dApps

Underwater: Ankr Hacked for $5.5M

Ankr is a decentralized web3 infrastructure provider. They have an excellent public RPC service, which I have used myself, and a liquid staking service on several chains. They have also been hacked. On Dec 1st, in an apparent compromise of their deployer key, Ankr was hacked on Binance Smart Chain, losing over $5.5M USD. The … Read more

A $100M Mango Hack Plagues Solana

Mango Market DAO exploited for $100 million on Solana

Mango Market DAO was exploited for $100 million by a hacker who doxxed and voted himself a $50 million bug bounty and also…

Ethereum and Chainlink – Big Upgrades Ahead

Less than 2 weeks until The Ethereum Mainnet Merge, and expectations are high for Chainlink to launch Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and LINK Staking by the end of 2022.

Update on the SOL Exploit

Updates and answers from the SOL exploit on Slope and Phantom hot wallets. Explanations and statements from Slope and Solana provided.

Ongoing Solana Exploit!

Ongoing widespread Solana exploit with more than $5M actively stolen. Covering the ongoing story now with updates as more information is released.

Nomad Bridge Hacked, $190M Lost

Cross-chain bridges are juicy, juicy targets for hackers. The three largest DeFi exploits ever were bridges. Now, Nomad joins the ranks. The Nomad Bridge was hacked on August 1st, 2022 for a catastrophic loss of over $190M USD worth of tokens. Nomad was the canonical bridge for Evmos, Moonbeam, and Milkomeda chains. If you have … Read more

Goerli: The Final Testnet

The Ethereum Mainnet merge with the Beacon Chain will bring the end of Proof-of-Work for Ethereum and execute the permanent transition to Proof-of-Stake. The final testnet merge that stands in the way of Ethereum’s merge is the Goerli merge.