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A crypto hacker who drained $26 million from Ethereum-based protocol Truebit in January had likely practiced the technique on smaller targets first, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Related Reading: The Bitcoin Rally Has A Problem: Demand Is Drying Up A Contract Left Exposed For Years The Truebit exploit was the largest of four incidents Chainalysis identified in a new report covering the past six months. Together, those attacks — targeting Truebit, Trusted Volumes, Aperture Finance, and Ekubo — account for roughly $37 million in losses, all traced back to contracts whose source code had never been publicly verified on blockchain explorers. The Truebit contract had been sitting on Ethereum since 2021. It was compiled using Solidity v0.5.3, a version released before automatic overflow protections became standard. An attacker found an integer overflow flaw inside its bonding curve mechanism and used it to mint large quantities of tokens at minimal cost before convertin

Ethereum is struggling below $1,700 as the market faces a combination of apathy and uncertainty that has made sustained directional movement difficult to produce in either direction. The price is grinding — not breaking down aggressively but equally failing to generate the momentum needed to reclaim higher levels — and data from Arkham Intelligence has identified a cluster of large institutional withdrawals that adds a structural layer to the current setup worth examining carefully. Related Reading: XRP Leverage Flush Hits Bybit While Binance Holds The Line – Analyst Explains Rare Setup Three whale addresses — two of them freshly created wallets with no prior transaction history — have withdrawn a combined $122.29 million in Ethereum from FalconX and Kraken. The scale of the withdrawal is significant. The venue combination is notable. FalconX is a regulated institutional prime brokerage serving some of the most sophisticated participants in digital asset markets, while Kraken is one of

Ethereum (ETH) is attempting to consolidate at price levels not seen since April of last year, following a 31% decline over the monthly time frame. Trading around $1,606, ETH sits nearly 70% below its all-time high of $4,945 — and according to one indicator, the drawdown may not be over. Another 56% Drop Ahead?  Market […]

The CPI's rise, while significant, likely won't alter the Fed's rate stance, supporting stability in risk assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The post CPI rises at fastest rate in three years, meets market expectations appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Institutional adoption of Ethereum ETFs suggests growing centralization risks and potential governance challenges for the cryptocurrency market. The post Ethereum spot ETFs see $101M inflows led by BlackRock’s $37M appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Ethereum's potential shift to zero-knowledge proofs could enhance scalability, privacy, and interoperability, reshaping blockchain's future landscape. The post Ethereum could transition to zero-knowledge proof protocol in 3 to 5 years, says Joe Lubin appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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A forensic report from Humanity Protocol found a single malware-infected developer machine held backups of seven private keys, giving an attacker full control over both its Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain infrastructure.