EP 3
Hardware Wallet Reseller Breach Prompts Industry Security Alert
In this episode
Crypto markets traded largely sideways with Bitcoin hovering around $83,024.0 and BNB holding near $747.68, while STRK surged 53.59% on elevated trading volumes. On BNB Chain, BSC total value locked stabilized at $5.58B amid minor daily protocol rebalancing. Meanwhile, the broader industry faced major hardware security alerts following an unauthorized implant incident involving Ledger resellers with estimated losses exceeding $86M.
- BNB traded at $747.68 with a slight 24-hour decline of -0.24% on $36.46M in quote volume.
- BSC total value locked stood at $5.58B ($5,577,024,900), posting a 0.34% 24-hour uptick despite a 7-day drop of -4.4%.
- STRK posted a massive 53.59% surge to $0.10939, generating $123.85M in trading volume to lead market gainers.
- Ledger confirmed an unauthorized hardware implant isolated to a Southeast Asian reseller, with potential losses exceeding $86M.
- Binance Alpha announced the delisting of 14 tokens including SUP, CUDIS, PYTHIA, BLUM, and VRA.
- Binance applied the Monitoring Tag to BICO and CVC, signaling heightened volatility and periodic review.
- Coldcard opened an investigation after a malicious phishing link appeared on its official X account.
- The Crypto Fear & Greed Index dipped to 61 (Greed) from a previous reading of 64.
- Binance launched promotional yield campaigns offering up to 5.5% APR on USDC flexible products for VIP users and 30% bonus APR on USDT for new users.