As AI fundamentally changes the economics of attacks, and attackers shift their targets from code to people... Written by: ChandlerZ, Foresight News In the first half of 2026, there were 344 security incidents in the crypto space, with cumulative losses of approximately $1.32 billion. According to the Hack3d report released by CertiK in July, the number of security incidents in the first half of the year also increased by 28% year-over-year compared to 2025. The number of security incidents in Q2 surged significantly from 145 last year to 194, a 34% year-over-year increase. The median loss per incident also rose sharply by 60.6% year-over-year, reaching about $169,000, indicating that even routine small to medium attacks are causing significantly greater damage per incident. On a comparable basis, the $1.32 billion loss in the first half of 2026 is actually about 28% higher than the same period last year. Data source: CertiK It is worth noting that incidents causing major asset losses are increasingly concentrated at the operational level, with attackers tending to target operational areas such as key management, identity credentials, and supply chains. Although these types of attacks are not the most numerous, once critical permissions are breached, they often directly impact core project assets, making them more likely to cause significant financial losses. On April 1, 2026, one of Solana's largest perpetual contract platforms, Drift Protocol, was

Foresight News reports that, according to a previously undisclosed search warrant cited by Forbes, a former senior financial crime investigator at Binance told the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in May this year that Binance management intended to shelve an internal investigation request codenamed "Operation Loclock." The investigation aimed to examine about 2,000 accounts suspected to be used by individuals within Iran. According to the search warrant and previous reports, these accounts t

Foresight News reports that Kayleen Fulton (Nixo), former head of protocol support at the Ethereum Foundation, filed a civil lawsuit on November 4 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado regarding her dismissal. The six defendants are the Ethereum Foundation's Swiss-registered entity Stiftung Ethereum, the Singapore-related entity Ethereum Asia Pacific Limited (EAPL), nominal employer Lightsource HR Global, LLC, payroll and benefits manager Vensure Employer Services, Inc., then c

Foresight News reports that Ethereum treasury company Sharplink (Nasdaq: SBET) released its Q3 2026 financial report, with total revenue of $13.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 24%, including staking revenue of $13.1 million, up 27% year-on-year. Net profit was $751 million, compared to $104 million in the same period last year, mainly from $677 million unrealized gains (non-cash) on crypto assets and $75.2 million realized net gains. As of September 30, cash and cash equivalents were $47.9

Foresight News reports that, according to The Block, River Markets' affiliate River Finance LLC has registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) and joined the National Futures Association (NFA), enabling it to open client accounts and hold client funds. River Markets is building a prime brokerage platform for prediction markets, allowing institutional traders to manage funds, positions, and risks across multiple exchanges and clear

Foresight News reports that NEAR tweeted that NEAR Intents has been integrated into the order and execution management system (OEMS) of the institutional digital asset trading platform Talos. Talos institutional clients can access cross-chain DeFi liquidity through existing trading processes and custody arrangements, just like connecting to other trading venues. Orders will be executed by competing solvers, which can source liquidity from more than 30 chains and centralized exchanges such as Bi

Foresight News reports that DeFi digital lending protocol Saturn tweeted that registration for the first and second quarter activities is now open, with a deadline of November 16 at 22:00. Users need to visit the official registration website, connect the wallet that has accumulated Saturn points, sign, and verify their Discord account to complete the registration. Each Discord account can only register one wallet, and the Discord account must be registered for at least 5 days and have completed

Foresight News reports that Zcash wallet Zodl tweeted it is launching its own wallet infrastructure and integrating the OHTTP protocol in cooperation with Cloudflare and Fastly to separate users' IP addresses from wallet request content. User wallets will send requests through independent relays operated by Fastly or Cloudflare; the relays can see user IPs but cannot see the encrypted request content, while Zodl processes requests but cannot see users' original IPs. Previously, the light wallet

Foresight News reports that Babylon tweeted that Aave DAO passed the ARFC proposal on November 9 with 100% approval, enabling native BTC to be supported as collateral on Aave V4 through Babylon's Trustless Bitcoin Vaults. Bitcoin holders can self-custody and lock native BTC in the Bitcoin Vaults to borrow assets like USDT and USDC without wrapping or cross-chain processes. The native BTC collateralization rate is 78%, with a risk premium of 0%. Liquidity mainly comes from the Aave Core Hub, with

Foresight News reports that the official Injective Telegram community admin responded to the Injective network block production halt by stating that Injective is currently coordinating with validators to conduct a planned mainnet upgrade test in preparation for a major network upgrade in the coming weeks. This test is part of Injective's newly launched network readiness program, aimed at verifying the emergency upgrade process and enhancing collaboration between validators and ecosystem partners

Foresight News reports that Cosmos and its supporter, the non-profit Interchain Foundation, have announced the donation of the cross-chain communication protocol IBC to LF Decentralized Trust, a decentralized technology organization under the Linux Foundation. Going forward, IBC will be managed as a project of this organization, with all participants jointly advancing protocol development under a neutral governance framework. This donation is supported by Google Cloud and jointly initiated by r