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Zetachain paused its mainnet on April 28 after a vulnerability in its GatewayZEVM smart contract was exploited, with security researchers confirming the root cause within hours of the incident. Key Takeaways: Zetachain paused cross-chain transactions on Tuesday after an exploit targeting the GatewayZEVM contract’s call function hit internal team wallets. Slowmist identified the root cause … Read more
The Arbitrum Security Council froze 30,766 ether held by the KelpDAO exploiter on Arbitrum One, moving the funds to a protocol-controlled address before they could be bridged back to the Ethereum mainnet. Key Takeaways: Arbitrum’s Security Council froze 30,766 ETH worth roughly 70 million from the KelpDAO exploiter on April 21. Peckshield flagged the exploiter … Read more
The Ethereum Foundation has launched a $1 million subsidy program designed to help Ethereum mainnet builders pay for professional smart contract security audits. Key Takeaways: The Ethereum Foundation launched a $1 million audit subsidy program on April 14, 2026, to help builders cover security review costs. More than 20 firms, including Certora, Zellic, and Immunefi, … Read more
Decentralized finance ( DeFi) protection protocol built, Firelight, has surpassed 50 million XRP staked following several whale-scale deposits. Rapid Adoption and Capacity Expansion Firelight, the onchain protection layer for DeFi, has surpassed 50 million XRP staked on its protocol. The achievement follows several large-scale deposits exceeding 1 million XRP each and a newly expanded deposit … Read more
OpenAI and Paradigm have introduced EVMbench, a new benchmarking framework designed to evaluate the ability of AI agents to detect, patch, and exploit blockchain vulnerabilities. OpenAI and Paradigm officially launched EVMbench to address security risks in smart contracts that secure over $100 billion in crypto assets. The benchmark utilizes 120 curated vulnerabilities from 40 professional … Read more
Flare announced the launch of the FXRP/USDH spot market on Hyperliquid, expanding XRP’s onchain trading infrastructure and liquidity. The new market builds on the recent FXRP/USDC rollout and integrates XRP with USDH. From Payments to Programmability While some market observers cite XRP’s price stagnation as a sign of stagnant growth, new data from the Flare … Read more
A recent study by MATS and Anthropic Fellows confirms that AI agents can profitably exploit smart contract vulnerabilities, establishing a “concrete lower bound” for economic harm. Novel Exploits and Alarming Cost Reduction The accelerating push to automate human tasks with Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents now confronts a significant, quantifiable downside: these agents can profitably exploit … Read more
Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. The following opinion editorial was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. Can Smart Contracts Be Enforced Under the Law? If you’ve ever asked whether smart … Read more
Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. The following opinion editorial was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. AI and Smart Contracts in Focus The intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain … Read more
Etherscan has launched monitoring tools for EIP-7702 authorizations following Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade, which introduced 11 improvement proposals to bolster scalability, security, and user experience. Ethereum Users Gain Smart Contract Flexibility With EIP-7702 Post-Pectra Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade, combining the Prague and Electra updates, went live on May 7, 2025, activating 11 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), including … Read more