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Bitcoin Fork with BLAKE2b: What the September 1, 2026 Launch Means for Your Bitcoin
Supporters of the Bitcoin Knots software plan to launch their own chain on September 1 and to swap the hashing algorithm from SHA-256d to BLAKE2b. For holders that means: move nothing, but check four things.
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More Markets Exploit: How a Liquid Staking Token and E-Mode Pulled $9.3 Million Out of a Lending Market
Around 15.5 million WFLOW drained from the lending market More Markets on August 31, 2026, roughly $9.3 million by Blockaid's estimate. The route ran through a liquid staking token used as collateral and through E-Mode, and both building blocks sit in protocols you know.
2 months ago

Mina Hard Fork on September 3, 2026: What Happens to Your MINA During the Network Halt
Mina is halting the network on September 3, 2026 to execute the Mesa hard fork. From 10:00 UTC no transfers land on the chain, exchanges pause deposits and withdrawals, and delegators receive no block rewards for the duration of the window.
2 months ago

Cosmostation Wallet Shutdown on September 1: What Cosmos Wallet Users Should Know Now the Deadline Has Passed
Recap as of September 27, 2026: Cosmostation had announced it would discontinue its wallet apps on September 1, 2026, leaving only the export of the recovery phrase and the private key. This article describes the situation before the deadline and how to move Cosmos holdings, including delegated ATOM.
2 months ago

Fake AML Checks for Crypto Wallets: How to Spot the Scam Sites
Fraudulent websites pose as money-laundering screening services for crypto addresses and ask you to connect your wallet. A genuine check needs only the public address, and three of the domains named by Malwarebytes still respond twelve days later.
2 months ago

Browser Extensions as Wallet Thieves: How a Sports App Became a Seed Phrase Collector
In August 2026 the security firm Socket disclosed two separate campaigns: 40 confirmed malicious Firefox extensions and 19 for Chrome and Edge, all of them from the official marketplaces. Nine of them were harmless sports apps that only turned into wallet thieves through an update.
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