Four things worth knowing before choosing a Solana DEX
On Aug. 21, 2026, decentralized exchanges across the chains tracked by DeFiLlama processed about $10.5 billion in spot volume over 24 hours. Summary Solana handled about $48.5 billion in mont
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More Markets suffers $9.3m WFLOW exploit on Flow EVM
More Markets has suffered an exploit on Flow EVM that drained about 15.5 million WFLOW from the lending protocol, with blockchain security firm Blockaid estimating the impact at roughly $9.3
Maxi Doge Explained: How the $MAXI Presale Works & Key Risks
Why Is Maxi Doge Getting Attention in 2026? Every meme coin cycle throws up a project that leans harder into the joke than the last one. Maxi Doge explained in one line: it's the gym-obsessed
TectonicFi Loses $74M in Cronos Exploit
TectonicFi lost approximately $74 million in a Cronos exploit. The attacker bridged around $6 million to Ethereum before Cronos was paused. Roughly $60 million remains stuck on the Cronos net
Nearly every LUNC in circulation was minted in a single week of May 2022
Terra Classic's circulating supply sits near 5.5 trillion tokens today. Almost none of it existed before a single week in May 2022. How the Death Spiral Minted Trillions Terra's protocol allo
Analysts track ongoing exploit draining Avici user accounts as its token drops over 43%
An active exploit targeting Avici (@avici), a Solana-based neobank, is draining user card balances as on-chain researchers race to quantify the damage. One analyst put the running total at $6
CLARITY Act Could Bring More Crypto Jobs To the US
Alderoty Makes the Economic Case for CLARITY Ripple chief legal officer and National Cryptocurrency Association president Stuart Alderoty is pressing lawmakers to pass the Digital Asset Marke
Cosmos EVM vulnerability drains MANTRA, TAC and KiiChain in cross chain attacks
Cosmos Labs has disclosed that attackers exploited a critical Cosmos EVM vulnerability across six blockchain networks between Aug. 20 and Aug. 25, converting stolen tokens into about $5.72 mi
BlackRock's BUIDL Reclaims Top Spot in Tokenized US Treasury Funds
BlackRock's tokenized US Treasury fund, BUIDL, has reclaimed the number one position in its category after a brief spell in second place behind Circle's USYC. BUIDL Back on Top BUIDL has a ma
Crypto token buybacks hit record $638M in 2026
Crypto projects spent approximately $638 million repurchasing their native tokens between January and Aug. 31, according to Allium Labs figures cited by the Financial Times. Summary Crypto pr
Chainlink runs a separate network whose only job is checking CCIP's work
Cross-chain bridges have proven to be one of crypto's most dangerous attack surfaces. Major incidents including Ronin ($624 million), Wormhole ($326 million), and Nomad ($190 million) each ex
Cronos Halts Network After Tectonic Exploit Hits $75M
The Cronos blockchain was brought to a halt on August 30 after an attacker exploited Tectonic, the chain's largest decentralized lending protocol, in a price-manipulation attack that on-chain