The hacker used a flash loan to inflate prices on Makina’s USD-USDC liquidity pool, and then traded to make over $4 million.

DeFi protocols must adopt a more principled approach to security to mature. They could use standardised specifications that ...

Decentralized leverage trading platform on Arbitrum, Futureswap, has reportedly lost around $395,000 in a suspected exploit, ...

DeFi protocol Makina Finance lost $4.2 million to hackers. Makina advised its liquidity providers to remove their assets.

Crypto exploits had a record year in 2025, taking away $4.04B, up from around $3B in 2024. DeFi and Web3 hacks accelerated in ...

The Truebit attacker laundered $26M in Ethereum via Tornado Cash after exploiting the protocol in the year’s first DeFi hack.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 05: Stani Kulechov (R), of Aave Labs, speaks at the Chainlink's SmartCon 2025 at Metropolitan Pavilion on November 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene ...

Crypto hacks stole $2.78B in 2025, with losses peaking early in the year before slowing in Q4, Finbold finds based on ...

Crypto hacks underscore the urgent need for CEXs and DeFi to overhaul their security, collaborate on risk management and embrace self-regulation. The Bybit breach in February smashed the record for ...

The crypto market soared past $3.27 trillion as Bitcoin reclaimed $100,000, Ether jumped 26% after the Pectra upgrade and Trump’s UK trade deal fueled bullish sentiment. The cryptocurrency market ...

Stablecoin regulation does not signal the end of DeFi. It marks the end of DeFi operating outside the regulatory system.