bridges
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The bridging protocol is integrated into other services, but only for users granting unlimited approval
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South Korea’s Orbit bridge lost $80 million in a hack involving a recurrent theme: private key compromise
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The HTX exchange has been hit by a security breach, similar to the recent Poloniex hack
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Celestia is a modular layer that uses data availability sampling to increase throughput and reduce transaction costs
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After months of testing, nBTC brings real bitcoins into Cosmos DeFi, without wrapping
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Bridges need to have multiple decentralized networks while ensuring that risk parameters are appropriately managed, Sergey Nazarov says
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Multichain’s recent troubles, including the disappearance of its CEO, suggest that the exploit may have been an inside job or a rug pull, according to Chainalysis
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Multichain asked users to stop using its bridges after a potential exploit that affected its Fantom, Moonriver and Dogechain services
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The company has secured $4.2 million in funding and will be looking to hire new talent
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A startup building “security-focused developer tools” may sound square, but Cubist aims to take the edge off by taking care of the tricky and risky stuff
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The Uniswap Bridge Assessment Committee will look at eight bridges and three bridge-agnostic solutions
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A new cross-chain messaging protocol, comes out of stealth mode with a $4.5 million fundraise
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ThorChain teams up with Trust Wallet to capture millions of potential new DeFi users
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After the Nomad crypto bridge lost more than $190 million to hackers this week, industry participants say bridges must step up security measures, following an embarrassing rash of exploits this year
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‘Security-first’ token bridge Nomad accidentally allowed anyone to submit illicit transactions; ‘hackers’ capitalized
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The cross-chain messaging system announced a low-cost, high-security chain based on optimistic rollups
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Blockworks exclusive: The layer-1 blockchain’s announcement comes amid a bevy of recent interest in zero-knowledge rollups
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DeFi platforms are rolling out novel cross-chain solutions following major bridge hacks
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