security

The crypto landscape is a minefield. You think you're safe, but one wrong step with your business's crypto wallet, and BOOM! You’re on the edge of financial bankruptcy, regulatory purgatory or something even more scary. And let’s be honest, the average small business is currently stumbling around with a cereal...

You've been hearing the buzz. Crypto for business! Digital assets are the future! And then, so you dive in there, create a “business crypto wallet,” and … crickets. Or worse, chaos. What gives? Everyone assumes it's the tech, right? Wrong.Tech Isn't The Real BottleneckI know, I know, the tech can...

A fresh academic study has revealed some shocking security habits among digital currency speculators trading in the decentralized finance (DeFi) bubble. The work was co-authored by Mingyi Liu, a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It shows how widespread investors’ negligence of basic security practices...

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has the potential to unlock unimaginable wealth, but with that comes unimaginable risk and peril. In 2024, security exploits and fraud totaled almost $1.5 billion. This massive loss indicates that crypto users are undertaking fundamental misuse, endangering their sensitive crypto holdings. At BreakoutFear.com we’re poised to continue...

In the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), where fortunes can be made and lost with a click, a new study reveals alarming security practices among crypto investors. The DeFi ecosystem holds exhilarating promise—the promise of a democratized financial architecture, liberated from the shackles of intermediaries. It’s fraught with danger, and...

The rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrency has plenty of promise from an investment and innovation perspective. It’s a terrain fraught with peril. Visit BreakoutFear.com to learn more about the disturbing reality behind crypto security disasters. It reveals the prevalent industry practice that risks investors’ capital and leads to devastating losses....

Now, picture Sarah, an everyday single mom investing all of her savings into a new DeFi project with potential. She believed in its mission, envisioned a better future for her kids, and diligently followed what she thought were best practices. She thought she was secure with a strong password, possibly...

DeFi isn’t the future of finance, it’s the future of scams, and these 5-issues are precisely why. Never mind the promise of decentralization and financial freedom. A huge wealth heist is underway from the unsuspecting to the connected. Those so-called “security fails” are merely the cogs spinning in that money...

Only a few years ago, the pace of cryptocurrency adoption increased at an unprecedented rate. This demand for verification is evident from the explosive growth in crypto user ID verification. According to data provided by Statista, that’s an astonishing jump from 35 million verifications in 2018 to more than 300...

Let's be blunt: the crypto world isn't always the Wild West it's sometimes portrayed as. There’s an equally big push for people to avoid thinking about the questions behind the wallets they select. They adopt a “see no evil, hear no evil” approach. Why? Screening those wallets means a forensic...