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Is All DeFi Unsafe? Industry Leaders Push Back After Openzeppelin Founder Warns Retail to Exit Blue-Chips

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Openzeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz sparked widespread industry debate by calling decentralized finance ( DeFi) unsafe. Industry leaders counter that Aráoz’s framing overstates the risk, pointing out that DeFi lending security has improved by roughly 98% since 2020. Shifting From Drama to Data When Openzeppelin co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Manuel Aráoz characterized decentralized … Read more

Circle Freezes $12.6 Million in Zama’s Confidential USDC Contract on Ethereum

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Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has flagged a major stablecoin freeze that is sending shockwaves through the DeFi community. Circle, the issuer of USDC, appears to have blacklisted the smart contract address belonging to privacy protocol Zama’s Confidential USDC (cUSDC) on Ethereum, locking up approximately $12.6 million in user funds, funds that may have had no direct … Read more

Certik Unveils ‘Anti-Virus for AI Agents’ as Skill Marketplaces Face Hidden Threats

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Certik has launched a new security platform described as an “anti-virus for AI agents” designed to address the growing risks of unvetted third-party AI skill marketplaces. The Security Challenge Blockchain and AI security firm Certik, on May 27, unveiled a new security platform designed to evaluate risks in third-party artificial intelligence (AI) skills. Dubbed the … Read more

Stake DAO Freezes Arbitrum vsdCRV Markets After Attacker Mints 5.4T Synthetic Tokens

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On May 27, decentralized finance platform Stake DAO suffered an infinite-minting exploit on its Arbitrum protocol. However, Stake DAO core contributors quickly secured the mainnet funds backing the tokens, shut down the vsdCRV bridge, and successfully contained the exploit. Infinite-Minting Loophole Triggers Exploit Decentralized finance ( DeFi), platform Stake DAO confirmed May 27 that its … Read more

Trapdoor Malware: The Massive Supply Chain Attack Targeting Crypto Developers

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Investigators at Soclet have discovered a new supply attack targeting crypto developers using npm, PyPI, and Crates.io packages. The campaign, dubbed Trapdoor, focuses on stealing crypto wallet keys and other secrets from developers in the crypto space. Supply Chain Attack Scheme Trapdoor Targets Developers For Maximum Performance While some malware campaigns target everyday crypto users, … Read more

Is Crypto a Security? The 2026 Guide to US Digital Asset Law (Part One)

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This research report originates from a multi-part series titled Law and Ledger, which examines one of the most important and unsettled questions in digital-asset law: when, and under what circumstances, crypto falls within the reach of U.S. securities regulation. Written by: Michael Handelsman and Alex Forehand for Kelman.Law This research report contains five additional sections. … Read more

Polymarket Suffers $700K Breach After Internal Admin Wallet is Compromised

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Blockchain investigator ZachXBT first pointed to a possible hack, indicating that $520K were drained so far. Polymarket acknowledged the security event and stressed that it was taking action after the compromise of an alleged private key, explaining that user funds were safe. Polymarket Faces Security Event: No User Funds Affected Polymarket, one of the largest … Read more

KuCoin In The Spotlight For Alleged Complicity In Illicit Crypto Flows, Victim Appeals To ZachXBT

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A cryptocurrency user, whose assets were stolen, has reignited the debate around user exchange culpability by offering $100,000 to blockchain investigator ZachXBT as a public bounty for finding his stolen funds. He claims 15 years of savings all vanished from a Trust Wallet account and were transferred to KuCoin which has been accused of ignoring … Read more

GitHub Worm Hits npm Packages With 16M Downloads

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A self-replicating worm that hijacks GitHub Actions pipelines to publish malicious npm packages has struck again, compromising AntV, echarts-for-react, and Microsoft’s durabletask SDK. Mini Shai-Hulud Exploits GitHub Actions to Hit 16 Million Weekly Downloads The Mini Shai-Hulud campaign, attributed to the threat group Team PCP, does not work the way most supply chain attacks do … Read more

Echo Protocol Pauses Monad Bridge After Admin Key Breach Sparks $816K Loss

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Decentralized finance platform Echo Protocol suffered a security breach on its Monad network deployment after an attacker compromised an administrative key. Liquidity Limits Prevent Massive Losses Echo Protocol, a decentralized finance ( DeFi) platform focused on bitcoin liquidity, was hit by a security exploit on Monday, May 18, after an attacker compromised an administrative key … Read more

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