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  Ethereum DeFi Platform Zoth Hit By $8.85 Million Hack

  Ethereum real-world asset platform Zoth has suffered an attack that resulted in the loss of $8.85 million. Security experts believe the hack, the second suffered by the company in a month, came about as the result of a private key leak. On Friday morning, a Zoth proxy contract was upgraded by what security firm Cyvers called a "suspicious address.” Soon thereafter, $8.85 million worth of stablecoin USD0++ was transferred out of the proxy contract into the attackers wallet before all funds were s...

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  OKX Pauses DEX Aggregator to Address Security Concerns

  Crypto exchange OKX has temporarily halted its decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator in response to security concerns and recent “attacks” targeting its platform.  The exchange announced the pause on Sunday, citing the need to address incomplete blockchain tagging and implement new security features to prevent misuse by malicious actors.  We are temporarily pausing our DEX aggregator to address incomplete tagging on blockchain explorers while we also roll out new security features. This is to...

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  Kinto to List $K Token on Gate.io, MEXC, and Kinto Exchange, Pioneering Fair Tokenomics in DeFi

  San Francisco, USA, March 27th, 2025, Chainwire Kinto, the modular exchange designed to provide secure, compliant, and seamless access to decentralized finance (DeFi), today announced the upcoming listing of its $K token. Scheduled for March 31st, 2025, the token will initially be available on  Kinto’s native exchange, Gate.io, MEXC, and Uniswap. The $K listings mark a major milestone in Kinto’s growth, following a successful token launch that raised $3.84 million from over 2,700 participants....

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  Hyperliquid Delists Surging Solana Meme Coin to Avoid Liquidation Crisis

  Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid delisted perpetual futures for the Solana-based meme coin JELLYJELLY on Wednesday, describing the move as critical to ensuring its network’s integrity amid a looming liquidation crisis. Hyperliquid uses its own high-speed blockchain, built upon the Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum, and the project said its networks’ validators had convened to take “decisive action,” in a post on X (formerly Twitter). The decision came after a Hyperliquid user opened a $6 milli...

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  HTX Ventures: Striking a Balance between Compliance and Innovation in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape

  Singapore, Singapore, March 18th, 2025, Chainwire HTX, a leading crypto exchange, has been ranked as the “Top 3 Exchanges for EUR-Stablecoin Trading Activity” in a recent CoinDesk report titled “MiCAR: The Institutional Playbook for Europe’s Digital Asset Market”. The report explores key trends shaping the European digital asset market with the implementation of Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and highlights that HTX achieved a monthly average EUR-stablecoin trading volume of €48 mi...

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  Feds Recover $31 Million in Crypto From 2021’s Uranium Finance Exploit

  U.S. authorities have made a breakthrough in recovering funds lost to crypto crime, seizing $31 million in crypto tied to the 2021 hack of DeFi platform Uranium Finance. The seizure comes after a coordinated effort by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego, the SDNY announced in a tweet Monday. SDNY and @HSISanDiego seize cryptocurrency worth approximately $31 million related to April 2021 hack of Uranium Finance...

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  Crypto Hacks Nearly Match 2024 Total Thanks to $1.4 Billion Bybit Theft

  This year is shaping up ominously for the crypto space–and it’s only February.  Data from Blockchain security firm Immunefi shows that the total money lost in hacks for 2025 is already nearing last year’s total of $2.2 billion.  With last week’s record Bybit exploit, the number for 2025 stands at $1.6 billion.  2/ 🚀 Losses skyrocketed in February 2025, reaching a staggering total of $1.53B from hacks alone. We can’t stop repeating “increase” this time, so here it goes: this marks an 18x increa...

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  Crypto Neo-Bank Infini Hit By $50 Million Exploit

  Crypto neo-bank Infini lost $49.5 million in a hack allegedly carried out by a former developer abusing administrative privileges. The attacker, who had worked on Infini’s contract, leveraged their privileges after the project was completed to drain funds from the platform, according to blockchain analytics platform Cyvers. In a report shared with Decrypt, smart contract audit firm QuillAudits confirmed that the exploit resulted from “compromised access and privilege escalation,” with the attack...

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  'MBX/HACK the FUN' Opens Applications: An Acceleration Program for Web3 Game Developers

  seoul, south korea, February 24th, 2025, Chainwire MARBLEX, the web3 gaming ecosystem powered by global gaming giant Netmarble, and Dracoon Ventures, a web3 game-specialized VC, are officially opening applications for MBX/HACK the FUN. This hybrid program combines a hackathon with an acceleration initiative, designed to help web3 game developers build, refine, and successfully launch high-quality games on the MARBLEX ecosystem. MBX/HACK the FUN is more than an accelerator—it’s a game launchpad....

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  Bybit Releases API of Suspicious Wallet on “Black List” as Part of Recovery Bounty Program

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 23rd, 2025, Chainwire Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced a new API updating a black list of suspicious wallet addresses identified so far. The API will allow ethical security experts to race against time to streamline and expedite their efforts in recovering the compromised funds. The current list of addresses is the result of the tireless work of some of the best white hats and investigators the indus...

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