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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…

Coinbase Commerce Faces Backlash Over ‘Unsafe’ Seed Phrase Tool
The exchange asks merchants to enter seed phrases for wallet recovery, a practice experts warn is dangerously unsafe during platform…

Ethereum Foundation Expands DeFi Treasury With New Morpho Deposit
The part of the allocation targets Morpho’s newer immutable vaults built around open-source principles.

Venus Protocol Hit by $3.7M Supply Cap Attack, Key Markets Paused
Exploiting a check-bypass in the Core Pool, an attacker inflated $THE holdings to 367% of the legal limit, triggering a…

Lido Reports Minor Validator Slashing in Community Staking Module
The protocol has assured stakers after minor CSM slashing, citing bond mechanism; total penalties under 1 ETH, fully covered by…

Trader Loses $50M in AAVE Collateral Swap Routed Through CoW Protocol
The failed high-value trade, likely routed through Aave’s collateral swap flow, has put fresh focus on how aggregators handle thin…

Hyperliquid, PancakeSwap, Uniswap Break Into Top 10 Crypto Exchanges
CoinGecko’s 2026 trading activity report shows onchain venues climbing into the industry’s top ranks, even as centralized exchanges continue to…

Is HYPE the New TradFi Index? Hyperliquid Sees Record $1.4B RWA Volume Surge
As traditional markets close, Hyperliquid stays open—capturing record-breaking volume in oil, metals, and equities as DeFi absorbs the last of…

DBXen Staking Hack: Attacker Exploits ERC2771 Bug to Drain $150K
Security firm BlockSec Phalcon says DBXen bug lets the system confuse the user and forwarder, letting attackers claim extra rewards…

BONK.fun Hack Exposes Users to Wallet Drainer Threat
The team urges users to avoid the site after hackers hijacked a team account and deployed a wallet drainer on…

MetaMask Adds Direct Access to Uniswap Liquidity via API Integration
The integration connects the widely used self-custody wallet with Uniswap’s routing infrastructure and liquidity pools.

Aave Oracle Glitch Causes $26M Wrongful Liquidations
Chaos Labs reports 34 accounts liquidated after on-chain and off-chain mismatch caused wstETH price to drop 2.85% below actual value.

Aave Proposes New Licensing Framework for V4 Codebase
The proposal aims to clarify intellectual property ownership, standardize contributions, and transfer control of the canonical V4 repositories to the…

Babylon Labs and Ledger Partner to Expand Bitcoin DeFi Access
BTCVaults allow Bitcoin holders to use their assets as collateral in decentralized finance without relying on custodians

Hyperliquid Plans Upgrade to Boost Leverage for Experienced Traders
The decentralised derivatives exchange is gating its most powerful margin feature behind a $5M volume threshold.

Etherscan Adds Batch Token Approval Revokes for EIP-7702 Wallets
The new feature reduces the friction of cleaning up risky token allowances, though users on unsupported wallets still need to…

North Korea-Linked Hackers Target Crypto Supply Chain in Cloud Breach
Exploiting the React2Shell vulnerability, attackers stole backend code, Docker images, and AWS Terraform files, setting the stage for future digital…

PancakeSwap Debuts AI ‘Skills’ to Power Autonomous DeFi Agents
The DEX expands into agent-native DeFi with planning tools for swaps, LP positions, and farming optimization.

Inverse Finance Faces $240K Loss in DOLA Manipulation Alert
Certik further says the $30M flash loan was used to manipulate sDOLA, liquidating 27 users and netting the attacker around…