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Michael Burry Bets $1.6 Billion Against Market: ‘Big Short’ Investor Takes Bearish Stance on S&P 500 and Nasdaq
15.8.2023
In filings with securities authorities released on Monday, renowned hedge fund manager Michael Burry, whose exploits were famously captured in the film “The Big Short,” took a bearish stance on the market. Burry’s Scion Asset Management shorted the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100...
Fireblocks Discloses Bitforge Vulnerabilities Affecting Dozens of Wallet Providers
12.8.2023
Fireblocks, a digital assets security company, has disclosed vulnerabilities affecting several cryptocurrency wallets, collectively named “Bitforge.” Through these vulnerabilities, criminals could steal millions in cryptocurrency without having direct contact with the owners of...
DeFi tries to recover from Curve hack, but exploits continue: Finance Redefined
12.8.2023
Binance jumped in with a $5 million Curve token investment to help with efforts to minimize the risk of contagion
DeFi tries to recover from Curve hack, but exploits continue: Finance Redefined
12.8.2023
Binance jumped in with a $5 million Curve token investment to help with efforts to minimize the risk of contagion
Navigating the Storm: Defi’s Precarious Position Amid a String of Exploits and Market Declines
4.8.2023
In the wake of July’s unprecedented wave of decentralized finance (defi) breaches, including Curve Finance’s staggering $62 million exploit, the defi economy has plummeted into a gloomy state. Hovering perilously close to dipping beneath the $40 billion threshold, the total value...
Crypto Hacks and Exploits Cost Traders $303M in July; Worst Month of 2023
31.7.2023
Some $52 million of assets were siphoned from Curve Finance just this weekend
Curve Finance Exploit Puts $100M+ Worth of Crypto at Risk; CRV Token Tumbles
30.7.2023
Curve, a stablecoin exchange at the heart of decentralized finance (DeFi) on Ethereum, has been the victim of an exploit according to a tweet from the project. Upwards of $100 million worth of cryptocurrency are at risk due to a “re-entrancy” bug in Vyper, a programming language used to power parts...
ZkSync's Largest Lender Struck by $3.4M Exploit
25.7.2023
EraLend, the largest lending protocol on Ethereum scaling blockchain zkSync, has been hit by a $3.4 million reentrancy attack, according to blockchain security firm CertiK
Connext, Alchemix launch cross-chain token standard to reduce bridge exploit losses
24.7.2023
The two protocols will implement a standard for issuers to control the "canonical" minting of tokens, helping to reduce losses from unofficial bridges
What Mastodon’s Critical Bug Fixes Say About Crypto’s Security Vulnerabilities
10.7.2023
Crypto hacks and exploits snatch over $300M in Q2 2023: Report
5.7.2023
While total year-over-year losses to hackers dropped 58%, BNB Chain saw 119 security incidents leading to losses of around $70 million, followed by Ethereum, with 55 incidents netting hackers over $65 million
Losses from crypto rug pulls outpaced DeFi exploits in May: Finance Redefined
2.6.2023
The top 100 DeFi tokens had a bullish last week of May, with most of the tokens recovering from two weeks of bearish pressure
Bridge Exploits Cost $2B in 2022, Here’s How They Could Have Been Averted
2.6.2023
The bridges that are essential to our multi-chain cryptoverse are vulnerable to hacks. But an analysis of some of the biggest exploits of the past year reveals that applying multiple security measures in combination could have blocked the attacks, writes Gnosis co-founder Martin Koppelmann
Losses from crypto rug pulls outpaced DeFi exploits in May: Beosin
2.6.2023
Over $45 million was lost to exit scams in May while exploits on DeFi protocols racked up less than half that amount over the same period
A week filled with exploits and uncertainty for DeFi: Finance Redefined
26.5.2023
DeFi saw another multimillion-dollar rug pull this past week, and the Multichain saga continues to spiral out of control
Crypto Hacks Are Down and Hackers Tend to Return Stolen Money: TRM Labs Report
22.5.2023
The sanctions against Tornado Cash, as well as last year's arrest of the Mango Markets infiltrator, motivate hackers to return their loot, researchers believe
Lawmaker Warns US Default Risks Dollar’s Reserve Currency Status, Exploitation by China and Russia
10.5.2023
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee has warned that China and Russia would seek to exploit the chaos resulting from a U.S. default. He further cautioned that the U.S. dollar’s reserve currency status could be eroded if the U.S. defaults on its debt obligations. U.S. Lawmaker’s Debt...
Biden Aides Explore Minting $1 Trillion Platinum Coin as Solution to Impending Debt Default
4.5.2023
As the United States stares down the barrel of a potential debt default come June, a curious and intriguing solution has emerged: crafting a single $1 trillion platinum coin. This unusual tactic exploits a legal loophole that allows the Treasury Department to mint platinum coins of any value....
April’s crypto scams, exploits and hacks lead to $103M lost — CertiK
1.5.2023
The month was particularly bad for exploits, with the amount lost accounting for half of the total crypto exploited so far in 2023
Here's how much is lost to crypto hacks and exploits in Q1 2023
7.4.2023
BNB Chain had the largest number of incidents in the quarter, while Ethereum had the biggest amount lost