Kentucky’s latest attempt to crack down on cryptocurrency kiosk scams has unexpectedly put the state’s own pro–self-custody stance under pressure. A late-added amendment to House Bill 380 (HB 380) would require hardware wallet providers to help users reset passwords and… Read More »Kentucky Bill HB 380 Raises Fears of Backdoor ‘Recovery’ in Crypto Hardware Wallets
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has quietly redrawn the line between crypto wallets and regulated derivatives markets. A March 17 no-action relief letter for Phantom wallet lets the app act as a consumer-facing interface for CFTC-regulated derivatives—without registering… Read More »CFTC Gives Phantom the Green Light: What Wallet-Based Access to Derivatives Really Means
Ledger customers awoke on Jan. 5 to a familiar but still deeply unsettling message: a third-party payment processor, Global-e, had been breached, exposing names and contact details tied to hardware wallet orders. No seed phrases, no payment cards, and no… Read More »Ledger Data Breach Exposes Customer Identities, Not Crypto — Why That Still Matters
Trust Wallet has urged Chrome users to immediately disable its browser extension after a compromised release was found to contain a hidden script that harvested users’ private keys. The incident centers on version 2.68 of the extension, which was pushed… Read More »Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Compromised: Hidden Script Harvested Private Keys in Version 2.68