2025’s biggest crypto hacks: From exchange breaches to DeFi exploits
Protos takes a look back at 2025's biggest, strangest, and most significant crypto hacks. Have we learned anything?
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Gala quietly changes bridge keys after users flag ‘unauthorized’ withdrawals
Withdrawals of 140M GALA tokens are missing corresponding deposits on GalaScan. The bridge was paused and admin keys rotated on November 10.
MegaETH pre-deposit event derailed by congestion and multisig mayhem
The chaotic pre-deposit phase aimed to allow users to deposit USDC in return for USDm once MegaETH’s mainnet goes live next month.
High yields to haircuts: Has DeFi learned anything from yield vault collapse?
The fallout from Stream Finance’s meltdown is still being cleaned up. Have risk curators, lending platforms, or DeFi users learned anything?
Andre Cronje says someone stole his code to build a $1B DeFi project
Cronje claims that someone used his work to create an unauthorized copycat that amassed seven figures in total value locked.
Bounce Finance hit with DDoS attack during public token sale
The Bounce Finance hack happened during the public sale of BitStable’s BSSB token and saw an unauthorized party acquiring most of the supply.
Uniswap’s new trading fee neglects UNI holders
Uniswap is charging an extra 0.15% fee for users of its website and wallet. The trading fee will not be passed along to UNI holders.
Curve hacker not in the clear despite returning $50M of stolen funds
Curve reportedly sent the hacker a message telling them they could keep 10% of the stolen funds if they returned the rest.
Here’s why decentralized finance is actually very centralized
Most DeFi protocols are controlled by a small number of smart contracts whose keys are held by one person or a tiny group of insiders.
— BarnBridge, Crypto
Allegedly decentralized ‘credit market’ shutters after attorney Discord post
DeFi protocol BarnBridge DAO immediately halted operations after a lawyer warned that token-holders could be personally liable.