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Will new Apple CEO combat fake crypto apps littering the “walled garden” App Store?
Apple is heading into its biggest leadership transition in years, just as scrutiny is mounting over the security of i…
Onchain vault provider Upshift taps Securitize Fund Services for third-party reporting
Upshift is tapping Securitize Fund Services to provide independent reporting, auditing, and performance transparency …
North Korea hit crypto for $500M+ this month — and the $6.75 billion threat is not over yet
In just under three weeks, cyber operatives linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have stolen …
‘Are we an industry of clowns?’: DeFi grapples with security tradeoffs after $292M Kelp DAO fallout
Aftermath conditions from Kelp DAO’s exploit has opened a broader debate over DeFi’s security model, after billio…
Kelp DAO exploiter begins moving stolen funds across chains after Arbitrum ETH freeze
Wallets tied to the approximate $292 million Kelp DAO exploit have begun moving funds across chains following Arbitru…
Arbitrum freezes $71 million worth of ETH stolen in Kelp DAO exploit
The Arbitrum Security Council said the frozen funds will only be moved by further action through Arbitrum governance.
DeFi losses top $600 million in weeks as Kelp DAO exploit drags TVL to one-year low
Kelp Dao, Aave and LayerZero are pointing the finger at each other and it is still unclear how losses will be distrib…
Six years after “DeFi Summer” is the sun already setting on the decentralized finance revolution?
KelpDAO's $292 million rsETH exploit landed at the wrong moment for DeFi. Roughly $10 billion left the sector over t…
DeFi users pull $10 billion out of the market as $292 million exploit sparks bank-run optics
A $292 million exploit at KelpDAO set off a broad retreat across decentralized finance over the weekend, draining rou…
LayerZero says North Korea’s Lazarus likely behind Kelp DAO exploit; blames single-point setup
The entire total value locked in the DeFi sector fell 7% in the past 24 hours to $86 billion, according to DefiLlama …
Kelp DAO’s rsETH bridge apparently exploited for roughly $292 million in LayerZero-based attack
Kelp's emergency pauser multisig froze the protocol's core contracts roughly 46 minutes after the successful drain, b…
Circle rolls out USDC Bridge for native cross-chain stablecoin transfers
USDC Bridge is Circle’s official, native cross-chain bridging solution powered by its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol.
Circle hit with class action lawsuit over alleged inaction in $280 million Drift exploit
The lawsuit, filed by law firm Gibbs Mura, alleged that Circle failed to act swiftly to freeze the stolen USDC tied t…
Russia-linked Grinex exchange suspends operations after $15 million hack, blames ‘hostile states’
Liquidity and users of the sanctioned Garantex exchange have flowed into Grinex over the past year, Elliptic claims.
Tempo unveils pragmatic privacy solution called Zones, a way to run permissioned parallel blockchains
Each Zone will offer a private execution environment managed by a trusted entity, Tempo wrote in an announcement.
Polkadot-based Hyperbridge revises exploit losses to $2.5 million, ten times initial estimate
Hyperbridge has raised its loss estimate from $237,000 to $2.5 million after a Token Gateway exploit, with some funds…
Ether.fi commits $3 billion in ETH as ‘validator liquidity’ to ETHGas over three years
ETHGas is a marketplace for Ethereum blockspace futures that allows blockspace to be bought and sold in advance for g…
CoW Swap pauses protocol amid domain hijacking
The DEX aggregator is a particularly important component of the Ethereum ecosystem with integrations in protocols lik…
Ethereum Foundation launches $1 million crypto security subsidy, providing access to over 20 audit firms
The EF tapped Areta's audit marketplace to provide access to over 20 security firms like Blocksec, Cetora, Hacken, Im…
Paxos Labs raises $12 million, launches Amplify platform for onchain financial products
The round was led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures, Arthur Hayes' family office Maelstro…
Kraken security chief says exchange won’t negotiate as it faces extortion threat
The attackers obtained videos showing Kraken support staff accessing internal client support systems and limited clie…
Polkadot Hyperbridge April Fools’ joke comes true as over 1 Billion fake DOT tokens were minted on Ethereum
Hyperbridge, a decentralized bridge connecting the Polkadot ecosystem to the Ethereum network, suffered a major secur…
StarkWare cuts staff, reorganizes into two units as it targets revenue
StarkWare is cutting staff and restructuring under two units as CEO Eli Ben-Sasson says the firm is "simply too big" …
Attacker exploits Polkadot-based Hyperbridge to mint 1 billion bridged DOT, nets $237K
Upbit and Bithumb have since temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals of Polkadot's DOT, citing signs of a secu…
FBI says crypto-related fraud losses hit record $11.4 billion in 2025, with seniors bearing the brunt
Americans 60 and older accounted for $4.4 billion of those crypto losses across 44,555 complaints, nearly double the …
US Secret Service freezes $12 million in crypto tied to global fraud in Operation Atlantic
Authorities disrupted more than 120 cryptocurrency fraud domains, cutting off key infrastructure used to target victims.
ZachXBT uncovers North Korea-linked IT worker network generating $1M monthly via crypto payment flows
ZachXBT said a 390-account North Korean IT worker network has generated over $3.5 million in crypto flows since Novem…
After the $285M Drift hack, new Solana scare shows crypto’s next security risk may already be inside
The Drift exploit and Stabble’s precautionary warning point to a difficult crypto security problem: the next major …
Standard Chartered weighs integrating Zodia Custody with corporate bank arm: Bloomberg
Standard Chartered reportedly plans to integrate Zodia Custody's crypto custody business into its corporate bank divi…
Polymarket unveils plans for trading engine overhaul, native stablecoin
“We're upgrading the entire Polymarket exchange stack over the next 2-3 weeks. New contracts. New order book. New c…