One Billion Dollars Hacked From DeFi in a Year — AI Agents Are Making It Worse
The decentralised finance sector has now lost more than $1 billion to exploits in the past twelve months, with the pace of attacks accelerating sharply…
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The decentralised finance sector has now lost more than $1 billion to exploits in the past twelve months, with the pace of attacks accelerating sharply…
Recent losses totaling $750 million highlight critical vulnerabilities in DeFi bridges and smart contracts, raising questions about protocol security in 2026.
StakeDAO vsdCRV Hacker Mints 5.4 Trillion Tokens But Limited to Just $91K by Thin Liquidity An attacker has minted more than 5.4 trillion vsdCRV tokens…
South Korea Files First Criminal Case Over DEX Rug Pull, Indicts Five in Solana Meme Coin Scheme South Korean prosecutors have indicted five suspects in…
The $293M KelpDAO exploit — 2026's biggest DeFi hack — reveals how bridges, governance, and operational security have become more dangerous than smart contract code.
Meta description: THORChain's $10M exploit compensation portal closes June 4. Over 12,847 affected wallets across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain and Base have…
The Chainalysis 2026 Crypto Crime Report highlights a shift from traditional Ponzi schemes to sophisticated social engineering and AI-driven fraud tactics.
The largest DeFi exploit of 2026 did not come from a reentrancy bug or a flawed price oracle. It came from something far more difficult…
As DeFi exploits persist, the industry debates the balance between decentralized immutability and the necessity of emergency on-chain intervention protocols.
Two hacks. $577 million. Seventy-six percent of every dollar stolen from the crypto industry in 2026 to date. That's the tally from TRM Labs, the…
Singapore's financial regulator has taken the rare step of cancelling a crypto firm's operating license, citing serious compliance failures uncovered during an…
Meta Description: THORChain has launched a recovery portal for victims of its May 11 $10.8M exploit. Affected users have until June 4, 2026 to submit…
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