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A delegate call vulnerability in UXLINK's multi-signature wallet granted administrative control, enabling unauthorized token minting and significant financial loss.

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→Market Manipulation

UXLINK Multi-Signature Wallet Compromised, $11.3 Million Drained via DelegateCall

A critical delegateCall vulnerability in UXLINK's multi-signature wallet allowed an attacker to seize administrative control, enabling unauthorized fund transfers and token minting.

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→DeFi Incident

UXLINK Multi-Signature Wallet Compromised, $11.3 Million Drained

A delegate call vulnerability in UXLINK's multi-signature wallet granted an attacker administrative control, enabling unauthorized asset transfers and unlimited token minting.

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→On-Chain Forensics

→Exchange Rate

Resupply Lending Protocol Exploited via ERC4626 Vault Exchange Rate Manipulation

A critical flaw in a newly deployed ERC4626 vault's exchange rate calculation allowed an attacker to drain $9.8 million by manipulating perceived collateral value.

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→DeFi Protocols

→Malicious Actors

→Public Blockchains

Formalizing MEV: Rigorous Model for Provably Secure Blockchain Architectures

This research introduces a formal, abstract model for Maximal Extractable Value, enabling systematic analysis and the development of provably secure blockchain protocols.

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→Institutional

→On-Chain

→Digital Assets

XRPL Enhances Institutional DeFi with Live Compliance Features

RippleX's deployment of Deep Freeze and Credentials on XRPL establishes a foundational compliance layer, critical for attracting regulated institutional capital to decentralized finance.

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→Asset

→Forked Protocol

→Smart Contract

Onyx Protocol NFT Liquidation Contract Exploited, $3.8 Million Drained

A critical vulnerability within Onyx Protocol's NFT Liquidation contract allowed an attacker to drain $3.8 million in vUSD stablecoins.

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→Scalability Solutions

Mechanism Design Enhances Blockchain Consensus Truthfulness and Scalability

This research introduces novel mechanism design principles to fortify blockchain consensus, ensuring truthful block proposals and mitigating fork-related coordination failures.