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Smart Contract Security and Hacks: The Rising Importance of Safe DeFi
Smart contract security is critical in DeFi, with $3.1 billion lost to hacks in early 2025. Rigorous audits and bug bounties are essential to mitigate sophisticated attacks.
Ethereum's Future: Addressing Protocol Bloat and Complexity
Vitalik Buterin outlines Ethereum's future challenges and solutions for reducing protocol complexity and storage requirements, while preserving blockchain permanence.
Innovators Harry Grieve and Ben Fielding Discuss Building Gensyn
Harry Grieve and Ben Fielding discuss the significance of building Gensyn, a decentralized machine learning compute protocol, and its impact on the future of tech.
Cosmos-Based Defi Protocol Nolus Raises 2.5M to Build the First Cross-Chain Defi Lease
The Nolus DeFi Lease provides up to 150% financing on the initial investment with a lowered margin call risk and access to the underlying leveraged assets.
Compound Protocol Halts Supply of Four Tokens Due To Low Liquidity
Decentralized lending protocol Compound has decided to pause the supply of four tokens used as lending assets for collateral on the platform, including ncZRX, cBAT, cMKR, and cYFI.
Naoris Protocol Secures $11.5 m Funding, Enhancing Web3 Networks Security
Cybersecurity protocol Naoris raised the funding with $11.5 million, which it mentions will enable it to revamp network security for the Web3 world.
Hacker Steals $1.1m Worth Crypto from Music Streaming Protocol Audius
Audius decentralised music streaming protocol in a tweet acknowledged the hacking incident. It said $6 million worth of AUDIO tokens were stolen. At least $1.1 million worth of the coins were sold.
Azuro Closes $4m Funding Round to Build Decentralized Betting Protocol
Azuro said it has raised another funding round of $4 million, saying that the funding gives it great confidence in its ability to disrupt traditional online betting.
Blockchain Based Ad Networks Represent the Future of Advertising
The crypto vertical is a highly converting arena for ad marketing networks. They heavily push crypto to their network of affiliates, taking on a variety of digital exchanges and wallets on the advertiser side of the equation.
Origin DeFi Protocol Loses $7 Million to Hacker in Security Breach
Origin Protocol is the latest DeFi platform to lose $7 million due to hacking. The company has said that it is working to restore the stolen funds.
