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Aztec Connect’s abandoned smart contract exploited for $2.1M
The Aztec Connect platform was deprecated in March 2023, but the immutable smart contract still held over $2 million …
Ethereum can quantum-proof accounts for just 7 cents, says Ethereum's Kohaku lead
The SPHINCS- proposal aims to reduce the cost of post-quantum signature verification on Ethereum while the network wo…
Humanity Protocol’s $36M hack tied to suspected North Korean hackers: Quantstamp
A fake Bithumb email used in the $36 million Humanity Protocol hack points to the involvement of North Korean threat …
The U.S. government is betting $2 Billion on quantum computing, and the defense side can't keep up
Pruden argues that to defend against a quantum computer capable of cryptographically relevant operations, we need pos…
The next DeFi drain could come from legacy contracts everyone forgot
The Raydium AMM V3 exploit drained roughly $1.34 million from a phased-out program tied to five pools outside the cur…
Crypto Hackers Drain Over $36M From Protocols Using Unverified Contracts
A crypto hacker who drained $26 million from Ethereum-based protocol Truebit in January had likely practiced the tech…
Solana infrastructure firm Helius acquires Light Protocol to expand onchain privacy
The acquisition comes amid a moment of consolidation in the crypto industry and during a resurgent interest in onchai…
Raydium DEX says $1.34 million exploit hit retired AMM program, treasury to cover losses
The exploit drained roughly $1.34 million from five inactive Raydium liquidity pools, and impacted users will be comp…
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…
Zcash finalizes Ironwood upgrade plan, targets July activation
The Ironwood upgrade would introduce a new shielded pool and ensure the circulating ZEC supply remains bounded.
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.
MetaMask debuts Agent Wallet giving AI bots self-custody access to Ethereum
Consensys-backed MetaMask is rolling out a non-custodial wallet for AI agents for general availability this summer.
ZEC rebounds 42% as ZODL founder details two-step emergency upgrade
Josh Swihart, founder of ZODL, provided details on how the Zcash team resolved a critical vulnerability in the Orchar…
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…
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…
Cosmos Labs acquires block explorer Mintscan, forms Korea subsidiary to expand ecosystem
Cosmos Labs has acquired Cosmos block explorer Mintscan and formed a new Korea-based subsidiary, Cosmos Labs Korea.
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.
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…
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.
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…
Aztec Labs acquires ZKPassport, pledges to keep privacy protocol and iOS mobile app open-source
The Obsidion team, including co-founders Michael Elliot and Theo Madzou, will join Aztec Labs to continue developing …
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.
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…