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Balancer Suffers Major Exploit: Over $116 Million Drained From V2 Pools

On Nov. 3, Balancer was exploited for over $116 million after attackers used a smart contract vulnerability to manipulate vault calls during pool initialization. Balancer Confirms Incident The decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Balancer has suffered a major exploit, resulting in the theft of over $116 million in digital assets…
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XRP Liquidity Scales Across Chains as wXRP Expands Through Hex Trust

Institutional-grade infrastructure is expanding XRP beyond payments as regulated wrapped XRP launches with deep liquidity, enabling cross-chain DeFi activity, new trading pairs, and broader utility across major blockchains through Hex Trust. XRP Ecosystem Grows as Hex Trust Introduces wXRP Growing institutional participation continues to shape XRP’s trajectory as regulated infrastructure broadens its role beyond payments…
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AI Smart Contract Exploits: Expert Warns Agents Could Trigger $10–20B Annual Losses in DeFi Sector

A recent study by MATS and Anthropic Fellows confirms that AI agents can profitably exploit smart contract vulnerabilities, establishing a “concrete lower bound” for economic harm. Novel Exploits and Alarming Cost Reduction The accelerating push to automate human tasks with Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents now confronts a significant…
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MEXC Appoints Vugar Usi as Chief Operating Officer to Accelerate Global Growth and Redefine User-First Crypto Trading Experience

This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles, December 3, 2025 – MEXC, the fastest-growing global cryptocurrency exchange, redefining a user-first approach to digital assets through true zero-fee trading, announces Vugar Usi as Chief Operating Officer, marking a defining step in its mission to raise the global standard for how crypto exchanges [……
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