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Arbitrum Poised to Unfreeze $71M ETH Passes With 90% in Favor
A joint proposal to release the roughly $71 million in Ether frozen after the Kelp DAO exploit is set to pass later on Thursday, moving a cross-protocol recovery effort closer to restoring part of rsETH’s backing.Over 90.5% of the tokens…
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North Korea Tied to Heists Worth $578M in April After Kelp DAO Exploit
Kelp DAO suffered a $292 million hack on Saturday, overtaking Drift as the largest crypto exploit of the year so far. North Korea-linked hackers are suspected to be behind the attack.Kelp DAO said Monday that the exploit stemmed from a…
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ZachXBT Targets Lesser-Known DEX in Fresh Allegations Over Illicit Crypto Flows
The platform, however, rejected any wrongdoing. Tokenlon explained that it does not custody funds and that all transactions remain publicly traceable on-chain.…
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ZetaChain Dismissed Bug Report That Could Have Prevented $334K Exploit
The vulnerability that led to ZetaChain’s recent exploit had been flagged through its bug bounty program before the attack, but was dismissed as intended behavior.In a post-mortem published Wednesday, the team said the incident has prompted…
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WLFI Token Price Drops 14% After Controversial Token Unlock Proposal Goes to Vote
The native token of Trump-family-linked World Liberty Financial dropped nearly 14% on Wednesday as a controversial governance proposal that would place over 62 billion WLFI tokens under new multiyear vesting schedules went to a community…
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Crypto VC Funding Plunges to $659M in April, Hits 2024 Lows
Crypto venture capitalist (VC) funding plunged to a near two-year low in April as investors pulled back from crypto start-ups and early-stage companies.Crypto VC funding fell to $659 million across 63 funding rounds in April, down 74% from…
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DeFi’s Lose-Lose Problem on Freezing Stolen Funds
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are stepping in to freeze stolen funds while centralized issuers face criticism for holding back.A recent intervention on Arbitrum saw attacker-linked assets frozen after a major exploit, while some…
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Crypto Hacks Hit $630M In April as DeFi Dominates Losses
The cryptocurrency industry has seen a sharp spike in hacks in April, with losses topping $600 million in the worst month for crypto hacks in more than a year.According to DeFiLlama, the total value hacked in April so far amounted to $629.7…
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DeFi Exploits Push Builders to Rethink Emergency Controls
Andre Cronje says much of decentralized finance is “no longer DeFi” in the strict sense, as builders debate whether circuit breakers and other emergency controls are now necessary to protect users from exploits.The Flying Tulip founder told…
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Aave Outlines Steps to Rebuild rsETH Collateral
Recovered tokens will be sent to a DeFi United multisig wallet, redeemed for ETH, and used to cover the shortfall across affected markets.
Aave has announced a recovery…
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