A multisig vulnerability allowed an attacker to mint approximately $13.5 million in unbacked StablR tokens, triggering severe depegs across the issuer's euro and dollar stablecoins. The attacker dumped roughly $10.4 million in face value onto decentralized exchanges, sending EURR down to $0.85 and USDR as
Retail investors have historically lacked the sophisticated treasury management tools available to institutional players, but emerging AI agent technology is beginning to close that gap. The concept of an 'agentic CFO' envisions autonomous software capable of managing a personal digital treasury — executing trades, optimizing yields, managing risk, and
A rapid drain of POL tokens from Polymarket accounts on May 22 triggered widespread concern among users who suspected a smart contract hack on the prediction market platform. On-chain investigators first flagged the unusual movement, prompting public alerts across crypto communities. Polymarket-linked accounts later clarified the incident did
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT flagged a suspected security breach on Polymarket, the world's largest decentralized prediction market platform, involving approximately $660,000 on the Polygon network. The exploit was surfaced through ZachXBT's on-chain analysis before Polymarket's team publicly addressed it. In response, Polymarket stated
A hacker who exploited the Verus bridge returned 4,052.4 ETH — worth approximately $8.5 million — after the Verus team negotiated a bounty framework that allowed the attacker to retain roughly $2.8 million as a reward. The transfer was confirmed on-chain by blockchain analysts on Friday. The
Smart contract vulnerabilities, inadequate auditing practices, and the open-source composability of DeFi protocols create compounding attack surfaces that bad actors repeatedly exploit. Industry security researchers point to rushed deployments, insufficient bug bounty incentives, and the complexity of cross-protocol interactions as key systemic failures driving losses into the hundreds
Cardano's Protocol Version 11 hard fork vote highlights ADA's lagging DeFi activity as markets demand real results. Cardano is approaching a significant governance milestone with its upcoming hard fork vote scheduled around May 29. Protocol Version 11, dubbed Van Rossem, is already live on the Preview