SecurityDeFi3 SourcesTerm Finance Shuts Meta Vaults After $8.5M ExploitTerm Finance permanently closed its Meta Vaults and revoked their DAO governance powers following an Aug. 23 exploit tha...Aug 25, 2026, 09:02 PMTerm FinanceMeta Vaults
SecurityRegulation2 SourcesCrypto Fund Manager Convicted of Wire Fraud for $1M Investment SchemeJapheth Dillman was convicted of wire fraud for soliciting nearly $1 million from investors in Block Bits Capital by fal...Aug 25, 2026, 03:16 PMJapheth DillmanBlock Bits Capital
RegulationSecurity2 SourcesLas Vegas Businessman Convicted in $24 Million Crypto Ponzi SchemeA federal jury convicted Las Vegas businessman Brent Kovar of fraud and money laundering for operating Profit Connect, w...Aug 25, 2026, 01:02 PMBrent KovarProfit Connect
Security2 SourcesLedger Patches Ethereum Signing Flaw That Could Mask Transaction SubstitutionLedger released a firmware update addressing a vulnerability in its Ethereum app that could allow users to sign transact...Aug 25, 2026, 05:15 AMLedgerEthereum
Layer 1Security2 SourcesBlackRock, Coinbase Back $15M Bitcoin Quantum-Security ConsortiumNine institutional firms including BlackRock, Coinbase, and Strategy formed the Bitcoin Security Consortium on July 23, ...Aug 24, 2026, 12:02 PMBitcoinBlackRock
SecurityAdoption3 SourcesRobinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X Account Hacked to Promote Fake TokenHackers compromised Vlad Tenev's X account to promote a token called Vladhood falsely tied to Robinhood Chain. The post ...Aug 24, 2026, 09:02 AMRobinhoodVlad Tenev
DeFiSecurity2 SourcesTerm Finance Loses $8.5M to Attacker Who Bought Governance Control for 2 ETHAn attacker purchased voting power in Term Finance for approximately 2 ETH, then used that control to drain $8.5 million...Aug 24, 2026, 07:22 AMTerm FinanceEthereum
ExchangesSecurity2 SourcesBitMEX Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged 622 BTC Seizure During Server OutageBitMEX is defending against a lawsuit alleging that its internal trading desk exploited a server outage to access custom...Aug 23, 2026, 08:01 PMBitMEX
DeFiSecurity2 SourcesTerm Labs Loses $8.5M in Governance Exploit on Strategy VaultsAn attacker exploited governance controls in Term Labs' strategy vaults and drained approximately $8.5 million in user f...Aug 23, 2026, 01:02 PMTerm Labs
