defi
THORChain Reopens Trading After Month Long Halt
THORChain has resumed trading after more than a month offline, marking the end of one of the more serious operational pauses in recent cross chain DeFi.
trustless
admin key
Aztec Connect Drained of $2.1M via ZK Proof Integration Flaw
Aztec Connect was already deprecated. The contracts were immutable. The funds were still there. That combination turned an old privacy bridge into a sitting target, and when the proof logic failed to bind what was verified to what was executed, $2.1M walked straight through the gap.
admin key
DeFi’s Q2 2026 Exploit Wave: The Attack Surface Has Moved
Q2 2026 exposed a darker shift in DeFi security. The biggest losses were not just contract bugs, but failures in bridges, key management, messaging layers and hidden control points. The attack surface has moved beyond the code, into everything the code is forced to trust.
admin key
DxSale Legacy Contracts Drained of $7.3M via Abused Administrative Keys
An attacker has drained approximately $7.3 million from legacy liquidity provider locker contracts belonging to the DxSale launchpad platform on BNB Chain.
ethereum
NEAR Protocol Activates Private Cross-Chain Swaps via Intents
The NEAR Foundation has announced the activation of a confidential payments feature built upon its new Intents protocol. The initial implementation enables users to execute private cross-chain swaps, sending NEAR tokens from the NEAR network and receiving ETH on the Ethereum mainnet. The system is d
Monad
Another Week, Another “Trustless” Failure: $76M Echo Protocol Exploit Hits Monad
The industry keeps calling this progress.
freeze
US Court Entangles Arbitrum, Aave in North Korea Sanctions Dispute
A DAO is being asked to vote its way out of a legal trap, with a judge's permission. The order, from a federal court in New York, allows the Arbitrum DAO to transfer roughly $71 million in Ether to a wallet controlled by Aave LLC. These are not free and clear funds. They are the proceeds of a hack,
zero trust
Ripple shares threat intelligence as North Korean social engineering bypasses code
Ripple has begun sharing internal intelligence regarding North Korean threat actors with the Crypto ISAC, an industry body focused on coordinated security threats. The move follows a series of high-profile breaches, including the Drift and Kelp exploits, which resulted in the loss of over 500 millio
layer 2
Arbitrum Governance Vote Highlights the Fragility of Layer 2 Security Councils
Arbitrum token holders have commenced a vote to release approximately 71 million dollars in Ether currently held in a frozen state following the Kelp DAO exploit. The funds, totalling 30,765 ETH, were intercepted and locked by the Arbitrum Security Council on 21 April to prevent further capital flig
litecoin
Litecoin reorganisation exposes the fragility of private consensus patches
The Litecoin network recently experienced a 13-block reorganisation, rewinding approximately 32 minutes of transaction history. The event was triggered by an exploit targeting the Mimblewimble Extension Block protocol, a privacy-focused layer integrated into the chain. While the Litecoin Foundation
bitcoin
One Request. $344 Million Frozen. So Who Actually Owns It?
The headline writes itself, but most people still won’t see what just happened.
zero trust
Circle Intervenes as Aave USDC Liquidity Reaches Total Exhaustion
The USDC liquidity pool on Aave V3 Ethereum Core has reached a state of total exhaustion, with utilisation pinned at 99.87 percent for four consecutive days. Following the KelpDAO exploit on 18 April, the pool has effectively ceased to function as a liquid market. Currently, 1.89 billion dollars in