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Garden Finance Pulls App Offline After $450K HTLC Exploit Hits Four Chains
Garden Finance disabled its app on July 27 after Blockaid detected a $450K USDT drain from its HTLC contracts across Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, and BNB Chain.
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Security
Hacks, exploits, scams and the state of crypto security.
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Bridge Hacks Totaling $650M Drove $7 Billion in Token Value to Chainlink’s CCIP in Q2
A cumulative $650M in cross-chain bridge exploits during Q2 2026 accelerated a $7 billion migration onto Chainlink's CCIP, per the company's own quarterly review.
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North Korea Arrests Its Own Elite Hackers After They Drained State Banks and Laundered Crypto
North Korea's spy agency arrested former state-trained hackers who drained the central bank and laundered proceeds through crypto — a rare case of Pyongyang turning inward.
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Triple-A Crypto Payment Gateway Loses $9.7M in Six-Chain Hot Wallet Exploit
Singapore crypto payments firm Triple-A had $9.7M drained from hot wallets across Ethereum, TRON, Solana, and three other chains on July 24–25, 2026.
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Two Ethereum Bridges Drained of $31.7M in Hours as B² Network Halts Staking
AFX Bridge and Verus lost a combined $31.7M in hours on July 22, while Bitcoin L2 B² Network suspended staking — three DeFi control failures in one day.
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Hack VC-Backed Perp DEX Dango Shuts Down Under Four Months After Mainnet, Trading Halts July 29
Hack VC-backed perp DEX Dango halts trading July 29 and closes its Layer 1 blockchain August 13, less than four months after a mainnet launch hit by a $1.9M exploit.
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Thai SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against Bitkub Over Alleged Cover-Up of $50M 2021 Hack
Thailand's SEC has filed a criminal complaint against Bitkub and two former directors for allegedly concealing a May 2021 cyberattack worth ~$50M. Bitkub denies wrongdoing.
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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X Account Hacked to Shill Fake ‘Vladhood’ Memecoin — Hacker Still Collecting Fees
Robinhood confirmed CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was hacked to promote fake 'Vladhood' memecoin — deployed 46 minutes before the post, hacker still collecting fees.
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UN Warns Southeast Asia’s Scam Syndicates Have Merged Into a $114B Crypto-Fueled Criminal Economy
A 2025 UNODC report finds Asia-Pacific scam victims lost up to $114.1B in 2024 as Southeast Asian crime syndicates merge into a unified, crypto-powered criminal economy spanning 80 countries.
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AFX Bridge on Arbitrum Drained of $24M in USDC in Targeted Exploit
An attacker drained ~$24M in USDC from AFX's Arbitrum bridge in a targeted exploit. Arbitrum's native bridge was confirmed unaffected. USDC holds its peg.
