The flaw behind more than $83 million in Coldcard bitcoin thefts is about more than a single hardware wallet failure, ...

Circle's USDC distribution deal with Coinbase has been renewed on existing terms, and Arc's testnet has processed half a ...

Circle named BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, DTCC and more as Arc's founding validators ahead of its September 16 mainnet launch ...

Ledger's Charles Guillemet says the Coldcard exploit underscores why certified hardware randomness matters—and why AI is ...

Essential services such as retail shopping, dining, and transportation depend heavily on seamless digital payments. Once the credit processing systems went offline, entire sectors experienced ...

A pile of credit-card reward points can take you business class to Bali or cover a few days’ stay in a London boutique hotel. These days, as inflation strains American budgets, more people say they’re ...

A solo miner using a low-power, credit-card-sized Bitaxe device unexpectedly mined Bitcoin block 957,382, earning 3.1382 BTC worth about $200,000 despite odds estimated at once in 18,000 years. The ...

An Oakland County law enforcement officer reported in 2024 that Michigan’s Bridge Card system had been hacked. The report, which Michigan Capitol Confidential obtained through a records request, was ...

The internet is teeming with novel opportunities to get ripped off. Scams and flimflams have always been part of the consumer economy, but now they seem to be lurking everywhere. Between AI-generated ...