Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
Blockchain analytics firm applied custom AI tools to match cross-chain bridge activity during the September 24 Bitget breach investigation, reducing a multi-hour task to minutes while attributing the attack to North Korean actors
A third-party Safe module for leveraged Aave v3 positions was exploited on Ethereum on October 1, allowing an attacker to extract roughly 114 ETH after bypassing authentication checks
Bitget has topped up its user protection reserve to more than $300 million following a September security incident that resulted in $388 million in losses
NEAR Intents’ cross-chain swapping system identified and stopped more than $50 million in attempts to move funds tied to the Bitget exchange breach, while letting some suspected stolen assets slip through to other providers
Security researchers linked versions of the App Store app FomoPeek to the theft of almost $580,000 in crypto after finding it used iOS kernel exploits to access data from other apps
AFX Trade’s custody bridge on Arbitrum was compromised, resulting in the theft of approximately $24.15 million in USDC, prompting immediate suspension of operations and a bounty offer to the attacker
Balance Coin (BLC) lost its dollar peg and plunged over 99 percent following a suspected oracle manipulation attack on the associated 42DAO DeFi protocol, resulting in roughly $915,000 drained
