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Security researcher finds Zcash vulnerability allowing ‘unlimited’ counterfeit minting; ZEC drops 31%
The vulnerability was fixed within days, and findings suggest that actual exploitation of the bug is unlikely.
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…
EdgeX offers refunds and launches 200,000 USDC bounty after 71% token flash crash
EdgeX says that 174 addresses flooded a PancakeSwap pool with EDGE token sell orders during a period of low liquidity.
Unable to recover from roughly $50 million hack, Radiant Capital is winding down
Radiant Capital said it hasn't been able to recover a meaningful amount of funds or raise new capital since the 2024 …
‘Gnosis will cover all user losses’ amid exploit related to Gnosis Pay, co-founder Koppelmann says
Gnosis co-founder Martin Koppelmann said all user losses will be covered as containment efforts continue following an…
Dev helps rescue $2 million locked in 2016 ICO contract for nine years with whitehat exploit
The developer told The Block that two of 48 eligible investors have already claimed 96.5 ETH that was unfrozen, worth…
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.
Security researchers flag ongoing Stake DAO exploit after attacker mints trillions of vsdCRV
The attacker minted 5.4 trillion vsdCRV on Arbitrum and is actively swapping tokens for ether, the researchers said.
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…
StablR’s EURR and USDR depeg after attacker mints $13.5 million in unbacked tokens through multisig exploit
EURR fell to $0.85 and USDR fell as low as $0.40 after an attacker dumped roughly $10.4 million in face value on dece…
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…
BTCFi protocol Echo exploited, targeting eBTC market on Monad: onchain analysts
BTCFi protocol Echo was exploited, with the attacker minting 1,000 eBTC on Monad and using it as collateral to borrow…
Ongoing exploit drains $11.6 million from Verus-Ethereum bridge: Blockaid
Peckshield flagged that the Verus-Ethereum bridge has been drained for 103.6 tBTC, 1,625 ETH, and 147,000 USDC.
THORChain pauses trading as security researchers flag suspected $10M multi-chain exploit
THORChain halted trading after security researchers flagged a suspected exploit spanning Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Smart…
‘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…
Immunefi to absorb Code4rena bug bounty customers after shutdown decision
Immunefi said it will help migrate Code4rena’s bounty programs, rewards and researchers onto its platform.
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.
Kelp DAO, Aave to resume rsETH operations as recovery from $292 million exploit progresses
Kelp was exploited on April 18 for $292 million from attackers suspected to be part of North Korea's Lazarus Group.
Circle adds $3 billion Wall Street Arc token risking an uncomfortable rivalry with Coinbase
Circle's $222 million ARC token presale has given Wall Street a new way to value the USDC issuer, while raising a har…
Ethereum Foundation rolls out support for Clear Signing crypto security solution
Clear Signing is a crypto security feature that aims to simplify transaction descriptions so humans can understand wh…
Binance says AI security systems prevented $10.5 billion in user losses from crypto scams, phishing
In Q1 2026 alone, Binance claims to have safeguarded $1.98 billion in funds protected from 22.9 million scam and phis…
Crypto ‘wrench attacks’ on the rise, with victims’ family members increasingly at risk: CertiK
There has been 34 verified incidents globally, a 41% increase from the same period in 2025, CertiK said in a report p…
Arbitrum DAO approves $70 million ETH release for Kelp DAO recovery
However, a May 1 court order restricted Arbitrum DAO from moving the recovered funds, prompting Aave to file an emerg…
1inch liquidity provider TrustedVolumes hit with ongoing exploit, draining nearly $6 million: Blockaid
Blockaid said the attacker was the same entity that exploited 1inch Fusion V1 in March 2025, which drained around $5 …
Aave liquidates Kelp DAO attacker’s remaining rsETH positions
Aave required a governance process to manipulate its rsETH oracle price to generate a deficit in the attacker’s fra…
Project Eleven warns quantum moment could hit ‘all at once,’ pegs Q-Day as early as 2030
Roughly 6.9 million BTC could be at risk to quantum computers under certain conditions, Project Eleven estimates.
Attackers drain $1.4M in wrapped bitcoin from DeFi protocol Ekubo in approval-based exploit
Ekubo Protocol lost roughly $1.4 million in WBTC after attackers exploited a flaw in its EVM swap router contracts.