Briefs below draw on BeInCrypto reporting and at least one other publisher.
A crypto scammer lost roughly $4.8 million when thieves drained Ledger wallets holding task scam proceeds. Chainalysis tracked the stolen funds to addresses emptied on October 9.
At the Digital Innovation Forum 2026, Italy inaugurated its first quantum supercomputer and industrial quantum annealer, Volta B1. DAC highlighted the growing need for post‑quantum security for blockchain networks.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argues Bitcoin benefits in each of three macro scenarios he outlines. In a note, he says Bitcoin wins across all the paths he examines.
US spot XRP ETFs have recorded 13 consecutive weeks of net inflows, according to SoSoValue data. Cumulative net inflows reached $1.80 billion.
Security firm Blockaid reported that a hacker withdrew roughly $86,000 from UNCX Network's shared token vesting pool on Ethereum. The exploit was still active when detected.
Bitcoin fell sharply, triggering a wave of forced selling. About $400 million in leveraged long positions were liquidated within one hour, according to both reports. Longs made up the vast majority of the liquidations.
Bitget raised its security breach loss estimate to $387.5 million after including assets across multiple networks. The exchange stated that attackers compromised a backend system and triggered its authorization process.
