DeFi protocols hold $91B in total value locked but only 0.14% is reserved for losses. Firelight Protocol addresses this gap by offering automatic exploit protection for vaults, where independent security firms validate incidents and pay eligible losses from capital staked by FXRP holders, now live on Sentora, Veda, and Upshift.
CORE token trades at $0.019, down 99% from its 2023 peak of $6, with a market cap around $28–29 million. A September validator reward exploit damaged investor confidence despite technical resolution, while potential catalysts like the SatPay revenue product and decentralization efforts remain unproven. The analyst watches $0.018 support and $0.021 resistance levels but sees no compelling near-term recovery catalyst without verifiable evidence of adoption and execution.
DeFi protocols have repeatedly suffered oracle manipulation attacks, including bZx (2020), Cream Finance (2021), and Mango Markets (2022), where attackers exploited vulnerabilities in price feeds to manipulate collateral valuations and extract assets. The core issue is that protocols accept prices from thin or vulnerable markets without adequately stress-testing their reliability under adverse conditions, creating systemic risks across lending mechanisms and liquidation systems.
Cybersecurity researchers disclosed P7 DarkSword, an evolved iOS exploit kit variant that steals crypto wallet data and keychain information while enabling two-way remote command execution. The toolkit chains multiple iOS vulnerabilities to target iPhones and has been deployed by multiple threat actors including PARS Defense and Star Blizzard against victims in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, Ukraine, and China since late 2025.
A crypto protocol warns of unusual website activity and a possible attack while investigating, advising users to avoid connecting wallets. The alert follows a reported $86 million theft linked to Ledger hardware wallets sold through a Southeast Asian reseller.
Twitter users discuss cryptocurrency security concerns, with one questioning seed phrase safety and another criticizing Ledger hardware wallet for multiple security exploits over five years, arguing that vendor-side faults cannot justify protocol breaches.
NEAR Intents protocol suffered a bridge exploit where an attacker tricked the system into crediting them with assets that never arrived, stealing $3.8M. The team detected the anomaly within 40 minutes through vault monitoring, contacted the attacker privately using coded messages, and successfully negotiated recovery after the funds were converted to Monero.