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Radiant Capital Winds Down After 18 Months Without Fund Recovery
The protocol will enter maintenance mode as recovery efforts continue, while users retain access to lending positions, withdrawals, and claims…

Vitalik’s New DeFi Idea: No Loans, No Liquidations, Just Options
He said the model could reduce dependence on real-time oracles, instead relying on slower oracle systems similar to those used…

Gnosis Pay Pauses Bridge Following Active Zodiac Delay Module Exploit
Co-Founder Martin Köppelmann said that most users cannot withdraw funds now but expects to contain most losses and promises full…

Whitehat Hacker Unlocks $2M Stuck in 2016 Ethereum ICO Contract
Coordinated whitehat recovery leverages a legacy integer overflow flaw to rescue 1,003 ETH for 48 Hong Coin investors after nine…

May Crypto Exploits Drop 90% to $68.3M Despite Severe Bridge Hacks
While overall losses hit a monthly low for 2026, logic flaws in cross-chain infrastructure and AI-backed social engineering keep protocols…

Aave Restores rsETH Backing in Full, but $71M Court Battle Drags On
The post-mortem confirms that Aave V3 markets are fully operational across all affected deployments.

BullX Suspends Trading App to Focus on Next-Gen Version Upgrades
The platform’s pause has renewed focus on its delayed airdrop, with users demanding clarity on wallet access, trading history, positions…

Fluid Protocol Loses 125K FLUID & 51.9K GHO in Key Compromise Attack
Fluid's rewards infrastructure was compromised, allowing an attacker to drain 125K FLUID and 51.9K GHO, swap the assets, route funds…

Zcash Zebra 4.5.0 Urgent Fix Patches Critical Network Vulnerabilities
The security update by the foundation enables mining rewards to go directly to shielded addresses, improving privacy by hiding transaction…

Gravity Bridge Hit in $5.4M Exploit Amid Suspected Key Compromise
Security analysts point to a compromised signing path as attackers drain millions in stablecoins and Ethereum, laundering the funds through…

Ventuals Pledges Compensation After SPACEX Oracle Triggers $1.5M Crash
Synthetic pre-IPO trading venues face an immediate infrastructure test after an external data failure triggered a multi-million dollar liquidation cascade…

Aave V4 TVL Sees 150% Growth in 30 Days Despite KelpDAO Exploit Fallout
This latest variant prepares Aave for wider applications such as real-world assets (RWAs) and improved interoperability.

Aave Proposes New Technical Framework to Tighten DeFi Asset Listings
The proposed framework introduces standardized technical reviews, stricter governance checks, and ongoing monitoring requirements for assets listed across Aave V3,…

Hackers Drain $7.3M From DxSale’s Old BNB Chain Liquidity Lockers
Attackers drained $7.3 million from over 1,400 legacy DxSale LP positions on BNB Chain using manipulated unlocks and batch withdrawals,…

Manta-Incubated Superfortune Hit by $15M Multisig Exploit, GUA Token Plunges
On-chain data confirms roughly 14.98 million GUA tokens were instantly dumped for ETH following a sophisticated transaction manipulation incident.

Stake DAO Assures Users After vsdCRV Exploit and Bridge Shutdown
The protocol confirmed the impact was contained to Arbitrum, with Boosted yields, Liquid Lockers, Votemarket, and Morpho lending unaffected.

SlowMist Says TrapDoor is One of 2026’s Largest Supply Chain Attacks
The report said that researchers found 34 malicious packages and 384 infected versions targeting crypto, DeFi, Solana, Sui, and AI…

Stake DAO Exploited as Hacker Mints 5.4 Trillion Fake vsdCRV
Blockchain security firms flagged the ongoing exploit on Arbitrum — but thin DEX liquidity limited actual extraction to roughly $91,000.

“All of DeFi Is Unsafe”: OpenZeppelin Founder Sounds Alarm on AI Exploits
Developers and security researchers are warning that AI-powered exploit tools are rapidly increasing risks across DeFi following recent phishing attacks,…

SKP Liquidity Exploit Drains $212K Across BNB Chain DeFi Protocols
TenArmor detected unusual SKP-linked flows across PancakeSwap, Venus, and Lista DAO, flagging a suspected BNB Chain exploit.

Pump.fun Adds Ethereum, Base and BNB Chain Trading to App
The Solana-native memecoin platform is expanding its app beyond a single-chain trading model, promising one-wallet access across multiple EVM networks.

Aave and Kelp DAO Restore rsETH Operations After April Exploit
The protocols said final 20,373.72 rsETH moved to LayerZero, restoring bridging, withdrawals, minting, and rewards across all supported DeFi networks.

Fake Google Ads Target Uniswap Users in $400K Crypto Scam
Fake Uniswap ads appeared above legitimate Google search results, exposing unsuspecting crypto users to phishing websites and scams.

WUSD.fi GLOVE Incentive Abuse Drains $200K from Uniswap V3 Pools
Security firm ExVul said attackers abused WUSD._englove flaws, repeatedly farming GLOVE rewards through multiple wallets on Ethereum.

Pyth Network Hit by Multi-Hour Oracle Outage, Disrupting DeFi Operations Across Chains
Pyth supplies price information to numerous projects, particularly on high-speed chains like Solana, powering trading, lending, borrowing, and automated liquidations.

Circle Launches cirBTC Testnet Ahead of Wrapped Bitcoin Rollout
The testnet launch moves cirBTC toward its targeted Q2 2026 mainnet deployment, where it compete directly with WBTC and cbBTC.

Verus Hacker Returns $8.5M After Bridge Exploit Deal
The hacker drained $11.58M from the Verus-Ethereum bridge before returning 75% of the stolen funds under a negotiated bounty deal.

ZERO Network Shutting Down as Zerion Pivots to Wallet and API
The team said maintaining a standalone chain is not the best way to deliver on its original thesis that gas…

THORChain Shares Exploit Report Revealing $10.7M Vault Breach by New Node
The decentralized liquidity protocol said it froze cross-chain activity within minutes after detecting abnormal vault balances linked to the $10.7M…

Monero DEX RetoSwap Suspends Trading After $2.7M Exploit in Haveno Protocol
The Monero-based decentralized exchange detected the Haveno exploit at 2:31 UTC on May 20 and froze trading within minutes after…