 95 Trillion as CleanSpark Crosses 30 EH/s in October Hashrate Surge
The Hardware/Software Landscape As October 2024 draws to a close, the Bitcoin mining industry is navigating one of the most
Institutional Crypto Custody Under Fire: Examining Wallet Security After the $20M Government Breach
The revelation that approximately $20 million in cryptocurrency was drained from a United States government-controlled wallet on October 24, 2024
SilentCryptoMiner Campaign Exposes Critical Weaknesses in Crypto User Security Practices
Security researchers have uncovered a widespread malware campaign known as SilentCryptoMiner that has successfully compromised over 28,000 systems across Russia,
DRAY:BREAK Vulnerabilities Expose Over 700,000 DrayTek Routers to Remote Takeover and Crypto Mining Hijacks
Cybersecurity firm Forescout Technologies has disclosed a critical set of 14 vulnerabilities affecting DrayTek Vigor routers, collectively tracked as DRAY:BREAK.
TeraWulf Exits Nuclear-Powered Bitcoin Mining Venture in $92 Million Deal With Talen Energy
TeraWulf (NASDAQ: WULF), one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies in the United States, has sold its 25%