A September 6, 2026 exploit of the Liquid Network reduced the Liquid Federation's Bitcoin reserves from about 4,205 BTC to 197 BTC

The first and largest cryptocurrency, spanning its price and adoption, mining, protocol politics, and its contested role as digital money and inflation hedge.

Thefts and exploits that drain funds from exchanges, protocols and bridges, with their post-mortems, laundering routes and recoveries.