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⚖️ Zondacrypto fraud probe opens as founder goes missing

Polish authorities have launched a fraud investigation into Zondacrypto following the exchange's shutdown, which left customers unable to access funds and exposed estimated losses exceeding $95 million.

The exchange's founder is reportedly missing, while its CEO is currently abroad. The collapse has stranded an undisclosed number of customers, with the full scale of losses still under assessment by investigators.

Zondacrypto was one of Poland's prominent crypto exchanges. The case adds to a growing list of European exchange failures drawing regulatory scrutiny.

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🔐 Over 1,000 BTC swept from multiple addresses in 41 minutes

A significant Bitcoin theft saw 1,082 BTC drained across multiple addresses in just 41 minutes, according to reports. The incident appears linked to Coldcard hardware wallets.

No further technical details on the attack vector or affected parties are available from current reporting.

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🔐 Developers scan Bitcoin code for AI-exploitable flaws

A group of roughly 20 developers is actively auditing the Bitcoin software ecosystem for vulnerabilities that AI models could be used to discover and exploit, warning that cheap, powerful AI tools have given attackers unprecedented reach.

The group argues that modern AI lowers the barrier for finding obscure code flaws at scale — making Bitcoin infrastructure a more accessible target than before. Their effort focuses on identifying these weaknesses before malicious actors can leverage AI to do the same.

The initiative reflects a broader concern in the security community that AI-assisted vulnerability discovery is outpacing traditional defensive practices across open-source financial infrastructure.

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🟠 Bitcoin shorts wiped out in strongest rally in months

Crypto markets staged their sharpest rally in months as a confluence of factors — Treasury intervention, regulatory developments, and a historic short squeeze — drove Bitcoin and Ether sharply higher, decimating bearish positions.

The squeeze erased significant leveraged short exposure across both assets. Separately, Elon Musk's X platform moved to integrate stablecoins as a creator payment option, while banks and technology companies continued expanding their stablecoin strategies — underscoring the accelerating push by traditional and tech players into dollar-pegged digital assets.

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🔐 The Sandbox hit by breach with 500M SAND minted

The Sandbox has suffered a security incident in which over 500 million SAND tokens were minted without authorization, triggering warnings from exchanges.

The scale of the unauthorized minting has raised immediate concerns about the integrity of the SAND token supply. Exchanges have begun issuing alerts in response to the incident, though specific details on the scope of trading restrictions or platform responses were not disclosed in available reports.

No further details on the attack vector or the team's mitigation steps were provided at the time of reporting.

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⚖️ DOJ expands Iran hacking case tied to $6M Bitcoin ransom

The U.S. Department of Justice has expanded an Iran-linked hacking case to 17 defendants, including charges connected to a 2017 attempted Bitcoin extortion targeting HBO worth approximately $6 million.

DOJ materials do not allege that HBO paid the ransom. The expanded indictment broadens the scope of a previously filed case, adding defendants tied to the Iran-linked cyber operation that targeted the network and demanded the cryptocurrency payment.

The case highlights continued DOJ focus on state-linked cybercrime involving crypto-denominated extortion.

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