Crypto losses decreased by 46.8% to $1.32 billion in H1 2026, but security firms CertiK and TRM Labs warn this drop is misleading. Attackers are becoming more sophisticated, with North Korean state-sponsored hackers responsible for over 70% of Q2 losses, prompting international discussions.
Solana's Drift Protocol says most of the stolen funds linked to North Korean hackers remain traceable—and it has a plan to make victims whole.
KelpDAO's $292 million rsETH exploit landed at the wrong moment for DeFi. Roughly $10 billion left the sector over the weekend, after confidence had already been shaken by Drift Protocol's April 1 breach and Venus's March post-mortem. That combination makes DeFi's problem harder to ignore. Open DeFi is still alive, but it is losing the case for being […] The post Six years after “DeFi Summer” is the sun already setting on the decentralized finance revolution? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Drift Protocol, protocole de trading sur Solana, annonce un plan de sauvetage de 150 millions de dollars conduit par Tether, deux semaines après un piratage de 285 millions. Tether aporta 127,5 millions complété par 20 millions de partenaires tiers. En contrepartie, Drift abandonne l’USDC pour l’USDT. Lattaque, attribuée au groupe nord-coréen TraderTraitor/Lazarus (responsable du casse de Bybit à 1,5 milliard), a vu 232 millions de dollars transiter par le pont de Circle en 8 heures sans intervention de lemetteur de lUSDC.
Kuzey Kore bağlantılı hacker'ların Drift Protocol'ü hacklemesinin ardından Tether, 150 milyon dolarlık kurtarma planının 127.5 milyon dolarını karşılamayı kabul etti. Kullanıcıların mağduriyetleri platform çalıştıkça telafi edilecek. Circle, hack'te çalınan USDC'leri dondurmaması nedeniyle tepki çekerken, Tether bu hamlesiyle USDT'nin USDC'ye karşı konumunu güçlendirdi.
Lawyers allege Circle failed to freeze stolen USDC during an eight-hour window as hackers moved funds from the exploited trading platform.
