Key Highlights: Total annual cryptocurrency hack losses have reached an unprecedented record of $8.73 billion, with North Korean threat actors accounting for roughly 90% of stolen funds in 2026. Cybercriminals are increasingly turning to cross-chain orchestration platforms like NEAR Intents and Chainflip, alongside decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and Zcash shielded pools, to obscure transactional footprints ...
Key Highlights: Bitcoin fell to an overnight low of $76,400—its weakest level since September 18—following a $6.3 billion security breach on Binance linked by analysts to North Korean hackers. Crypto futures liquidations surged fourfold to $1.57 billion as $3 billion of the stolen assets were frozen and Binance paused platform withdrawals. Broader markets added further ...
Key Highlights: A logic flaw in MALT’s swap function allowed an attacker to siphon treasury funds by misclassifying protocol-funded DAI as user-deposited collateral. The breach joins a string of decentralized finance incidents, including a $3.8 million exploit on NEAR Intents and a $305,000 FlashLoopAdapter drain. Cumulative losses from DeFi exploits have surpassed $21 billion, according ...