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Image: crypto.news via LBankFormer U.S. Defense Secretary Frames CLARITY Act as National Security Priority Amid Senate Stalls
Media reporting indicates that former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has described the CLARITY Act as a critical national security measure designed to protect financial oversight and sanctions enforcement. The Senate is preparing for a procedural cloture vote on September 15, requiring sixty votes to advance, while several legislative disputes involving stablecoin rewards, decentralized finance, and political ethics remain unresolved and have not officially confirmed final compromises.
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crypto.news via LBankFormer U.S. Defense Secretary Frames CLARITY Act as National Security Priority Amid Senate Stalls
Media reporting indicates that former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has described the CLARITY Act as a critical national security measure designed to protect financial oversight and sanctions enforcement. The Senate is preparing for a procedural cloture vote on September 15, requiring sixty votes to advance, while several legislative disputes involving stablecoin rewards, decentralized finance, and political ethics remain unresolved and have not officially confirmed final compromises.
crypto.newsCoinGecko Report Claims Crypto Hacks Exceeded $3.63 Billion Over Nineteen Months Across Platforms
According to a report published by CoinGecko, crypto platforms suffered $3.63 billion in losses across 245 security incidents between January 2025 and July 2026. The findings, which are not officially confirmed by independent security auditors or affected entities, indicate that the majority of attacks targeted vulnerabilities outside routine smart-contract audit scopes, highlighting persistent infrastructure vulnerabilities across centralized and decentralized platforms worldwide.
CointelegraphOneKey Reproduces Transaction Replacement Vulnerability Targeting Outdated Ledger Ethereum App Versions
According to Cointelegraph reporting that is not officially confirmed, hardware wallet competitor OneKey successfully recreated a transaction replacement exploit targeting an older iteration of the Ledger Ethereum application within a controlled laboratory setting.
crypto.newsCCC Token Exploit on BNB Smart Chain Drains Estimated 117000 Dollars Following Liquidity Pool Manipulation
According to reporting by crypto.news referencing blockchain security firm TenArmorAlert, the CCC token on BNB Smart Chain suffered an exploit resulting in an estimated 117,000 dollar loss after an attacker manipulated the token contract's sell function. The details of the attack vector remain not officially confirmed.
crypto.newsBank of Russia Blacklists 2,600 Crypto Wallets Linked to Suspected Financial Scams
According to reporting by crypto.news, the Bank of Russia has added 2,600 cryptocurrency wallets allegedly tied to illicit financial activity into a centralized database utilized by commercial banks and law enforcement agencies. This measure follows approximately one billion rubles flowing into these addresses throughout the initial six months of 2026. These allegations, however, remain not officially confirmed by independent judicial bodies.
crypto.newsThe Sandbox Pledges Full Token Reimbursement After Bridge Exploit and Phantom Mint Incidents
According to reporting by crypto.news, The Sandbox has announced plans to reimburse eligible SAND token holders on a one-to-one basis following an August 21 bridge exploit that drained approximately fourteen point seven million tokens from an Ethereum vault. This event, which has not officially confirmed by an independent forensic audit, involved a configuration flaw allowing unauthorized minting across alternative chains.