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Tether-Backed Dreamcash Cuts CASH Markets Amid Hyperliquid USDC Surge
Operating as a non-custodial interface, the platform will phase out its USDT-collateralized equity and commodity perpetuals after native USDC integration…

Aave Founder Denies 70% Discount Sale to Kraken’s Payward
Pushing back against acquisition rumors, Stani Kulechov clarified that any ongoing discussions relate solely to Aave Labs' specific token allocations,…

Sei DEX Oxium to Shut Down August 1 as Revenue Hits Critical Lows
The platform's decision brings marks the end of a central limit order book protocol that once handled a significant share…

SecondFi Traces Dual Attackers, Freezes 129M ADA After Flaw
Following on-chain validation of the 16 million ADA security breach, SecondFi launches independent audits and leverages ledger state snapshots to…

DLMC Token on BNB Chain Loses Approximately $222,600 in Flash Loan Exploit
The root cause is a self-referential pricing flaw — the contract priced redemptions off treasury reserves divided only by externally…

DeFi’s $45B Wipeout: Hacks and Market Crash Drive TVL Lower
DeFi TVL has declined every month in 2026, dropping from around $115 billion in January to roughly $70 billion by…

Legacy Polygon Royalties Contract Drained of $261K via Logic Error
Security firms identify a critical accounting exploit in an inactive v1 rewards system, allowing an attacker to amplify a small…

Cardano Project SecondFi Halts Services as Hack Estimates Hit $20M
A flaw in SecondFi's wallet-generation software, the very code that creates users' private keys, has drained the platform, and SlowMist's…

Aave Founder Reacts as Goldfinch Shuts Down with $56M Frozen in Loans
Goldfinch begins shutdown after loan defaults and weak demand, sparking debate on DeFi lending and long-term recovery plans.

THORChain Reopens 39 Days After $10.7M Exploit, Teases XMR & ZEC Swaps
The blockchain network announced the restart saying trading is live again after validators, developers and community members rebuilt core functions…

Strategy’s STRC Stock Futures Goes Live on Hyperliquid Amid Volatile Comeback
In the past few months, STRC has gained significant traction, growing into what Saylor described as one of the world’s…

Five Eyes Warns of AI Cyber Surge as Anthropic’s Fable 5 Ban Hits Crypto
The cyber chiefs of five nations have warned that AI is radically compressing the time between bug discovery and protocol…

$950K Drained: ATM Token Suffers Second Major Exploitation on BNB Chain
Security monitors reveal the exploit did not rely on flash loans, instead distorting the pool's internal balance to siphon 1,604…

Hashflare-Linked $18.5M ETH Moves After 3.5 Years Dormant
The movement comes as the DOJ appeals the founders' time-served sentence and victims await remission.

Altura Winds Down $39M Vault After $8.5M Pulled in a Day
The run spread from msUSD's depeg, even though Altura held no Main Street exposure.

Ethereum MEV Bot JaredFromSubway Drained in $15M Honeypot Attack
Security researchers reveal how a web of fake token contracts tricked the network's most notorious front-running operation into approving its…

Taiko Urges Bridge Withdrawals After $1.7M Chain Verification Breach
The compromise forced Taiko to temporarily freeze network activity while investigators assess the damage.

Namada’s $600K MASP Drain Goes Unnoticed as Stale Indexer Masks the Loss
Security researchers revealed that nearly $600,000 was drained from Namada’s privacy-focused Multi-Asset Shielded Pool, but the loss initially went undetected…

Microsoft Uncovers Tor-Powered ‘CryptoBandits’ Malware Emptying User Wallets
The sophisticated campaign uses built-in Windows scripts to capture screenshots and manipulate copy-paste data, forcing a shift toward behavioral security…

Aztec Network’s RollupProcessor Exploited for $2.21 Million
This exploit follows closely on the heels of a separate ~$2.19 million attack days earlier on its deprecated Aztec Connect…

Little Boy Plus Loses $377K as “No-Admin-Key” DeFi Protocol Gets Drained via Mint Bug
The freshly minted tokens skewed the pair's balance against its reserve, letting the attacker swap the pool's USDT out.

UXLINK Exploiter Moves 8,340 ETH—Then Sends It to Tornado Cash
The latest laundering activity highlights how attackers continue using privacy tools to move funds months after major crypto exploits.

DeFi Tokens Are Shifting From Hype to Hard Numbers: Grayscale
The asset manager estimates Aave could generate about $60 million in earnings by 2026, with upside depending on token value…

Humanity Starts H Token Airdrop After $36M Exploit Fallout
The distribution is part of Humanity's plan to replace affected H tokens with a newly audited ERC-20 token, with eligible…

DIP Token Bug Drains $111K From PancakeSwap Pool
Security researcher Defi Nerd said that the DIP token contained a flaw in its transfer mechanism that caused certain transactions…

Drift Protocol Attack Claims Another Victim: Pyra to Terminate All Card Services
The Solana-based company confirmed that it will wind down the service after months of attempts to recover as it helps…

Hyperbridge Didn’t Patch Its $2.5M Hack—It Rebuilt Everything
Instead of patching the issue, Hyperbridge rebuilt the entire system with stronger security and no centralized control.

ZachXBT Links $120M USDT Flow to Monero (XMR) Surge; Tether Freezes $72M on Tron
A high-speed laundering pipeline on the Tron network triggered a 27% Monero price spike before Tether deployed a 30-second blacklisting…

Vitalik’s Options-Based DeFi Is Already Being Built — He Wants It Verified First
Buterin has urged that the designs be formally verified before they reach mainnet, flagging oracle robustness as the next problem…

Raydium Exploit Update: GoPlus Reveals How Hacker Stole $1.34M
A logic vulnerability in deprecated AMM V3 contracts allowed an attacker to bypass verification checks and route stolen liquidity through…