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Following the KelpDAO exploit that resulted in the loss of nearly $300 million, the decentralized finance ( DeFi) ecosystem has experienced...
DeFi bridge security is under sharper pressure after a major exploit exposed structural weaknesses in verifier design and infrastr...
LayerZero said that Kelp’s DVN setup allowed the $290 million exploit, as investors questioned which protocol would step up to cov...
Key Takeaways: KelpDAO was exploited to the tune of approximately $290M in a targeted attack involving a more advanced attacker, m...
Vercel has confirmed it was compromised after a member of a hacking forum put the company’s information up for sale for $2 million...
Why Bitcoin and Ethereum are taking different paths to address future cryptographic risks and long-term blockchain security.
The Aave token fell nearly 20% to $89.5 in just over 24 hours as users withdrew billions of dollars from the lending protocol.
Aave, one of DeFi’s largest lending protocols, is managing a liquidity crisis and an estimated $177 million to $200 million in bad...
The contagion from the Kelp exploit could have been contained, but at the cost of capital efficiency, according to the founder of...
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A group of JENNER memecoin buyers sued Jenner and her late manager, Sophia Hutchins, in November 2024 claiming they lost thousands...
The attack triggered a "cross-protocol contagion" that has hit at least nine crypto protocols, blockchain security firm Cyvers sai...
An attacker reportedly exploited a vulnerability in KelpDAO’s rsETH liquid restaking token on April 18, 2026, draining an estimate...
A letter from US Senator Richard Blumenthal said he was concerned about “mounting allegations of dangerously lax anti-money launde...
Crypto infrastructure providers are under rising pressure as a new lawsuit tests whether technical control can bring legal respons...
Key Takeaways: Rhea Finance is the victim of a ~ $7.6M exploit of its margin trading system. Fake tokens and liquidity pools were...
Notable crypto execs descended on Paris Blockchain Week, bringing more attention to personal security as kidnapping and ransom att...
The sanctioned crypto-ruble exchange Grinex has suspended all operations following a high-level cyberattack that resulted in the t...
Rhea Finance and the Russia-linked Grinex exchange were hacked for a combined $21 million over the past two days.