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Security

Binance Lost $6.3 Billion in About 20 Minutes. The Attack Started With One Laptop

On 29 October 2026 attackers drained roughly $6.3 billion from Binance hot wallets in about 20 minutes, 4 times the size of the previous record. The way in was a compromised engineer’s laptop, and the clever part was a new Ethereum feature called EIP-7702 that let them turn a hot wallet into an automatic sweeper. I went through how it happened, how much got frozen, and why this did not break crypto the way it would have a few years ago.

30 October 20268 min read

Crypto & markets

Richard Heart Beat the SEC on a Technicality, Then His Own Tax Office Caught Up With Him in…

On 14 October 2026, Turkish police arrested the founder of Hex and PulseChain on an Interpol red notice issued for Finland, which suspects him of gross tax evasion. He had walked away from a $1 billion SEC case 18 months earlier, not because a court cleared him, but because the judge found no US jurisdiction. I went through the whole arc, the sacrifice mechanism, the allegations, the dismissal that was not an acquittal, and a blockchain whose biggest customer was its own founder.

23 October 202611 min read

Crypto & markets

Will Altcoins Ever Recover? The Honest Answer Is Not the One X(Twitter) Wants.

Note: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice.

19 July 202610 min read

Crypto & markets

7 Crypto Mistakes That Could Wipe Out Your Portfolio in 2026

Note: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or legal advice.

18 July 202612 min read

Crypto & markets

Why More Than 50 of the World’s Biggest Banks Are Quietly Building on Chainlink

Note: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice.

18 July 202611 min read

Crypto & markets

Jamie Dimon Called Brian Armstrong Full of It… Twice. Here Is What He Is Actually Afraid Of.

The CEO of the largest bank in the United States called the CEO of the largest crypto exchange in America full of it, in those exact words, on 2 separate occasions.

17 July 202612 min read

Crypto & markets

Wall Street Filed an Automatic Bitcoin Buyer. It Runs on Stock Dividends.

On June 18, 2026, Franklin Templeton, a $1.5 trillion asset manager founded in 1947, filed registration statements with the SEC for 2 exchange-traded funds built around one of the oldest and most boring ideas in finance. A dividend reinvestment plan. The twist is where the dividends go.

8 July 20269 min read

Crypto & markets

They Left Ethereum. They Built Their Own Chains. A Decade Later, Here Is the Scoreboard

Ethereum started with 8 co-founders crammed into a house in Switzerland. Most of them did not stay. Charles Hoskinson walked and built Cardano. Gavin Wood walked and built Polkadot.

7 July 20269 min read

Crypto & markets

BlackRock Just Launched the Product Michael Saylor Spent 6 Years Saying Was Impossible

On June 16, 2026, BlackRock launched a Bitcoin product that pays you to hold it. The iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, ticker BITA, began trading on Nasdaq after the SEC granted effectiveness the evening before.

1 July 202612 min read

Crypto & markets

Bitcoin Is Down 53% From Its Peak With Every Macro Reason to Rally.

Bitcoin dipped to an intraday low of $59,100 on June 5, 2026, its lowest level since September 2024, marking a 53% collapse from the $126,272 all-time high it set in October 2025. The Block confirmed Bitcoin trading near $60,750 on June 28, down more than half from its October peak.

29 June 20269 min read