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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.
Sui blockchain suffers more downtime following Thursday’s six-hour outage
Sui was offline for 5 hours and 55 minutes on Thursday due to a bug in the blockchain's latest "1.72 release."
Sui blockchain experiences second ‘stall’ in five months
Sui said the blockchain is experiencing a "network stall," as block explorers show the protocol has not produced a bl…
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.
‘We don’t know who deployed this’: Squid distances itself from $3.2 million third-party module exploit
Squid said its core protocol was unaffected after a third-party module named SquidRouterModule was exploited for roug…
Researchers flag TrapDoor malware campaign targeting crypto developer environments including Aptos, Sui and Solana
The TrapDoor malware campaign used malicious packages across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io to target crypto developer envi…
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…
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 …
ZachXBT flags suspected exploit involving Polymarket’s UMA adapter contract on Polygon
Onchain sleuth ZachXBT flagged a potential exploit of Polymarket's UMA CTF Adapter on Polygon, with $520K reportedly …
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 …
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 …
Wife of Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget targeted in kidnapping attempt at home in France: report
The wife of Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget was targeted in a kidnapping attempt as France logs over 41 crypto ki…
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
Zcash Foundation ends Q1 with $36.69M in liquid assets and operating expenses of $817K
Zcash Foundation Q1 operating expenses came in at about $817,000, with team compensation as the largest category.
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%.
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…
Ohio man sentenced to 9 years for running $10 million crypto Ponzi scheme
The CFTC filed an enforcement action against Rathnakishore Giri in August 2022 for running the fraudulent investment …
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…
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.
It’s a ‘new era’ for crypto users who ‘trade anything and everything’ as Jito goes consumer, CEO Bruder says
Jito founder Lucas Bruder told The Block that there's a new class of users coming onchain who "want to trade anything…
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…
Chainlink CCIP gains over $2.5 billion in TVL from protocols migrating from LayerZero, with Kraken Bitcoin the latest to join
Kraken Bitcoin is at least the fourth product to deprecate its LayerZero cross-chain tech following the Kelp DAO attack.
Tether, TRON and TRM Labs-backed T3 Financial Crime Unit tops $450 million in frozen illicit crypto assets
T3 FCU says it has now frozen over $450 million in illicit crypto assets, reporting a 43.9% annual increase in interc…
BitGo doubles revenue to $3.8 billion but net loss widens in Q1
The NYSE-listed crypto infrastructure firm generated $3.8 billion in revenue in the first quarter, up 112.6% year-on-…
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.
Stork promises ‘true’ 24/7 price discovery for stocks and gold tapping Binance and other perps markets
Stork launches the first 24/7 oracle that switches to perpetual futures markets for 'true' price discovery.