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Coldcard Exploit Drives July Crypto Thefts to $247 Million
Hardware wallet breach accounting for at least $100 million in stolen Bitcoin pushed July to the second-worst month of 2026 for crypto losses.
Coldcard Exploit Drives July Crypto Thefts to $247.4M
Hardware wallet breach drained at least $100 million in Bitcoin across 7,300 wallets, making July the second-worst month for theft in 2026
Moonwell Loses $8.7M to MAMO Price Manipulation on Base
An attacker pumped the illiquid MAMO token from $0.01 to $0.43, used it as inflated collateral on the lending protocol, and drained $8.7 million in cbBTC, USDC, wstETH, and ETH.
Harmony Rolls Back to Aug. 11, Voiding 109,000 Transactions After ONE Exploit
Validators will revert to a checkpoint at 11:25 pm UTC on Aug. 11, discarding 109,126 regular transactions and 315 staking operations after unauthorized ONE tokens were minted.
Harmony to Roll Back Blockchain After ONE Token Forgery
The layer-1 network will revert to an Aug. 11 checkpoint, purging 109,126 transactions to eliminate unauthorized ONE minting.
Term Finance Loses $8.5M in Governance Exploit, Shuts Meta Vaults
An attacker exploited Term's custom governance wrapper to drain 2,843 Ether and 1.68 million USDC from the protocol's strategy vaults, prompting Term Labs to permanently close the product.
MANTRA Chain Halts After Cosmos EVM Exploit, Token Drops 18 Percent
The Layer 1 blockchain went dark Thursday after a critical vulnerability in its ICS20 precompile, a flaw Cosmos Labs had flagged for remediation five months earlier.
Sandbox Bridge Exploit Affects Less Than 0.01% of SAND Supply
The Sandbox contained a smart contract vulnerability on its Base and BNB Smart Chain bridges where an attacker minted unbacked SAND tokens before bridging was disabled.
Coldcard Exploit Accounts for $100M of July's $247M in Crypto Thefts
A breach of Coldcard hardware wallets hit 7,300 Bitcoin addresses across three attack waves, with other major protocols and bridges also targeted in the month's second-worst security toll of 2026.
Harmony to Roll Back Chain to Aug. 11, Erasing 109,000 Transactions After Forged ONE Mint
Validators will revert to an 11:25 p.m. UTC checkpoint, discarding 109,126 regular and 315 staking transactions to purge unauthorized ONE tokens.
XRP Bridge Loses 199,916 Tokens in $202K Exploit
A software flaw let an attacker drain the tx bridge reserve Aug. 9 by triggering withdrawals against fake XRP deposits.
Coldcard Firmware Flaw Drains 1,719 BTC, $111 Million Confirmed Stolen
A firmware bug in Coldcard hardware wallets let attackers drain funds from over 5,200 addresses starting July 30, with total losses now exceeding initial estimates.
Coinsbuy Drained of $8M Across Tron and Ethereum, Funds Laundered Through FixedFloat
An Aug. 9 attack stripped more than $8 million from Coinsbuy wallets, with 79 percent of stolen funds routed through FixedFloat and ChangeNOW.
Flash Trade to Wind Down Solana Perp DEX Without a Buyer
The team cited shrinking market conditions and strategic direction, not financials; proceeds from any sale would be distributed pro rata to FAF token holders.
Coinkite Disputes $130 Million Loss Estimate From Coldcard Firmware Exploit
Coinkite will publish a technical post-mortem on a Coldcard firmware vulnerability as outside researchers estimate customer losses at $130 million.
Bitcoin Transfers Hit 2-Year High as Coldcard Exploit Drains $88.6 Million
A critical flaw in Coldcard hardware wallets triggered a massive Bitcoin outflow, driving small holders to centralized exchanges and alternative custody.
Bitcoin Holds $62K as Coldcard Exploit Drains 1,128 BTC; Two Forks Approach
A firmware flaw in Coldcard hardware wallets drained 1,128.6633 BTC from over 1,100 wallets July 30, hitting markets already absorbing $265 million in ETF outflows and two August forks.
SummerFi Shuts Down After Lazy Summer Protocol Exploit Forces Full Closure
The seven-year-old DeFi frontend is winding down after an exploit on its Lazy Summer Protocol smart contract layer forced it to shutter its user interface.
Humanity Protocol Tightens OpSec After $36M Exploit Traced to Employee Laptop
Founder Terence Kwok said the June incident stemmed from a compromised employee device, not a smart contract flaw.
AFX Bridge Hit With $24.15M USDC Exploit; Arbitrum Native Bridge Secure
Blockaid detected the theft from AFX, a third-party protocol on Arbitrum, while Offchain Labs confirmed its native bridge was not compromised.
Verus Bridge Exploiter Returns 4,052 ETH, Keeps $2.8M Bounty
The attacker returned 75 percent of stolen funds totaling $8.59 million after an $11.58 million exploit, keeping a portion as ransom
KelpDAO Loses $293 Million as DeFi Security Hits Maturity Wall
The massive exploit reveals vulnerabilities in liquid restaking protocols, forcing a shift toward institutional-grade security and investor protection
THORChain Confirms $10M Exploit After Bridge Attack
The cross-chain liquidity protocol launched a dedicated recovery portal for users impacted by a drain on its native asset bridges
Kraken Drops LayerZero After $292 Million Exploit, Shifts Cross-Chain Strategy
Kraken discontinues support for LayerZero-based assets, re-evaluating cross-chain security after the Kelp DAO breach drained $292 million in April
Aave Wins Court Approval to Move $71 Million ETH From rsETH Exploit
Federal judge authorizes transfer of 30,640 ETH to Aave-controlled wallet, clearing path for on-chain governance vote to recover frozen funds
KelpDAO Moves rsETH to Chainlink CCIP After $300M LayerZero Exploit
The liquid restaking protocol switched its cross-chain transfers to Chainlink's interoperability protocol after a $300 million exploit on LayerZero
KelpDAO Attack Slashes DeFi Yields 20 Percent, Triggers Market Contagion
The recent KelpDAO security breach has sent shockwaves through the decentralized finance ecosystem, causing a significant compression of native yields and sparking broader market fear.
Aave's 25,000 ETH Proposal Signals DeFi's Systemic Risk Evolution
The substantial treasury deployment to cover a Kelp DAO exploit demonstrates a maturing decentralized finance landscape committed to collective stability.