Viral squirrel ‘Peanut’ triggers Solana memecoin frenzy
Following the controversial death of Peanut the Squirrel, memecoins themed after Peanut have surged on Solana, with some hitting market caps of more than $100 million. Go to Source
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Floki Inu warns of fake tokens on Solana and Base blockchains
Floki Inu urged its community to obtain token information only from official sources to prevent falling victim to these fraudulent schemes. Go to Source
Crypto losses from hacks and scams soared by 113% in Q2 2024 to reach $572M
Losses from scams and exploits increased in the second quarter as centralized exchanges lost millions, reversing a previous downtrend. Go to Source
Alex Labs freezes $3.9M of exploited funds sent to CEXs after hack
The team behind the Bitcoin layer-2 developer has successfully frozen some exploited crypto after the attacker tried to cash out by sending funds to exchanges. Go to Source
Bitcoin bridge XLink resurrection underway post $10M hack
XLink faced a security breach involving almost $10 million, with $4.3 million recovered thanks to a friendly neighborhood white hat hacker. Go to Source
BNB Chain will enable native liquid staking on BSC
The BNB Chain core development team said the move aims to streamline the network and improve efficiency. Go to Source
Astrology NFT project ‘Lucky Star Currency’ rugged for over $1m – Certik
The deployer account for LSC drained over $1 million in tokens from the project, then swapped them to BUSD using PancakeSwap. Go to Source
BNB Smart Chain hit with copycat Vyper attack, $73K exploited
While Ethereum-based protocols have been hit with the majority of the exploit activity, BNB Smart Chain has also seen similar “copycat” exploits, according to BlockSec. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
DeFi protocol WDZD Swap exploited for $1.1M: CertiK
The reported attacker is a known exploiter, labeled ‘Fake_Phishing750’ by BscScan. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Binance-Backed Blockchain Completes Hard Fork to Mitigate Future Cross-Chain Bridge Hacks
The Bnb Smart Chain commenced the blockchain’s hard fork on October 12, at block height 22,107,423, in order to add a security patch to “mitigate the cross-chain infrastructure between [the] Beacon Chain and Smart Chain.” Binance and the Bnb Smart Chain suspended withdrawals and deposits on Wednesday in order to execute the upgrade. Not too … Read more
