Balancer hack shows signs of months-long planning by skilled attacker
The $116 million Balancer exploit appears to have been months in the making, with the attacker utilizing Tornado Cash and advanced...
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Balancer audits under scrutiny after $100M+ exploit
Reports showed four security companies conducted 11 audits of Balancer’s smart contracts starting in 2021, but a bad actor was sti...
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Balancer Protocol Sees $70M Exit In Suspected Crypto Exploit
Balancer, one of the most established decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols with more than $700 million in total value locked (TV...
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Balancer Suffers Major Exploit: Over $116 Million Drained From V2 Pools
On Nov. 3, Balancer was exploited for over $116 million after attackers used a smart contract vulnerability to manipulate vault ca...
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Balancer exploit swells to $116M in outflows as team offers 20% bounty
DeFi protocol Balancer is the target of an ongoing exploit, with more than $116 million in staked Ether tokens transferred to a ne...
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Crypto’s changing demographics demand a new approach to crypto security
Stablecoins dominate 40% of crypto volume as emerging markets prioritize utility over ideology. Security must become invisible, no...
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Venezuela’s stablecoin use case grows amid war threats, ongoing sanctions
Venezuela’s reliance on stablecoins could deepen if the Trump administration acts on its war threat, further destabilizing the Sou...
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Indian court steps in over WazirX XRP distribution tied to 2024 hack
Just a few weeks after a Singaporean court approved WazirX's parent company's restructuring plan, a decision out of one of India's...
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Russian Ruble Stablecoin Gets Targeted by EU Sanctions
As part of its 19th sanctions package against Russia, the EU included measures targeting the use of crypto to circumvent sanctions...
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Mt. Gox’s security flaws cost millions. Could AI have spotted them?
Could AI have prevented the collapse of Mt. Gox if it had existed back then? An AI-powered post-mortem by the exchange’s former CE...
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‘The claim that L2s inherit ETH security is erroneous’ — Solana co-founder
Ethereum layer-2 networks have glaring security and centralization issues, according to Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of the Solan...
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Russia Advances Crypto Use in Foreign Trade Amid Sanctions and Dollar Diversification Push
Russia is turbocharging its push to legalize cryptocurrency in foreign trade, signaling a massive shift in global finance as it ai...
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US eyes quantum computing investments amid rising national security stakes
Washington is considering direct investments in US quantum computing companies as it seeks to keep pace with China’s tech capabili...
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EU sanctions Russian A7A5 stablecoin and crypto exchanges
Russian oil companies have increasingly relied on digital assets and crypto platforms to circumvent financial sanctions, according...
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Russia’s New Crypto Framework Could Redefine Global Trade Amid Sanctions Pressure
Russia has officially unveiled a sweeping legal framework to integrate crypto into its foreign trade system, a move widely seen as...
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SEAL, Metamask, Walletconnect, Backpack and Phantom Launch Global Real‑Time Phishing Defense
SEAL announced a coalition with Metamask, Walletconnect, Backpack and Phantom on October 2025 to deploy a global, real‑time phishi...
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Ripple CTO Warns of Huge Phishing Surge as Seed Phrases Become Targets
Crypto security panic is escalating as a new surge of highly deceptive scams sweeps the market following a $3 million XRP theft, s...
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