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CertiK has reported that crypto losses from hacks and exploits have fallen to $68.3 million in May, nearly 90% lower than the roughly $650 million stolen in April. According to blockchain security firm CertiK, May became the third month of…
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DxSale has suffered a $7.3 million exploit after an attacker allegedly used a hidden backdoor in a liquidity locker contract to withdraw BNB locked by more than 1,400 liquidity providers on the BNB Chain. According to blockchain security firm PeckShield,…
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Stake DAO faces an ongoing exploit after an attacker minted 5.4T vsdCRV on Arbitrum and began swapping funds for ETH, researchers said.
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Crypto security concerns have intensified after OpenZeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz said he has advised friends and family to exit all decentralized finance positions, including exposure to major lending protocols. In a post published Tuesday on X, Aráoz said he no…
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Kelp DAO has completed the operational phase of its rsETH recovery plan more than five weeks after the Ethereum liquid staking protocol lost $293 million in a hack that investigators linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. According to a Monday…
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Blockaid says a SquidRouterModule exploit drained 86 Gnosis Safes for about $3M, with stolen tokens swapped into DAI on Ethereum and Base.
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Syndicate Labs has announced plans to shut down its operations after saying the market for Ethereum rollups has deteriorated to a point where the business is no longer viable. In a statement posted on X on Thursday, Syndicate Labs said…
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MAPO, the native token of Map Protocol, has collapsed by 96% after attackers exploited the Butter Network cross-chain bridge to mint an enormous amount of unauthorized tokens. According to blockchain security firm Blockaid, the attacker created a quadrillion MAPO tokens…
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Crypto liquidity is scattered across exchanges and pairs, creating a structural “liquidity tax” of slippage, spread drag, and inconsistent execution that hits traders, tokens, and venues. Crypto trading activity is spread across hundreds of exchanges, liquidity venues, market makers, and…
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Bankr disabled transactions after 14 wallets were accessed, pledging refunds as users reported major losses and possible AI agent abuse.
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Bitcoin-focused DeFi platform Echo Protocol has suffered an exploit after an attacker minted roughly 1,000 unauthorized eBTC tokens on the protocol’s Monad deployment. Blockchain security firm PeckShield and on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain reported on Tuesday that the attacker generated around…
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ZachXBT is offering up to $10,000 for insider evidence that Hong Kong market maker HSBG manipulated centralized exchange markets, including trades around RIVER. On-chain sleuth ZachXBT has announced a bounty of up to $10,000 for whistleblowers who can provide credible…
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The Verus Protocol Ethereum bridge has suffered an exploit that has allowed an attacker to siphon off more than $11.5 million in crypto assets through what security researchers described as a forged cross-chain transfer message. According to onchain security platform…
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Aave has restored borrowing against wrapped Ether across affected markets as the decentralized lending protocol continues recovering from the fallout tied to Kelp DAO’s April exploit. In a post published Sunday, Stani Kulechov said Aave had reinstated loan-to-value ratios for…
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DeFi mobile platform Legend has announced plans to shut down after nearly two years of operation, adding another closure to a growing list of crypto applications struggling to remain viable. According to a statement shared Tuesday by Legend co-founder and…
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Renegade.fi has recovered about $190,000 after a whitehat hacker exploited a vulnerability in one of its Arbitrum-based dark pools and later returned more than 90% of the stolen assets. Blockchain security firm Blockaid said the exploit drained roughly $209,000 from…
