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LayerZero blames Kelp's setup for $290 million exploit, attributes it to North Korea's Lazarus
LayerZero said the attackers compromised two RPC nodes the company's verifier relied on and DDoS'd the rest, with the attack working only because Kelp had ignored multi-verifier recommendations.
Hack at Vercel sends crypto developers scrambling to lock down API keys
Breach tied to compromised AI tool may have exposed credentials used by app frontends, the user-facing layer that connects web3 wallets and trading interfaces to backend services.
Aave sees $6 billion deposit drop as Kelp hack exposes structural risk for DeFi lender
The AAVE token fell 16% and deposits fled the protocol after attackers used drained rsETH as collateral to borrow wrapped ether, leaving Aave to quantify how much bad debt it is now carrying.
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The project is also expanding its partnerships with Tinder, Zoom and Docusign.
Ethereum just had its busiest quarter ever, capping a three-year comeback
Quarterly transactions hit 200.4 million in Q1 2026, the first time above 200 million and more than double the 2023 lows.
Cardano's Charles Hoskinson says Bitcoin's quantum fix is a hard fork that can't save Satoshi's coins
The Cardano founder argues BIP-361 is mislabeled as a soft fork and that its zero-knowledge recovery plan cannot rescue roughly 1.7 million pre-2013 bitcoin, including Satoshi's holdings.
VerifiedX brings privacy layer to Bitcoin as institutional demand for confidentiality grows
A new zero-knowledge-powered system enables shielded bitcoin transactions, reflecting a broader push across crypto to address the “privacy gap” keeping institutions off public blockchains.
Wall Street trading-tech is coming to crypto as DoubleZero rolls out high-speed data for Solana
The project, called DoubleZero Edge, offers a real-time feed of raw data from the Solana blockchain, giving traders faster access to information that can influence prices.
