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Drift Protocol Teams with Security Experts on Recovery After Exploit
The protocol said its current efforts are aimed at containment and transparent communication with the community.

Phantom Wallet Outage Sparks Token Loss Fears Among Users
Phantom later confirmed the outage was resolved, urging users still facing balance or price issues to reach out to support…

Denaria Hack Drains $165K as Platform Suddenly Goes Offline
The platform lost $165K in a smart contract exploit, halted its platform, and is offering a 15% bounty to recover…

North Korean IT Workers Infiltrating DeFi for Years, Says Researcher
Taylor Monahan warns that DPRK developers helped build major DeFi protocols, using legitimate blockchain skills that made them difficult for…

Drift Protocol Reveals North Korean State Hackers Behind $285M Exploit
Attackers posed as a legitimate trading firm, met Drift contributors at conferences across multiple countries over six months, and deposited…

HypurrFi Flags Domain Hijack, Urges Users to Stay Away
Despite the attack, the team said there is no evidence of risk to users or its smart contracts.

7 Whales Pocket $2.78M in 150% Return by Pumping XPL on Hyperliquid
The real cost of this ‘push-and-dump scheme’ landed on Hyperliquid’s Hyperliquidity Provider (HLP) pool, which took a loss of over…

Crypto Hacks Stole $52M in March Amid “Shadow Contagion” Threat: PeckShield
ResolvLabs led March losses after an AWS KMS breach enabled an 80M USR mint, draining $25M, while Venus and social…

LML Staking Protocol Exploited for $950K on BSC, Token Crashes 99.6%
Attacker manipulated LML token price via swap-based arbitrage to claim inflated staking rewards, then laundered $950K through Tornado Cash.

Axios Supply Chain Attack Deploys Malicious Dependency via npm
SocketSecurity’s CEO Feross urges developers to use verified safe versions immediately.

Aave V4 Goes Live on Ethereum with New Lending Features
The platform also launched Aave Pro, an interface for advanced users, and partnered with Chainlink for oracle data feeds.

Steakhouse Financial Alerts Users of Active Phishing Attack
Experts say funds stay safe if contracts are used directly, as phishing risk comes from fake frontends, not the underlying…

Lido DAO Proposes LDO Buyback Using 10,000 stETH Treasury
Batch reports will ensure transparency before each purchase, while all LDO returns to the treasury and remains separate from the…

Aave Launches on X Layer Bringing DeFi Lending to OKX Wallet
The protocol brings $46B liquidity to X Layer, expanding access, improving flexibility, and letting users earn yield while staying in…

Stable L1’s $2.5B FDV Raises Eyebrows as DEX Volume Hits Exactly Zero
Stable’s native token commands a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of roughly $2.68 billion but onchain activity remains virtually nonexistent on…

Attacker Exploits Unknown Stake Contract, Drains $133K on BNB Chain
BlockSec Phalcon reports attacker used referrals to drain TUR, then swapped funds to USDT, emptying the contract and exposing key…

Crypto Tools Under Attack as Apifox Breach Exposes Sensitive Data
Apifox and LiteLLM supply chain attacks expose credentials, cloud systems, and crypto tools, highlighting rising global security risks.

Hyperliquid Hits Record 231,000 Active Traders as RWA Perpetuals Boom
The decentralized exchange's expansion into permissionless perpetuals for oil, silver, and the S&P 500 through HIP-3 markets now accounts for…

Balancer Labs Shuts Down: Protocol Pivots to DAO After $128M Exploit
Co-Founder Martinelli announces the dissolution of the corporate entity, triggering a massive tokenomics overhaul to shield the DeFi pioneer from…

Katana Acquires IDEX and Launches Perps as Onchain Frenzy Grows
Katana’s bet focuses on both spot liquidity and derivatives execution under one roof to deliver tighter spreads, faster fills, and…

KyberSwap Blocks USR Stablecoin Exploiter Wallets After $80M Breach
Onchain traces showed the exploiter swapping minted USR tokens for stablecoins and ETH across platforms like Curve, Uniswap, Velodrome, and…

USR Stablecoin Breaks Down After Critical $80M Exploit
An attacker exploited a flaw in Resolv Labs’ USR contract to mint $80M in unbacked tokens with just $200K, crashing…

Uniswap Ships ‘Chained Actions’ With Zero MEV and Atomic Execution
The new composable framework breaks multi-step DeFi operations into atomic, self-custodial transactions across any blockchain.

What’s With Mellow Protocol? TVL Surges Past $300M Amid Airdrop Buzz
The Lido-allied liquid restaking protocol saw its TVL nearly double in a matter of days, fueled by institutional vault traction,…

Movie Token Hack: Smart Contract Flaw Drains $242K in Liquidity
Forensic analysis reveals a double-counting bug in the burn function allowed an attacker to artificially pump the token price before…

Trump-Backed WLFI Launches SDK Targeting AI Payments with USD1
The stablecoin issuer ships an open-source toolkit that lets autonomous AI systems hold funds and settle transactions in USD1 —…

UXLINK Hacker Converts 5,496 ETH to 11M DAI After $44M Breach
Following a catastrophic 90% token collapse in September, the UXLINK exploiter is now shifting assets to stablecoins as their earlier…

Donation Attack on Venus Protocol Leaves $2.15 Million in Bad Debt
The attacker used 7,400 ETH from Tornado Cash to bypass the supply cap via a donation attack.

Neutrl DeFi Pauses Smart Contracts Amid Suspected DNS Frontend Hijack
The protocol urges users to revoke all Permit2 wallet approvals immediately as investigators scramble to secure the platform's compromised domain…

DarkSword iOS Attacks: Compromised Websites Puts User’s Crypto at Risk
Ledger CTO says it targets iOS globally, using compromised sites to steal data, monitor activity, and take full control of…