A peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Financial Crime examined 72 flash loan attacks between February 2020 and July 2024 that drained $1.211 billion from DeFi platforms, part of 254 total attacks costing $6.568 billion across 20.63 billion transactions on seven blockchains. The researchers found that attacks exploiting flaws in protocol logic rose from 28% of flash loan losses in the first two years of the study to 55% in the most recent period, overtaking price oracle manipulation as the dominant technique.
techreport.com
· 2026-10-07
On September 11, an attacker exploited two flaws in Symbiosis Finance's smart contracts: a hidden privilege-escalation bug granting fake admin rights, and a missing check that allowed negative transaction fees. Using just 330 satoshi, roughly 25 cents, the attacker set fees to negative values across 12 transactions, minting 46 billion wrapped syBTC tokens on a network meant to represent real Bitcoin. They then sold the fabricated tokens against legitimate wrapped-BTC pairs like WBTC and cbBTC, draining liquidity pools and converting about $336,000 into cash via Uniswap before being blocked.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-18
Donald Trump's federal financial disclosure for 2025 reports roughly $1.436 billion in crypto-related income and proceeds, drawn from CIC Digital, DT Marks Defi and stablecoin ventures tied to World Liberty. A separate Reuters analysis puts total profit from Trump family crypto ventures at over $2.3 billion between mid-2024 and April 2026, though the White House denies any conflict of interest, saying his children manage the businesses while he remains the beneficiary.
thepricer.org
· 2026-09-14
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