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Crypto Exchange Security: Beyond Hot Wallet Insurance After Upbit Breach
Upbit’s recent $36 million Solana hot wallet hack underscores the evolving role of hot wallet insurance in crypto exchange security. After detecting unauthorized withdrawals, Upbit’s CEO pledged that all losses would be covered from the company’s own holdings, mirroring its response to a $50 million Ethereum hack in 2019.
Keyword Financial
Dec 1, 202510 min read
CME Trading Halt: What a Data Center Cooling Failure Tells Us About Modern Markets
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange, abruptly halted trading for around 10 hours from Thursday into Friday due to a “cooling issue” at the CyrusOne data center in Illinois. The outage stopped trading across CME markets and was resolved with services fully restored by 1:30 pm UTC on Friday.
Keyword Financial
Nov 28, 20258 min read
Wall Street vs. Bitcoin: Why Strategy’s Massive BTC Treasury Fails the S&P 500 Test
Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy) has built a massive $56 billion Bitcoin treasury, holding over 641,000 BTC — nearly 3% of Bitcoin’s total supply — but this aggressive Bitcoin accumulation strategy is now blocking its path into the S&P 500 index. Fueled by $21 billion in equity, preferred stock, and convertible debt issued in 2025, the company transformed from a traditional software and analytics firm into a de facto leveraged Bitcoin investment vehicle.
Keyword Financial
Nov 26, 202511 min read
Makina Protocol Hack: Why Early 2026 is Seeing a Surge in DeFi Exploits
Makina, a DeFi protocol, reported a $4.2 million exploit on 20 January 2026 tied to liquidity providers in its DUSD/USDC Curve pool, adding to rising DeFi attacks in early 2026 with over $34 million in losses already recorded.
China Takes Custody of Alleged Pig Butchering Mastermind Behind Record BTC Seizure
Chinese authorities have taken custody of Chen Zhi, a businessman described by U.S. officials as a central figure in a major Bitcoin scam and money laundering operation linked to a record $15B bitcoin seizure. Chen, 38, is the chairman and founder of Cambodia-based Prince Group, a conglomerate that U.S. and U.K. authorities allege was used as cover for transnational criminal activity; Prince Group has denied the allegations.
CLARITY Act Update: DeFi Carve-Out, Digital Commodities, and the Next Phase of Crypto Market Structure
Washington is preparing a January markup for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) of 2025, a major U.S. crypto regulation proposal designed to reduce the long-running SEC vs CFTC jurisdiction fight and create clearer rules for digital assets trading.
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