Elena Kovač

Reviews

Trezor Safe 5 review: open-source security finally gets a good screen

4.5/5

Adding a secure element without giving up auditable firmware makes this the most straightforward recommendation in self-custody hardware — if you can live with narrower asset support.

Policy

Supervisors open travel rule enforcement sweep across brokers

Examinations focus on whether originator and beneficiary data actually travels with transfers, rather than being collected after the fact.

Analysis

Analysis: what three years of exploit data says about crypto security

Access-control failures now cost more than smart contract bugs, and the median time from deployment to compromise keeps shrinking.

Protocols

New bridge messaging standard aims to cut exploit surface

A draft specification would force every cross-chain message to carry an explicit expiry, replay guard and named verifier set.

Mining

Mining pools adopt transparent payout proofs after payment disputes

Three large pools now publish cryptographic evidence that reported shares match distributed rewards.