The ecosystem has now witnessed $1.74 billion in losses year-to-date, though Bybit's $1.46 billion exploit accounts for most of the sum.
Ledger confirmed that there's a new scam sending physical letters to customers requesting their seed phrases.
Miden's seed round, structured as a SAFE with token warrants, was co-led by a16z crypto, 1kx and Hack VC, said Miden co-founder Azeem Khan.
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The coverage will offer individuals and institutions slashing protection, offering bitcoin stakers "greater peace of mind.”
A suspicious transaction involving approximately 3,520 BTC took place on Sunday, in what ZachXBT believes may be a theft.
The Solana-based DeFi protocol said it heard from the exploiter, who is willing to return the exploited funds for a 3,947 SOL bounty.
Another DeFi protocol, Impermax, was also attacked on Saturday, adding to a recent spate of damaging hacks, exploits, and errors.
The platform is working with law enforcement and security professionals to evaluate the exploit and attempt to recover the funds, Loopscale said.
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North Korean hackers created three companies — two of which were US-based — to distribute malware to cryptocurrency developers.
KiloEX announced user compensation and staking boosts after an exploiiter stole $7 million through a price oracle vulnerability.
Paradigm-backed Symbiotic has raised $29 million to expand from restaking into a broader "universal staking" platform.
Bitdeer Technologies opened a $200 million credit facility earlier this month with Matrix Finance, also founded by Jihan Wu.
The issue was discovered by Aikido Security, which noted the vulnerability could lead to a “potentially catastrophic” supply chain attack.
Over 93% of WazirX creditors recently approved a restructuring plan that aims to recover approximately 85.3% of users’ lost balances.
Untraceable funds flowed into mixers then through bridges to P2P and OTC platforms, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou said.
Arizona is also leading the crypto reserve legislation race and Galaxy Research proposed a new voting system for Solana emissions.
The exchange said it will close down on May 1, and said that there is a 'transatlantic operation' to prosecute the project.
"Operation Avalanche" identified digital wallets that had lost $4.3 million dollars, according to the Secret Service.
StealthNote uses zero-knowledge proofs to allow workers to prove they can access a corporate email without doxxing themselves.
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The ZK token, introduced in June 2024 through a controversial airdrop, is down approximately 15%, according to The Block's data page.
KiloEx has offered $700,000 as a reward to an exploiter who stole $7 million across Base, BNB Chain and Taiko on Monday — if they return the funds.
TokenTable, the entity managing the airdrop, paused the process to address the failed transactions and promised full compensation.
Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon has launched its “Genesis” mainnet, the second stage in a three-part “phased” rollout.
The popular crypto commentator will stay on as an advisor to the influential firm as he doubles down on expanding the SEAL 911 security team.
Veridian is a digital identity platform that uses open-source tools to verify identities and authenticate online communication.
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Usual has teamed up with Sherlock to offer $16 million for uncovering a critical vulnerability anywhere in the protocol's codebase.