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Security & Risk Management

Real-time breakdowns of protocol yields, risk profiles, and distribution mechanics.

Newstoday, 00:16

APX Lending Introduces Five-Year Revolving Credit Backed by Digital Assets

FinTech Global reports that APX Lending has launched a five-year revolving credit facility secured by digital assets.

NewsSeptember 2, 13:56

August Crypto Security Report: 50 Exploits Signal Rising Risks for DeFi Users

According to PeckShieldAlert data, 50 major crypto exploits drained $136.3 million from DeFi protocols, DEXs, CEXs, bridges, and wallets during…

NewsSeptember 1, 23:15

Evaluating Institutional Crypto Custody Standards in 2026

According to CoinGecko, the 2026 State of Crypto Security Report was published on August 27, 2026.

NewsSeptember 1, 13:05

Zcash Vulnerability Reports and Market Volatility: Assessing Risks for Passive Income

Big News Network carried the headline on August 28 referencing a Zcash vulnerability and a reported 60% drop in ZEC.

NewsAugust 30, 16:19

Kraken Wallet Manifesto: Redefining Self-Custody for Active On-Chain Investors

According to a report from Coin Gabbar, Kraken has published the Kraken Wallet Manifesto — a design document specifying the account types…

NewsAugust 30, 06:33

Fordefi Integrates Stacks to Bring Institutional Self-Custody to Bitcoin Staking

defi's institutional MPC wallet stack is now wired into Stacks from day one of Bitcoin staking, per a Stacks Blog release dated August 24.

NewsAugust 30, 00:50

DeXenY Brings Physical Energy Assets to Bitvoux with $DXY Token Launch

$DXY, the native utility token of the DeXenY energy protocol, is preparing for listing on Bitvoux, according to a Hokanews report dated August 28…

NewsAugust 29, 14:54

Ledger Sparks Debate After 'Silent Patch' of Ethereum App Signing Vulnerability, Then Delayed Disclosure

Hardware wallet vendor Ledger deployed a silent patch for a clear-signing vulnerability inside its Ethereum application, according to CTO Charles…

NewsAugust 22, 12:48

Coldcard Releases Critical Firmware Patch Following $130 Million Bitcoin Theft

Per Decrypt reporting dated August 21, Coinkite has pushed firmware 5.6.1 (and 1.5.1Q for the Q model) to Coldcard hardware wallets following a…

NewsAugust 21, 21:33

Softstack Validates BloomBeans Protocol Security Following Independent Code Review

Softstack has completed a smart contract security audit of the BloomBeans Protocol, according to an August 19 report published by EIN News.

NewsAugust 21, 05:13

Aave and Trident Launch $100 Million Fixed-Yield Onchain Lending Initiative

A $100 million onchain fixed-yield loan structure has been deployed through a collaboration between Aave DAO and Trident Digital. The initiative…

NewsAugust 20, 14:25

Navigating the 2026 Crypto Downturn: Strategies for Sustainable Yield in a Bear Market

The Bitcoin Foundation analysis identifies liquidity contraction as the primary driver.

NewsAugust 19, 18:50

UK Regulators Target Crypto Influencers Amid Rising Compliance Pressure

According to Yahoo Finance Singapore, crypto influencers are now facing UK compliance scrutiny, with the specific enforcement perimeter and affected…

NewsAugust 19, 13:45

Stable V2.0 Roadmap: Token Unlock Schedule and Price-Linked Supply Controls

Stable has published its V2.0 white paper for a USDT-denominated layer-1 network, confirming that 82% of the STABLE token supply remains unissued and…

NewsAugust 18, 22:35

The DeFi Insurance Crisis: Why 98% of Assets Remain Unprotected

Less than 2% of the roughly $100 billion in total value locked across decentralized finance protocols sits behind verifiable insurance coverage…

NewsAugust 17, 12:05

Navigating Impermanent Loss: Managing Liquidity Provider Risks in AMM Pools

According to Yahoo Finance, recent coverage lays out the mechanics and exposure profile of impermanent loss for liquidity providers — a structural…

NewsAugust 16, 20:10

Centrifuge V3.3: Automating Institutional Asset Management via Smart Contracts

As reported by Crypto Briefing, Centrifuge deployed V3.3 on August 12, 2026, introducing an Onchain Execution Policy that converts off-chain asset…

NewsAugust 16, 10:24

CoinRabbit vs YouHodler: Comparing Crypto Lending Models and Risk Profiles

A comparative review published by Technology Org dissects two custodial crypto lenders — CoinRabbit and YouHodler — across collateral structure…

NewsAugust 16, 05:35

Tempo Earn: Analyzing the Risks of Embedded Yield via Deel

Tempo, a payments blockchain backed by Stripe, launched "Tempo Earn" — an embedded yield product routing user stablecoin deposits into Morpho vaults…

NewsAugust 13, 12:29

CySEC to Launch On-Site Operational Audits for Crypto Custodians by 2026

CySEC will conduct on-site inspections of licensed crypto custodians as part of ESMA's 2026 Common Supervisory Action, per Crowdfund Insider.

NewsAugust 12, 16:30

Lessons from 2026: How Web3 and DeFi Security Vulnerabilities Evolved

According to Coin Gabbar's tally of 2026 incidents, verified losses from the year's largest Web3 and DeFi exploits have crossed $100 million across…

NewsAugust 12, 06:57

LendProtocol Debuts CeFi Yield Platform for XRP and RLUSD Holders

Business Insider reports LendProtocol has launched a CeFi lending platform built on the XRP Ledger, offering 12% fixed APR with daily payouts to XRP…

NewsAugust 11, 15:56

Why Operational Key Management Outweighs Smart Contract Audits in DeFi Vaults

Crypto Briefing reports that Veda has routed more than $16 billion through its vault infrastructure since 2024 with no reported smart contract…

NewsAugust 9, 18:49

The Hidden Risks of Relying on Crypto Audit Badges for Investment Decisions

By August 2026, Flashbots had successfully proposed over 980,000 blocks, demonstrating a non-trivial hardware overhead for validators running its…

NewsAugust 6, 15:22

How Smart Accounts Are Eliminating Seed Phrase Vulnerabilities in Crypto Wallets

$1.1 billion drained across 212 incidents. That is the H1 2026 exploit ledger, per Blockaid's latest audit — the most active six-month window on…

NewsAugust 6, 05:32

Stacks PoX-5 Upgrade Launches Native Bitcoin Staking Infrastructure

According to Business Insider, Stacks activated the PoX-5 hardfork at Bitcoin block 960,230 on July 30, 2026, completing the network upgrade without…

NewsAugust 5, 12:03

Coldcard Security Breach: Why Hardware Wallets Are Not Immune to Entropy Failures

$86 million drained. 4,500+ wallets. One flaw in a random-number generator — the single point of failure that turns "cold storage" into a honeypot.

NewsAugust 2, 20:21

Best Practices for Recovering Missing, Scammed, and Stolen Crypto Wallet Funds

The Crypto Times published a July 2026 security guide cataloging the most common exploit surfaces facing retail wallet holders — weak passwords…

NewsAugust 2, 00:17

BonkDAO Loses 20 Million Dollars in Governance Exploit With No Smart Contract Failure

According to Immunefi, an attacker spent approximately $4 million to accumulate voting power in BonkDAO and execute a malicious governance proposal…

Security & Risk Management

Smart contract audit company evaluation for yield seekers

Yield seekers often treat audit badges like credit ratings: binary stamps that divide the market into “safe” and “unsafe.” The market still prices…

August 01, 2026 · 15 min read

Security & Risk Management

Smart contract audit service reports: a step-by-step guide

Between January 2022 and March 2026, 218 documented Web3 exploits drained $7.76 billion from users and protocols. The eight largest incidents account…

July 31, 2026 · 10 min read

Security & Risk Management

Impermanent loss calculation: fixing common math mistakes

A pool showing a 42% fee APR can still underperform a simple wallet hold by a painful margin. The gap is usually not a protocol failure. It is a…

July 28, 2026 · 14 min read

Security & Risk Management

Crypto wallet security: fixing the unlimited allowance error

A wallet holding $20,000 in stablecoins can be exposed by a single unlimited ERC-20 approval just as effectively as a wallet chasing a 2,000% APY…

July 24, 2026 · 16 min read

NewsJuly 22, 04:34

Allbridge Suspends Core Bridge Operations Following $1.65M Flash Loan Attack

$1.12 million borrowed. $1.65 million drained. Zero collateral at risk for the attacker. On July 20, Allbridge paused its Core bridge after a single…

Security & Risk Management

Impermanent Loss Prevention: A Step-by-Step Guide

A 2x move in one asset of a standard 50/50 liquidity pool produces approximately 5.7% impermanent loss against simply holding both assets. At a 3x…

July 21, 2026 · 15 min read

NewsJuly 15, 18:51

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Project Aave Announces Strategic Infrastructure Change!

Cross-chain standard: Chainlink CCIP. Aave has adopted Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol as its official cross-chain standard…

Security & Risk Management

Smart contract audit analysis: a 5-step DeFi safety guide

A smart contract audit is not a safety certificate. It is a bounded technical assessment performed against a specific codebase, at a specific commit…

July 15, 2026 · 14 min read

Summer Finance Pauses Vaults After $65.4M Flash Loan Attack Triggers $6M Loss

NewsJuly 6, 19:54