As AI fundamentally changes the economics of attacks, and attackers shift their targets from code to people... Written by: ChandlerZ, Foresight News In the first half of 2026, there were 344 security incidents in the crypto space, with cumulative losses of approximately $1.32 billion. According to the Hack3d report released by CertiK in July, the number of security incidents in the first half of the year also increased by 28% year-over-year compared to 2025. The number of security incidents in Q2 surged significantly from 145 last year to 194, a 34% year-over-year increase. The median loss per incident also rose sharply by 60.6% year-over-year, reaching about $169,000, indicating that even routine small to medium attacks are causing significantly greater damage per incident. On a comparable basis, the $1.32 billion loss in the first half of 2026 is actually about 28% higher than the same period last year. Data source: CertiK It is worth noting that incidents causing major asset losses are increasingly concentrated at the operational level, with attackers tending to target operational areas such as key management, identity credentials, and supply chains. Although these types of attacks are not the most numerous, once critical permissions are breached, they often directly impact core project assets, making them more likely to cause significant financial losses. On April 1, 2026, one of Solana's largest perpetual contract platforms, Drift Protocol, was

Foresight News reports that according to monitoring by @ai_9684xtpa, the well-known Solana trader Kimchi, rumored to have profited over 40 million USD on TRUMP, proposed 1.35 billion PUMP in the past 3 hours, valued at 6.43 million USD. Today, his eponymous token Kimchi's market cap once reached 40 million USD, and he personally holds 75.32% of the token's total supply. pump.fun co-founder @a1lon9 confirmed the cooperation between the two, stating that Kimchi is helping pump.fun.

Foresight News reports, according to Bloomberg Law, that Arkansas and its Oil and Gas Commission urged the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday local time to overturn a lower court's injunction in order to reinstate the enforcement of a state law restricting foreign investors from holding equity in cryptocurrency mining enterprises. Arkansas passed the relevant law in 2024, prohibiting citizens or companies from countries subject to U.S. State Department arms export controls from hold

Foresight News reports that according to POLITICO, U.S. federal campaign finance documents show that the cryptocurrency industry's Super PAC Fairshake and its affiliated organizations still hold over $95 million as of the end of September, which can be used to support crypto-friendly candidates in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. Fairshake's main financial backers include Coinbase, Ripple, and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The organization encompasses three political action c

Foresight News reports that post-quantum security company Project Eleven announced that Relm Insurance will participate as a development partner in its institutional custody product Strongpoint. The two parties will explore how to assess institutions' post-quantum security control measures in digital asset insurance underwriting, with research covering key exposure, signature systems, transaction approvals, migration readiness, and third-party dependencies.

Foresight News reports that, according to Xinhua News Agency, the Digital Renminbi Operation and Management Center has publicly released the Digital Renminbi infrastructure service system, launching two core achievements: the central bank-side Digital Renminbi system (DCEPS) and the Digital Renminbi smart contract ecological service framework (e-CNY SMART Contract).

Eligible taxpayers can receive penalty relief. Written by: Christina Comben Translated by: Chopper, Foresight News The U.S. Congress is advancing a bill that could bring a breakthrough for crypto investors who failed to report crypto transactions in previous years. Section 502 of the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act (H.R. 10357) proposes authorizing the U.S. Treasury Secretary to establish a voluntary digital asset disclosure program within 12 months after the bill takes effect. Eligible t

Foresight News reports, according to the Daily Mail, that Hok Seng Ling, a 48-year-old Malaysian man linked to the Qian Zhimin money laundering case, has paid approximately £5.6 million (about $7.48 million) to the UK government. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) disclosed through a freedom of information request that it has fully recovered the court-ordered confiscation of £5,603,305 in assets plus an additional £1,990 in interest, most of which were cryptocurrencies seized at the time of his

Foresight News reports that according to monitoring by @ai_9684xtpa, an address starting with 0x1ec is suspected of liquidating ETH held for nine years. Nine years ago, this address withdrew 3,000 ETH from Gemini, which was worth only $56,400 at the time, with an average cost as low as $18.82; the holdings remained for many years until August 2025 when it began to recharge the exchange in batches. The last 1,000 ETH was deposited 9 hours ago, with an average recharge price of $2,874.17. If sold,