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MultiversX Supernova of September 10: What EGLD Holders Should Know After the Hard Fork
Recap as of September 27, 2026: MultiversX had scheduled the Supernova hard fork for September 10, 2026 to cut block time from six seconds to 600 milliseconds. Our own query of the MultiversX API on September 27 shows 600 milliseconds. This article describes the situation before the hard fork and what exchange and staking users should have checked beforehand.
28 days ago
USDT Blacklist: How Tether Freezes Individual Addresses and How to Check Your Own in Two Minutes
A stablecoin issuer can shut down a single address without your key noticing a thing. We read the Ethereum chain ourselves for 14 days and queried twelve stablecoin contracts: 32 freezes, one reversal, two burns.
28 days ago
Fake German Finance Ministry Letters: Why Nobody May Demand 19 Percent VAT on Your Crypto Purchase
Since September 1, 2026, Germany's Federal Ministry of Finance has been warning about forged letters that demand 19 percent VAT on cryptocurrency purchases while citing real transactions. That tax does not exist, and this is how to spot the forgery.
29 days ago
Bitcoin and the Quantum Computer: Which Addresses Already Expose Their Keys
The G7 called on September 3, 2026 for the post-quantum migration to start immediately, and the first European milestone expires at the end of this year. What that means for your Bitcoin, which addresses expose their public key, and how to check your own in a few minutes.
29 days ago
Zcash Vote: Who Is Allowed to Take Part and How You Cast Your Vote
A vote on the scope of the next network upgrade, NU7, has been running at Zcash since 25 August, and who may have a say was settled before it started: a snapshot at mainnet block height 3,459,350 decided it. This piece explains the three conditions your ZEC had to meet on that date, which wallets you vote with until 14 September, and why the result still does not change the protocol.
29 days ago
Kraken Withdrawal Deadline of 25 September Has Passed: What Humanity and Beldex Holders Should Know Now
Recap as of 27 September 2026: the Kraken withdrawal deadline for $H, $HUMANITY, $BDX and $BELDEX ended on 25 September 2026 at 14:00 UTC. According to its own notice, the exchange sells whatever remains in accounts between 28 September and 2 October. This article describes the situation before the deadline.
29 days ago
ZIL Withdrawals Frozen: Why Your Zilliqa Balance Is Stuck After the Hard Fork
The Zilliqa hard fork of September 2, 2026 moved the ZIL balances of ten exchanges to new addresses. Three days later, deposits and withdrawals were still halted at the three venues we checked: what that means for your balance, what self-custodians are waiting for, and why the announced compensation is not a decision yet.
29 days ago
Pocket Bitcoin Data Breach: When Name, Home Address and Bitcoin Address Circulate Together
The Swiss Bitcoin service Pocket Bitcoin closed its investigation on September 3, 2026: 5,411 people affected, and for 291 of them the Bitcoin addresses they used along with copies of identity documents. Why this one data pairing has lasting effect, and what you should check with your own provider.
30 days ago