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Microsoft venture unit supports public rollout of AI builder for Base applications
Space and Time, the blockchain data solution supported by Microsoft, secures the data layer underneath Dreamspace.
Input Output proposes scaled-back Cardano treasury plan ahead of Leios mainnet push
The Leios mainnet launch is at the center of the roadmap, but IO’s tracker shows the upgrade still mid-development.
Onchain vault provider Upshift taps Securitize Fund Services for third-party reporting
Upshift is tapping Securitize Fund Services to provide independent reporting, auditing, and performance transparency …
Sui-based Volo Protocol exploited; team pledges to absorb losses
Sui-based liquid staking platform Volo reported that it was exploited for roughly $3.5 million from its WBTC, XAUm, a…
Kelp DAO exploiter launders $80 million worth of ETH, mostly through THORChain: onchain analyst
The 24-hour swap volume on THORChain surged to $394 million, significantly exceeding usual daily volumes of under $35…
‘Are we an industry of clowns?’: DeFi grapples with security tradeoffs after $292M Kelp DAO fallout
Aftermath conditions from Kelp DAO’s exploit has opened a broader debate over DeFi’s security model, after billio…
Kelp DAO exploiter begins moving stolen funds across chains after Arbitrum ETH freeze
Wallets tied to the approximate $292 million Kelp DAO exploit have begun moving funds across chains following Arbitru…
Arbitrum freezes $71 million worth of ETH stolen in Kelp DAO exploit
The Arbitrum Security Council said the frozen funds will only be moved by further action through Arbitrum governance.
Kelp DAO shifts blame to LayerZero for $292 million exploit; Aave examines bad debt scenarios
Kelp DAO has countered LayerZero's earlier statement, saying the 1-of-1 DVN setup under criticism was shipped as the …
LayerZero says North Korea’s Lazarus likely behind Kelp DAO exploit; blames single-point setup
The entire total value locked in the DeFi sector fell 7% in the past 24 hours to $86 billion, according to DefiLlama …
Kelp DAO’s rsETH bridge apparently exploited for roughly $292 million in LayerZero-based attack
Kelp's emergency pauser multisig froze the protocol's core contracts roughly 46 minutes after the successful drain, b…
Rhea Finance post-mortem puts exploit losses at $18.4 million, more than double initial estimates
Using what the team described as a "deliberately constructed swap route," the attacker opened a large number of margi…
Circle rolls out USDC Bridge for native cross-chain stablecoin transfers
USDC Bridge is Circle’s official, native cross-chain bridging solution powered by its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol.
Circle hit with class action lawsuit over alleged inaction in $280 million Drift exploit
The lawsuit, filed by law firm Gibbs Mura, alleged that Circle failed to act swiftly to freeze the stolen USDC tied t…
Tempo unveils pragmatic privacy solution called Zones, a way to run permissioned parallel blockchains
Each Zone will offer a private execution environment managed by a trusted entity, Tempo wrote in an announcement.
Polkadot-based Hyperbridge revises exploit losses to $2.5 million, ten times initial estimate
Hyperbridge has raised its loss estimate from $237,000 to $2.5 million after a Token Gateway exploit, with some funds…
Ether.fi commits $3 billion in ETH as ‘validator liquidity’ to ETHGas over three years
ETHGas is a marketplace for Ethereum blockspace futures that allows blockspace to be bought and sold in advance for g…
CoW Swap pauses protocol amid domain hijacking
The DEX aggregator is a particularly important component of the Ethereum ecosystem with integrations in protocols lik…
Ethereum Foundation launches $1 million crypto security subsidy, providing access to over 20 audit firms
The EF tapped Areta's audit marketplace to provide access to over 20 security firms like Blocksec, Cetora, Hacken, Im…
Fake Ledger app on Apple App Store linked to $9.5M crypto theft across Bitcoin, Tron, Solana: ZachXBT
A fake Ledger app on Apple's App Store drained $9.5M from more than 50 victims across Bitcoin, Tron and Solana, ZachX…
Paxos Labs raises $12 million, launches Amplify platform for onchain financial products
The round was led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures, Arthur Hayes' family office Maelstro…
Kraken security chief says exchange won’t negotiate as it faces extortion threat
The attackers obtained videos showing Kraken support staff accessing internal client support systems and limited clie…
Attacker exploits Polkadot-based Hyperbridge to mint 1 billion bridged DOT, nets $237K
Upbit and Bithumb have since temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals of Polkadot's DOT, citing signs of a secu…
FBI says crypto-related fraud losses hit record $11.4 billion in 2025, with seniors bearing the brunt
Americans 60 and older accounted for $4.4 billion of those crypto losses across 44,555 complaints, nearly double the …
US Secret Service freezes $12 million in crypto tied to global fraud in Operation Atlantic
Authorities disrupted more than 120 cryptocurrency fraud domains, cutting off key infrastructure used to target victims.
Polymarket unveils plans for trading engine overhaul, native stablecoin
“We're upgrading the entire Polymarket exchange stack over the next 2-3 weeks. New contracts. New order book. New c…
Drift links $280 million exploit to six-month social engineering op run by suspected North Korean actors
With "medium-high" confidence, Drift and the SEAL 911 team assess the operation was run by the same North Korean acto…
HypurrFi investigates domain hijacking, warns users from interacting with lending protocol
HypurrFi alerted users against interacting with its website and lending platform while it investigates a potential do…
Cambodia’s parliment passes law targeting online, crypto scam compounds
The Law on Anti-Technology Fraud introduces five new offenses aimed at rooting out modern online scams and crimes.
Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT accuses Circle of slow USDC freezes across more than $420 million in ‘illicit funds’
ZachXBT cites over a dozen cases involving over $420 million, the most recent being the Drift Protocol exploit worth …