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2025-01-17 · EU

EU financial-sector firms must demonstrate operational resilience (incl. ICT third-party risk) — including cryptographic posture.

2025-12-31 · US-NSA

NSA target for new National Security Systems software & firmware to start adopting CNSA 2.0 (Kyber, Dilithium, SHA-2) algorithms.

2026-06-30 · DE-BSI

Annual BSI cryptographic-recommendation refresh — flagged deadline for hybrid (classical + PQC) roll-out in regulated DE.

2027-12-31 · US-NSA

Networking, VPN, and key-management products on NSS networks should fully support CNSA 2.0 algorithms.

2030-12-31 · US-NIST

NIST recommended sunset for classical public-key crypto in federal systems — full PQC migration target.

2033-12-31 · US-NSA

All NSS systems must be using CNSA 2.0 PQC algorithms exclusively.

@CISAgov

Reminder: NSA's CNSA 2.0 timeline is in effect. New software for NSS should now be adopting Kyber, Dilithium, and SHA-2.

@NIST

FIPS 203 (ML-KEM), 204 (ML-DSA) and 205 (SLH-DSA) are now the standards. Migration windows are short for high-value targets.

@matthew_d_green

Harvest-now-decrypt-later isn't a scenario, it's an active intelligence program. The ECDSA signatures you commit today are tomorrow's plaintext.

@hashedout

Bitcoin's quantum exposure isn't a 2040 problem. ~25% of circulating supply sits in P2PKH addresses with exposed pubkeys. Q-Day day-one targets.

@SchneierBlog

If your security architecture cannot survive the public release of CRYSTALS-Kyber breaks, you needed PQC yesterday.

@a16zcrypto

Wallet providers shipping PQC migration paths in 2026 will own the institutional custody narrative for the next decade.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Tornado Cash-Funded Wallet Builds $26 Million Bitcoin-Ether Trade

The wallet converted 3,100 ETH into roughly 6.92 million USDC before pairing a Bitcoin long with an Ether short on Hyperliquid.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Cosmos Batch Moves 2,266 Staked ATOM From Six Accounts

One delegator reported theft, while Web3Auth says some apparent wallet drains are protective recovery transfers.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Sky TVL Falls 15% in a Week as USDS Supply Contracts

USDS circulating supply fell to $5.59 billion over the same week, while Sky.money lists a 3.80% savings rate set by governance.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

OKX Warns MEXC Users of Deposit Freezes Ahead of FinCEN Cutoff

CEO Star Xu said OKX treats FinCEN special measures with caution 'similar to sanctions' after customers reported USDT deposits held for review.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Loopscale Reopens All Vaults After Attack-Related Freeze

The restart includes the USDC Genesis Vault and lifts its remaining loan-management restrictions. Loopscale says a technical post-mortem will follow.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Binance Names Justin Yek CFO as Kaiser Ng Prepares to Leave

Co-CEO Yi He says a transition plan has been underway for six months, placing the handover's planning before the exchange's $6.34 billion theft.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Binance users in some European countries told to pull crypto before fees kick in, with accounts closing by year end

Affected accounts are reportedly set to close on Dec. 31. Users in Spain, France, and Poland say they've received similar notices.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

SEC vs. CFTC: Who Regulates Crypto in the US?

The activity matters: securities offerings and trading, commodity derivatives and spot-market fraud fall under different powers. A proposal is not the same as an exemption or a law.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Keplr Says Recovery Effort May Explain Empty Wallet Balances

Users who created accounts through Google or Apple should stop deposits and move remaining liquid assets, Keplr said.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

U.S. Treasury moves to cut off crypto exchange MEXC over $16 billion in alleged illicit flows

Treasury billed the move as part of its campaign against Iran, but the order rests on MEXC's alleged role in Russian illicit finance.

NEWS_DECRYPT · INFO

Apple Completes the Set: Every Magnificent Seven Stock Opts Out of OKX-ICE Venue

Apple and Meta’s objections mean all seven of the biggest U.S. tech companies have now asked to keep their shares off the planned OKX-ICE venue.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Gnosis Pay breach exposes card numbers, home addresses and linked crypto wallets

One user said the exposed data tied his home address and card number to every crypto wallet linked to his account, raising the risk of targeted scams.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

STRK Slumps 57% in Four Weeks as Starknet Rally Unwinds

Starknet’s DeFi TVL fell to $35.8 million after Extended moved settlement to Arc, while its proposed Layer 1 transition remains at the research stage.

NEWS_DECRYPT · INFO

AI Chip Stocks Bounce After Global Rout—But Is the Bubble Starting to Burst?

A Friday rebound offered relief after a historic selloff. The question now is whether politics and mounting debt could turn an AI correction into something much worse.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

How to Check Crypto Companies and Wallet Addresses in OFAC Records

OFAC’s official tool searches names and exact crypto addresses. A result still requires identity checks, while an unlisted wallet or company can remain subject to blocking rules.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Ex-FBI counterintelligence agent stole almost $2.5M in crypto

Yaroch paid off his debts and intended to use the proceeds to finance a new life in Portugal, where he planned to buy a vineyard.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

How to Restore Access to a Crypto Wallet

Losing an app password is different from losing the keys. Social-login wallets and guardian systems also depend on specific credentials or arrangements already in place.

NEWS_DECRYPT · INFO

Sony Axing Game Discs Will Have Outsized Impact on Low-Income Gamers, Experts Say

Experts say a disc-free PlayStation will price out low-income players, while in much of Africa, digital-only gaming means breaking Sony’s rules.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Bitcoin holders have received eCash — What can you do with it?

Bitcoin’s eCash fork gives eligible holders an equivalent balance of ECX, but questions remain over where they can trade the tokens and what they can do with them.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

US Sanctions Eight Canadian Money Firms Over Alleged Iran Crypto Links

The designations freeze covered assets and generally bar US dealings with the firms. OFAC also listed six Tron addresses.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

US sanctions Canadian money-exchange firms over Iran ties

US also offers as much as $20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran’s nuclear program.

NEWS_SECURITYWEEK · INFO

SonicWall Patches Exploited SonicOS Vulnerability That Weakens VPN Logins

CVE-2026-19868 can let attackers holding credentials for a different login method get past SAML checks, including SAML-enforced MFA. The post SonicWall Patches Exploited SonicOS Vulnerability That Weakens VPN Logins appeared first on SecurityWeek .

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Suspicious prediction market activity seen before election poll release: NYT

Bets were placed shortly before two recent New York Times/Siena political polls were released to the public, according to a report.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Nvidia may face a more hostile post-election Washington: Report

CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with President Donald Trump probably won’t save the company from a more adversarial Washington, Semafor says.

NEWS_THEHACKERNEWS · INFO

Claude Code's “Don't Ask Again” File Exposes Passwords and Keys in 1,122 Public Copies on GitHub

Passwords and API keys that developers typed into commands they approved in Claude Code are sitting in public GitHub repositories, where anyone can read them. When a user selects "Yes, and don't ask again," Anthropic's AI coding assistant can save the command, word-for-word, including the secret, in

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Keplr Pauses Google and Apple Login After Unauthorized Transaction Reports

The wallet says recovery-phrase and hardware-wallet accounts are unaffected in its initial assessment, while social-login users should stop sending funds to their accounts.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Dinari Promises Anthropic dShares on IPO Day, Including for US Investors

The pledge follows Ondo's non-US launch plan, while Dinari's US tokens remain non-transferable and barred from DeFi.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

MEXC Says Withdrawals Continue as FinCEN Orders US Financial Cutoff

The exchange says it has begun an independent review of its AML and sanctions controls. The US transfer ban takes effect 30 days after Federal Register publication.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

Aave Labs Acquires Avon Team to Develop Fixed-Rate Lending

The deal includes Avon's lending protocols and onchain order book, but Aave Labs has not named a first market or launch date.