Cointelegraph By Tom Blackstone
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BALD token developer denies rug pull as price falls 85% post-launch
The BALD memecoin collapsed in price as collectors alleged an exit scam, but the developer claims not to…
Worldcoin releases audit reports showing resolved security issues
The proof of humanness protocol released security audit reports claiming that most issues were fixed or mitigated.
Pond0X token launch snafu leads to millions of dollars in losses
Investors reported they lost up to $2.2 million when the developer of Pond0x allegedly mishandled the token’s launch.
New Optimism wallet lets users receive crypto via Twitter login
Beam wallet uses Web3Auth and account abstraction to allow for seedless accounts, stablecoin gas payments and other user…
Optimism transaction volumes surpass Abitrum’s for the first time in six months
Optimism lost the top spot to Arbitrum in January, after the end of its season one “quest,” but…
NFT-optimized Palm Network to become a Polygon ZK Supernet
The Ethereum sidechain will transition to a proof-of-stake network this August and become a full-fledged layer 2 based…
Era Lend on zkSync exploited for $3.4M in reentrancy attack
The lending app was drained of funds using a “read-only reentrancy” bug, a type of vulnerability that is…
Connext, Alchemix launch cross-chain token standard to reduce bridge exploit losses
The two protocols will implement a standard for issuers to control the “canonical” minting of tokens, helping to…
Crypto lender Geist Finance shuts down permanently over Multichain hack
The $29 million TVL lending platform is shutting down because its oracles are misreporting Multichain token values after…
Coinbase’s Base launches mainnet for builders, will onboard users in August
Base’s layer-2 mainnet has launched, allowing builders to deploy contracts, while users will be welcomed to the network…