BNB Chain responds with next steps for cross-chain security after network exp...
The BNB Chain team released its official statement on Oct. 7 regarding the hack and stolen funds, and a second statement on Oct. 11 on network decentralization. BNB Chain, the native blockchain of Binance Coin (BNB) and the Binance crypto exchange, has been subject to security-related developments over the last month.On Thursday, Oct. 6 the network experienced a multi-million dollar cross-chain exploit. The incident caused BNB Chain to temporarily suspend all withdrawal and deposit activity on the network.Initially, the announcement of the network outage cited “irregular activity” with an....
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Synapse Network is developing the first cross-chain investment ecosystem based on blockchain technology. It will offer five cross-chain products for the cryptocurrency sector, including a DEX and DeFi marketplace, saving a lot of time and effort to everyone frustrated with the current fractured landscape. Trade ETH to MATIC or BNB in Just One Swap Technology specialist Synapse Network will provide investors with a simple one-stop-shop solution to consolidate their transactions. Compared to a multichain solution, where you need to invest into one of multiple pools – a costly and....
The Bnb Smart Chain commenced the blockchain’s hard fork on October 12, at block height 22,107,423, in order to add a security patch to “mitigate the cross-chain infrastructure between [the] Beacon Chain and Smart Chain.” Binance and the Bnb Smart Chain suspended withdrawals and deposits on Wednesday in order to execute the upgrade. Not too long after, Binance noted that the upgrade was complete a touch after 5 a.m. (ET) on Wednesday morning.
Bnb Smart Chain Hard Forks to Apply Exploit Patch
Five days ago, the Bnb Smart Chain was exploited for roughly $100....
On Monday, the cross-chain token bridge Nomad was attacked and hackers managed to siphon $190 million from the protocol, draining a great majority of the funds. The Nomad cross-chain bridge attack was the third-biggest crypto heist of 2022, and the ninth largest of all time.
Nomad Cross-Chain Bridge Exploited for $190 Million
Cross-chain bridges in the world of decentralized finance (defi) just can’t catch a break no matter how long they have been running and even after the bridges have been audited. On August 1, 2022, the cross-chain bridge Nomad suffered an attack that....
During the last few months, cross-chain bridge technology has grown a great deal and users can now swap assets between a myriad of networks. Today, between eight different bridges there’s $7.6 billion total-value locked across these platforms.
Cross-Chain Bridges
There’s a decent quantity of cross-chain blockchain bridges these days and it has allowed users to do a variety of different decentralized finance (defi) techniques. Interestingly, a great deal of bridges connect to the Ethereum (ETH) network, as they have Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)....
Although cross-chain bridges have proven useful so far, the time has come to look beyond these semi-archaic solutions. When suer funds are at stake, it is safe to say the approach may not be ideal. Portal puts an end to wrapped tokens and third-party custody through its multi-chain atomic swap-based approach. Cross-chain Bridges Fail To […]