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Solana and Ethereum smart contract audits, explained

21.7.2022
What are smart contract audits, how do they work, and how do they benefit the crypto projects who get their code scrutinized? Let's find out

Crisis in crypto lending shines light on industry vulnerabilities

23.6.2022
Leading crypto lending firms and hedge funds have run into trouble due to the market turmoil but more so because of their unchecked reckless decision-making process

Cardano Foundation Doubles Reward Offered to Hackers for Uncovering Bugs on Its Blockchain

18.2.2022
The Cardano Foundation recently said it has doubled the payout offered to hackers and bounty hunters that identify bugs or vulnerabilities within the Cardano blockchain. The foundation said the six-week promotion, which runs until March 25, 2022, is part of an ongoing attempt to keep “its...

Bitmart Loses $200 Million in Hack Performed by Unknown Attackers

6.12.2021
Bitmart, a cryptocurrency exchange, suffered an attack yesterday that exploited some security vulnerabilities in order to gain access to the funds of the exchange. The attack targeted the hot wallets of the platform, specifically the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain-based wallets. The hackers...

Bug in Solana Token Lending Contract Fixed, More Than $2 Billion Made Exploitable

6.12.2021
A bug in the token lending contract of the Solana Program Library (SPL) was recently found and fixed by Neodyme, a security auditing firm. The bug, that was discovered a couple of months back, could have affected several decentralized finance protocols holding more than $2 billion in total value...

An In-Depth Look at Olympus DAO Protocol and the Not-So-Stable Stablecoin OHM

1.11.2021
In mid-October, Bitcoin.com News reported on how decentralized finance (defi) or algorithmic stablecoins have seen significant demand in 2021. One particular stablecoin called OHM is quite different from the traditional reserve currency defi protocols today, as OHM is a free-floating currency...

Vulnerabilities Identified on DeFi Project Safemoon by HashEx

15.6.2021
Blockchain audit and consulting firm HashEx issued a report claiming that it had been able to detect a total of twelve vulnerabilities — representing varying degrees of severity — in SafeMoon’s (SAFEMOON) smart contract architecture. As a result, the firm claims that the digital asset holdings...

Apple updates iOS to fix crypto wallet security vulnerabilities

27.1.2021
Coinbase’s head engineer is warning iOS users to update their mobile devices as soon as possible

EU Seeks to Curb Reliance on US Dollar After American Sanctions Exposed Financial Infrastructure Vulnerabilities

19.1.2021
The European Union (EU) is reportedly planning to reduce its reliance on the U.S. dollar-based financial system, after American sanctions on Iran exposed the vulnerabilities of the bloc’s financial infrastructure. According to officials, who are now determined to challenge the dollar’s...

Attackers Drain Millions From Cover Protocol, Token Holders Attack Compensation Plan

30.12.2020
Decentralized finance insurance project Cover protocol briefly suffered losses when an unknown attacker minted over 40 quintillion Cover tokens. However, after successfully cashing out tokens worth about $5 million, the attacker unexpectedly returned ether tokens valued at about $3.2 million before...

Vitalik Buterin Warns Current Crypto Wallets Are Not Ready for Mainstream Adoption

12.12.2020
The cofounder of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, ethereum, warned about crypto wallet vulnerabilities, claiming the tools are not ready for widespread adoption and encouraged to open more discussions on security matters. Buterin Calls for More User-Friendly Crypto Wallets...

xSigma DeFi Is a Game Changing Protocol Backed by a NASDAQ Listed Company

1.12.2020
The DeFi ecosystem has been growing faster than anyone can keep up with recently. Billions of dollars in digital assets are invested, despite all the problems the current services suffer from. Buggy code, security vulnerabilities and shady anonymous developers are just some of the issues that...

Putting Pressure on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Vulnerabilities Will Strengthen It

28.10.2020
These vulnerabilities are reminders that improvements come with trade-offs – and that security and usability are two sides of the same coin

4 Bitcoin Lightning Network Vulnerabilities That Haven’t Been Exploited (Yet)

27.10.2020
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has a few of vulnerabilities that have been discovered in its two-year lifespan, but none have been exploited

Lightning Vulnerability Discovered; Ind Node Operators Urged to Upgrade ASAP

9.10.2020
An undisclosed vulnerability in LND versions 0.10.x and below was revealed Thursday with developers urging node operators to update to the newest version

Ethereum Classic Suffers 51% Attack Again: Delisting Risk Amplified

30.8.2020
Beleaguered Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain suffered yet another 51% attack on August 29. The latest attack caused the reorganization of over 7,000 blocks and this corresponds to approximately two days of mining. At the time of reporting, it was not clear if there had been any double-spending...

Privacy Wallet Wars: Wasabi Vulnerabilities Denied by Developer

20.8.2020
OXT Research, the team behind Bitcoin (BTC) wallet Samourai Wallet, has announced that its researchers have identified two potential privacy vulnerabilities in the open-source Wasabi Wallet that could impact the security of CoinJoin transactions carried out through the wallet. This said, zkSNACKs...