Exploits

Cross-Chain Crypto Crime Hits $21.8 Billion as Scams, Sanctions Evasion Surge: Elliptic
North Korea accounted for 12% of illicit activity in 2025, according to the blockchain analytics firm.

Kinto Token Tanks 90% as Backdoor Disclosure Lets Attacker Mint 110,000 Tokens and Drain Liquidity Pools
A forgotten flaw in a trusted smart contract standard let a hacker crash Kinto’s token by 90% and steal millions shortly after the vulnerability was unintentionally made public.

Peapods Finance Token Slips 5% after Unauthorized $200K Withdrawal
Peapods Finance’s leveraged yield protocol suffered a $200,000 exploit attack after bad actors apparently manipulated its oracle.

Ethereum Hit by Most Security Incidents in H1 2025: SlowMist
Ethereum led all ecosystems in security losses in the first half of 2025, with DeFi platforms losing around $470 million, according to the blockchain security firm.

Crypto Markets Passed $1.4B ‘Stress Test’ with Bybit Hack: Report
The report from Glassnode and Bybit shows that Ethereum and Solana trading activity bounced back post-exploit, suggesting strong market resilience.

Starknet-based ZkLend Shuts Down Amid Fallout From $10 Million Exploit
Four months after a major security breach, zkLend is shutting down and allocating $200,000 in remaining funds to compensate users.

1inch Exploit Victims Asked to KYC for Compensation Under Proposed Plan
Following the October 2024 attack on 1inch, a proposed compensation plan requires users to verify their identities, but only those who reported the theft to authorities will qualify.

Iran’s Largest Crypto Exchange Nobitex Hacked for Over $80 Million Amid Israeli-Iran Conflict
Crypto wallets linked to Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex suffered more than $80 million in outflows amid claims of a targeted attack by the hacker group Gonjeshke Darande.

COIN Is S&P 500 Top Performer, Despite Community Backlash Against Coinbase
Coinbase’s customer data breach, which the DOJ is investigating, has sparked criticism of the exchange giant.

Clanker Employee Outed as Velodrome Thief
The developer, who previously went by Gabagool.eth, worked for the Base-backed AI launchpad under the pseudonym ProxyStudio.




