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Onchain sleuth ZachXBT flagged a potential exploit of Polymarket's UMA CTF Adapter on Polygon, with $520K reportedly drained so far.

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An attacker transferred 4,052.4 ETH worth $8.5 million back to Verus on Friday after the team proposed a bounty framework.

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The wife of Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget was targeted in a kidnapping attempt as France logs over 41 crypto kidnappings in 2026.

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Zcash Foundation Q1 operating expenses came in at about $817,000, with team compensation as the largest category.

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BTCFi protocol Echo was exploited, with the attacker minting 1,000 eBTC on Monad and using it as collateral to borrow WBTC.

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The CFTC filed an enforcement action against Rathnakishore Giri in August 2022 for running the fraudulent investment scheme.

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Peckshield flagged that the Verus-Ethereum bridge has been drained for 103.6 tBTC, 1,625 ETH, and 147,000 USDC.

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THORChain halted trading after security researchers flagged a suspected exploit spanning Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain and Base.

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CertiK says DeFi attackers are increasingly targeting operational security and supply-chain weaknesses instead of smart contract bugs.

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T3 FCU says it has now frozen over $450 million in illicit crypto assets, reporting a 43.9% annual increase in intercepted proceeds.

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The NYSE-listed crypto infrastructure firm generated $3.8 billion in revenue in the first quarter, up 112.6% year-on-year.

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Immunefi said it will help migrate Code4rena’s bounty programs, rewards and researchers onto its platform.

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Stork launches the first 24/7 oracle that switches to perpetual futures markets for 'true' price discovery.

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Kelp was exploited on April 18 for $292 million from attackers suspected to be part of North Korea's Lazarus Group.

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Clear Signing is a crypto security feature that aims to simplify transaction descriptions so humans can understand what they're approving.

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In Q1 2026 alone, Binance claims to have safeguarded $1.98 billion in funds protected from 22.9 million scam and phishing attempts.

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There has been 34 verified incidents globally, a 41% increase from the same period in 2025, CertiK said in a report published Friday.

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However, a May 1 court order restricted Arbitrum DAO from moving the recovered funds, prompting Aave to file an emergency motion against it.

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ZachXBT has called out several projects for alleged manipulation, most recently including the AI trading terminal project called LAB.

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Blockaid said the attacker was the same entity that exploited 1inch Fusion V1 in March 2025, which drained around $5 million.

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Aave required a governance process to manipulate its rsETH oracle price to generate a deficit in the attacker’s fraudulent position. 

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Roughly 6.9 million BTC could be at risk to quantum computers under certain conditions, Project Eleven estimates.

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Ekubo Protocol lost roughly $1.4 million in WBTC after attackers exploited a flaw in its EVM swap router contracts.

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Many onlookers blame LayerZero's default infrastructure setup because the cross-chain bridge that was attacked used a 1-of-1 configuration.

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About 20% of Ledger users will be able to access Hyperliquid's onchain perps markets from their hardware wallets.

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The recent $280 million Drift incident has demonstrated a shift toward more sophisticated social engineering tactics.

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Aave LLC filed an emergency motion in federal court seeking to lift an order that froze ether tied to last month's Kelp DAO exploit.

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Blockchain analytics firm CertiK said this February that attacks using physical threats to steal crypto rose 75% in 2025.

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North Korea rejected U.S. cybercrime claims as 'absurd slander,' blaming media as crypto theft attributed to the country exceeded $6 billion.

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DeFi’s latest hack wave is likely to add pressure on liquid and yield-focused crypto funds already navigating a tough market.