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Polkadot Hyperbridge exploit: Attacker mints 1B+ fake DOT tokens, nets ~$237K

Fake DOT tsunami hits Ethereum A vulnerability in Hyperbridge, a decentralized protocol connecting Polkadot and Ethereum, enabled an attacker to mint over one billion counterfeit DOT tokens on Ethereum...

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Aave DAO Redirects All Protocol Revenue to Treasury in ‘Aave Will Win’ Vote

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

All Revenue Now Flows to DAO Aave’s decentralized governance has approved a sweeping change to its economic model. On April 5, nearly 75% of voting power backed the “Aave Will Win” proposal, which redirects 100% of revenue from all.....

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Trump-Linked WLFI Token Plunges After DeFi Lending Controversy and Unlock Debate

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

WLFI Lending Move Freezes User Withdrawals The World Liberty Financial (WLFI) token, closely associated with Donald Trump and his family, has seen its value tumble after a controversial lending maneuver locked up user funds on a major.....

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KryllOS: The Open-Source Crypto Trading System That Wants to Replace Your Cloud Subscriptions

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

French company Cryptense SAS is building KryllOS, a free, self-hosted automated crypto trading platform with AI-powered strategy creation and a visual drag-and-drop editor. API keys never leave your machine...

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Stablecoin Volumes Could Hit $1.5 Quadrillion by 2035—But Only Under Bold Assumptions

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

Eye-popping Numbers, Lofty Assumptions A new report from Chainalysis has set the crypto world abuzz with its projection that stablecoin transaction volumes could soar as high as $1.5 quadrillion annually by 2035...

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Polymarket Exchange Revamp: Fee Dominance and Native Stablecoin Rollout

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

Polymarket Fee Surge After Pricing Shift Polymarket’s recent pricing overhaul has pushed the platform to the forefront of onchain prediction market fee generation, accounting for nearly 97% of all fees in this sector...

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Aave Risk Manager Chaos Labs Exits Amid Budget Disputes and Governance Rift

By David E | 2 months ago

Budget Battles Behind Chaos Labs’ Departure Chaos Labs, a central figure in Aave’s risk management since 2022, has ended its engagement with the decentralized lending protocol after a protracted budget dispute...

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Drift Protocol Exploit Traced to North Korean-Linked Social Engineering Operation

By Loic Dos Santos | 2 months ago

Attackers Posed as Trading Firm In a striking example of targeted deception, the group behind the Drift Protocol exploit first approached contributors at a major crypto conference in the fall of 2025...

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Drift Protocol’s $285 Million Exploit Exposes DeFi Security Fault Lines

By David E | 2 months ago

Hackers Outpace Protocol Defenses Again On Wednesday, April 1, Solana’s largest decentralized perpetual futures exchange, Drift Protocol, suffered a catastrophic exploit that drained approximately $285 million from its vaults in just 12 min.....

Drift Protocol Exploit: $270 Million Vanishes as Solana’s Security Model Faces New Threat

By David E | 2 months ago

Solana’s ‘Durable Nonces’ Under Scrutiny The recent attack on Drift Protocol exposed a critical vulnerability in Solana’s transaction model, leveraging a feature known as “durable nonces...