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Crypto wallet provider SafePal has disclosed a data breach that exposed the order information of nearly 40,000 customers, in an incident affecting user records tied to purchases rather than w
Blockchain interoperability is the capacity of independent distributed ledgers to transfer assets, relay messages, and verify state across network boundaries without requiring either chain to
Ten low-cap cryptocurrency projects stand out based on their market capitalization, blockchain utility, development activity, and exposure to emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence,
Central conclusion: configuration drift and stale parameters can break DeFi even when oracle networks are uncompromised. Recent incidents at Aave and Moonwell turned small pricing inaccuracie
Ethereum core developers are narrowing down a broad set of proposals for the next major upgrade, dubbed “Hegotá,” as they work toward shipping a package intended to improve the network’s robu
Summary Cosmostation will discontinue its Wallet service, leaving users with recovery phrase and private key export access for asset migration purposes. Cosmostation’s infrastructure spans Mi
Solana is now accessible on the XRP Ledger’s native decentralized exchange through a wrapped SOL asset issued through Axelar, extending interoperability between the two blockchain ecosystems.
In Brief: Stellar added MoneyGram, Figure Markets, and Range as Tier 1 validators, expanding institutional participation across its core blockchain infrastructure network. Tier 1 validators m
TLDR: Algorand v5.0.0 reached 90% node support, clearing the upgrade for activation after its cooldown period. Native Falcon-1024 accounts give Algorand protocol-level support for post-quantu
An attacker created roughly 4 billion ONE tokens on August 12. That is around 26% of Harmony’s entire supply, conjured through empty blocks. By the time the exploit was public, about 97% of t
Ether.fi went live this week with the biggest upgrade yet to its non-custodial “neobank” app, adding tokenized stock and metals trading, a dedicated Aave lending market for portfolio-backed b
0xngmi, the pseudonymous founder of DeFi analytics site DeFiLlama, said he downloaded a fake DeFiLlama app from the App Store, funded a small wallet, and let the app steal the money as proof