ZKsync Hacker Accepts Bounty, Returns Nearly $5M in Stolen Crypto - Decrypt A Hacker has returned nearly $5 million to ZKsync after accepting a 10% bounty under a safe harbor deal The funds were originally stolen by exploiting a compromised airdrop contract The incident adds to $1 67B in crypto losses in Q1 2025, with Ethereum hit hardest A hacker who drained nearly $5
Coins - Decrypt It could take two quarters for Bitcoin derivatives activity to recover from the Oct 10 flash crash that wiped out $19 billion in open interest, Max Xu, Bybit’s derivatives operations director, told Decrypt
Trump’s Crypto Working Group Set to Deliver Report—What Experts Expect . . . The report is expected to outline stablecoin oversight, token classification, and enforcement reforms following the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts, Decrypt was told Experts say it may propose building a Bitcoin reserve using seized assets, while ruling out a retail CBDC
Our Company - Decrypt Decrypt has officially integrated on-chain prediction markets platform MYRIAD into its site, with readers now able to make predictions on embedded markets directly within Decrypt stories
Texas Court Orders Bitcoin Investor to Surrender Keys to $124 . . . - Decrypt The DOJ has declined Decrypt's request for comment Setting a precedent Ahlgren's case is groundbreaking because it focuses on the deliberate manipulation of crypto cost basis calculations and sophisticated attempts to obscure blockchain transactions, effectively creating a playbook for future crypto tax enforcement
Mysterious Bitcoin Whale Moves $8 Billion in Largest Daily . . . - Decrypt CryptoQuant's head of research Julio Moreno told Decrypt: "It is the largest daily movement of coins aged 10 years or more in history " He added that the previous record for a whale that held onto crypto for this long was a transaction of 3,700 BTC, which pales in comparison