Exchange Risk

According to Carrot's announcement on April 30, the Solana-based DeFi yield protocol is permanently shutting down, becoming the first platform to close as a direct result of the $285 million Drift Protocol exploit in early April. The Carrot team stated in an X post that the Drift hack was

According to an official announcement, Tapp Exchange will cease operations, with users required to withdraw assets by May 31, 2026. The protocol will remain fully operational until that date. After May 31, the front-end interface will be taken offline, and users can only withdraw funds by interactin

By last week, Eric Trump was no longer shown on the leadership page of Alt5 Sigma Corp. (now AI Financial, NASDAQ: ALTS), the Las Vegas-based company tied to World Liberty Financial Inc., the Trump family's crypto venture. His name had appeared on the company's website as recently as March, when he

According to TRM Labs, North Korean hackers stole approximately $577 million in cryptocurrency during the first four months of 2026, accounting for roughly 76% of all global cryptocurrency losses year-to-date. The figure highlights a strategic shift by elite units such as the Lazarus Group toward hi

According to a Global Ledger investigation published in April 2026, Grinex, a sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange operating out of Kyrgyzstan, was drained of approximately $13.7 million and immediately suspended operations. Grinex had emerged in March 2025 as an apparent successor to Garantex, a

According to Gazeta Wyborcza citing Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW), Zondacrypto, one of Central and Eastern Europe's largest crypto exchanges, halted withdrawals this month after being revealed as controlled by Russia's Tambov crime syndicate since 2018. The platform's reserves reportedly d

According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean prosecutors on April 30 sought a 20-year prison sentence for Delio CEO Chung Sang-ho over allegations of defrauding approximately 2,800 victims of about 250 billion won ($190 million) in virtual assets. The crypto lending platform suspended withdrawals o

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According to an FTC filing on Tuesday (April 28), the Federal Trade Commission entered a $4.7 billion judgment against former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky, with most of the amount suspended. Mashinsky is required to pay $10 million unless he failed to disclose material assets or made misstatements

According to Bitcoin.pl, customer data from failed Polish exchange Zondacrypto has been offered for sale on the darknet, with two packages available. The smaller package, containing email addresses and basic identification data, is priced at approximately 550 euros, while the larger set—including

According to ChainCatcher, Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky agreed to settle with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on April 29, paying $10 million and facing a permanent ban on promoting, marketing, or distributing any products or services related to asset deposits, exchanges, investments, or w

According to CertiK, Syndicate's Commons bridge—the Ethereum infrastructure platform's official cross-chain bridge—suffered an exploit on Wednesday (April 29), resulting in at least $330,000 in losses. The attacker acquired approximately 18.5 million SYND tokens and sold them for about $330,000, whi

Gate News message, April 29 — Forbes published a critical report on American Bitcoin, the company led by Eric Trump, alleging it functions as an arbitrage tool exploiting MAGA investor sentiment rather than a legitimate "money printing machine" as promoted. According to Forbes, the company uses

Gate News message, April 29 — Bitcoin lending protocol Tropykus announced a phased shutdown of its current version, with deposit and borrowing functions to be permanently discontinued. Users can withdraw funds and repay loans until July 27, 2026, after which interactions will only be supported

Standard Chartered said the decentralized finance ecosystem has taken a hard hit from the KelpDAO rsETH exploit on April 18, but ultimately not a fatal one. In a note titled "DeFi – Bent, not broken," Geoffrey Kendrick, the bank's global head of digital assets research, said the theft of $292 millio

Gate News message, April 28 — Security researchers have identified 73 malicious extensions planted by GlassWorm malware in OpenVSX's registry, with six already activated to steal developers' cryptocurrency wallets and credentials. The extensions were uploaded as fake copies of legitimate listings, w

Layer 1 network ZetaChain has paused cross-chain transactions on its mainnet after identifying an attack on its GatewayEVM contract, according to The Block. The incident impacted only internal ZetaChain team wallets, with no user funds affected, the team stated. According to DefiLlama data, $300,000

Gate News message, April 28 — Monad's official Twitter account has been frozen, according to X platform data. The team and X have not issued official statements explaining the reason for the suspension. The freeze comes as X has been conducting a large-scale cleanup across the Crypto and Web3 space

Gate News message, April 28 — On-chain detective ZachXBT alleged that WorldCoin (now World), a company founded by Sam Altman, launched WLD tokens with low circulation and high valuation, mirroring the model used by SBF and FTX. According to ZachXBT, the company distributed small amounts of WLD to us