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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.
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.
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…
ZachXBT accuses projects like LAB of ‘highly questionable price action’, posts $10,000 bounty for info on alleged market manipulation
ZachXBT has called out several projects for alleged manipulation, most recently including the AI trading terminal pro…
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.
Kelp DAO ditches LayerZero for Chainlink’s cross-chain infrastructure following $292 million exploit
Many onlookers blame LayerZero's default infrastructure setup because the cross-chain bridge that was attacked used a…
Ledger integrates Hyperliquid perps trading in its hardware wallets via Yield.xyz
About 20% of Ledger users will be able to access Hyperliquid's onchain perps markets from their hardware wallets.
Ripple shares North Korea-linked threat data as crypto attacks shift to social engineering
The recent $280 million Drift incident has demonstrated a shift toward more sophisticated social engineering tactics.
Aave fights court-ordered $73 million ETH freeze, argues ‘a thief does not own what he steals’
Aave LLC filed an emergency motion in federal court seeking to lift an order that froze ether tied to last month's Ke…
South Korea’s largest crypto exchange Upbit launches Ethereum blockchain with Optimism Foundation support
Upbit is the Optimism Foundation's first client on its "self-managed" enterprise tier, giving it control over its cor…
Binance adds protection against physical threats as problems with crypto wrench attacks persist
Blockchain analytics firm CertiK said this February that attacks using physical threats to steal crypto rose 75% in 2…
North Korea blames ‘reptile media’ over reports of crypto theft
North Korea rejected U.S. cybercrime claims as 'absurd slander,' blaming media as crypto theft attributed to the coun…
The Funding: How DeFi hacks could hit crypto funds
DeFi’s latest hack wave is likely to add pressure on liquid and yield-focused crypto funds already navigating a tou…
North Korea terrorism creditors move to seize Arbitrum-frozen Kelp DAO ETH ahead of DeFi United vote
The plaintiffs are not Kelp DAO hack victims but families holding three unsatisfied terrorism judgments against North…
Paradigm researcher proposes timestamp ‘escape hatch’ to protect Satoshi-era bitcoin from quantum threats
PACTs would let long-term bitcoin holders prepare for a worst-case quantum scenario without moving funds or signaling…
Crypto hacks hit record high in April as exploits kept piling up
With the end of April in sight, another exploit involving dormant Ethereum mainnet addresses appears to have occurred.