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The quantum clock is ticking: it's Bitcoin's problem, not Ethereum's
A recent research note published by Citi analysts reached a conclusion about quantum risk that should give every inst…
Wallets linked to Humanity Protocol drained for over $32 million, token plunges 89%: onchain analyst
Out of the stolen amount, $23.7 million has been swapped for Ethereum, while around $7.9 million remains in H tokens.
DeFi’s old hack vectors are fading – But the new risk can hit six chains at once
Decentralized finance has gotten a lot safer over the past six years, and a new review of protocol losses from 2020 t…
AI-assisted Zcash flaw exposes the supply integrity gap an emergency fork could not fully close
The exploit that nearly broke Zcash originated inside the zero-knowledge proof circuit that powers Orchard, Zcash's n…
Travala debuts agentic AI travel protocol with gasless USDC payments on Base
Travala launched an agentic AI travel protocol on Base supporting gasless USDC hotel bookings and AI-assisted payment…
Immunefi says DeFi is ‘getting safer’ as exploit losses fall 74% from 2022 peak amid AI-driven security arms race
DeFi exploit losses fell 74% from the 2022 peak to $680 million in 2025, according to Immunefi, amid structural secur…
Mt. Gox-linked wallets moved 10,422 BTC, worth roughly $739 million as BTC price slides
Mt. Gox moved more than $700 million worth of Bitcoin while the market was already under stress, giving traders a fam…
Mt. Gox moves $739 million worth of bitcoin to two addresses: Arkham
Mt. Gox transferred a combined 10,306 BTC to an unmarked address and its hot wallet early Tuesday, according to Arkham.
Cosmos-based Gravity Bridge drained of $5.4 million in suspected key compromise, researchers say
The attacker took USDC, ether, tether and PAYG tokens before laundering a portion through ChangeNow and Binance.
Base launches Azul on mainnet, pushing Coinbase’s Ethereum L2 toward full decentralization
Base has deployed its Azul upgrade on mainnet, with multiproofs and a new client stack advancing decentralization.
Have AI agents made the entire $148 billion DeFi sector unsafe?
A warning from one of decentralized finance’s (DeFi) early security figures has turned a difficult stretch of hacks…
OpenZeppelin founder says he now considers ‘all of DeFi’ unsafe
OpenZeppelin's Manuel Aráoz said he has been privately advising friends and family to exit all DeFi positions.
Coinbase-incubated Base blockchain rolls out MCP gateway to AI interfaces like Claude, ChatGPT
With the integration, users will now be able to use natural language prompts to swap tokens, transfer funds, and inte…
AI is speeding up the quantum threat to crypto, security experts warn
Researchers and builders believe that artificial intelligence may be accelerating the quantum timeline and forcing a …
Polymarket suffers live POL drain as team rules out feared contract exploit
Polymarket faced what many users interpreted as a possible hack on May 22 after public alerts described a rapid POL d…
Verus bridge exploiter returns 4,052 ETH, retains $2.8 million bounty: onchain analyst
An attacker transferred 4,052.4 ETH worth $8.5 million back to Verus on Friday after the team proposed a bounty frame…
Satoshi’s 1.1M bitcoin and millions more can be saved from quantum attack, says expert
Researchers at the privacy-centric blockchain startup say their multi-layer quantum defense will feature a soft fork …
CLEAR token tanks 48% as Everclear winds down protocol, foundation and labs unit
Everclear achieved $500 million in monthly volume, but "never developed the commercial depth," the team said on Thurs…
Bitcoin quantum computing risk centers on major exchange wallets, Glassnode data shows
Cryptocurrency exchanges are emerging as the clearest pressure point in Bitcoin’s long-running debate over quantum …
Syndicate Labs to wind down operations after five years, citing rollup market slump
Syndicate Labs said that the $330,000 exploit last month is unrelated to the decision to wind down operations.
The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation's high-profile departures spark fresh debate
Also: Citi on quantum computing and bitcoin, Jump Crypto’s Firedancer, and Vitalik Buterin on AI verification
Deloitte absorbs Blocknative team as crypto infra firm winds down APIs and Gas Network
The Blocknative website now returns a post noting that the firm is “now in the process of ceasing operations."
BSC’s quantum defense works. The trade-off is 40% slower transaction throughput.
BSC’s quantum-security test worked, but bigger transaction data slowed network throughput by about 40%.
Bitcoin faces outsized quantum threat as computing breakthroughs accelerate, Citi says
The bank said accelerating advances in quantum computing are compressing the timeline for risks to crypto and broader…
US crypto ATM operator Bitcoin Depot files for Chapter 11 to wind down business
Bitcoin Depot said changing regulatory environments have made it difficult to continue its current business model.
THORChain exploit turns emergency chain halt into a DeFi trust test
THORChain’s suspected multichain exploit and emergency halt on May 15 has turned into another DeFi security inciden…
‘It’s an unfair game’: CertiK CEO says DeFi attackers using AI to outspend defenders
CertiK says DeFi attackers are increasingly targeting operational security and supply-chain weaknesses instead of sma…
Ripple insider warns XRP holders as fake airdrop scams surge across XRPL
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is seeing a drastic rise in fraud attempts targeting its users as the network draws more instit…
Crypto data firm Dune cuts 25% of staff citing AI efficiencies
Dune CEO Fredrik Haga said the firm "let 25% of the team go this week" on X, in part citing its heavy investment in A…
Korean won stablecoin KRWQ expands to Solana following March EDX Markets listing
Korean won-denominated stablecoin KRWQ is expanding to Solana to support Korean won liquidity onchain.