Cybersecurity firm Group-IB found the DeadLock ransomware is exploiting Polygon smart contracts to create a resilient ...

The ransomware family’s abuse of Polygon smart contracts echoes techniques recently seen in Ethereum-based attacks.

Fighting financial crime doesn’t have to come at the cost of privacy Legend has it that gangster Al Capone hid the illicit origins of his wealth by using laundromats as a front. Ever since, ...

While the market watches the price of crypto, another indicator emerges. Ethereum recorded a record 8.7 million smart contracts deployed in the fourth quarter, according to Token Terminal. This peak ...

What Is Driving Record Activity on Ethereum? Ethereum closed the fourth quarter with a sharp surge in developer activity, even as Ether’s price lagged broader crypto momentum. Data from Token Terminal ...

The current 8.7 million record high happens one year after Ethereum’s worst quarter in newly deployed contracts: only 528,100 in Q4 2024.Analyst Joseph Young explained, “This is organic growth” of a ...

Token Terminal data revealed that smart contracts deployed on the Ethereum network hit an all-time high of 8.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2025. The surge was driven by ETF approvals, which ...

XRP fell 13% in 2025 despite beating the SEC and attracting over $1B in ETF inflows within weeks of launch. XRP ETF approval in November brought $1 billion in institutional inflows within four weeks ...

Ethereum is unique among cryptocurrencies in that it is as much a commodity to be converted from ETH to USD as it is a global software platform that operates on blockchain technology. The ecosystem ...

A new malware implant called EtherRAT, deployed in a recent React2Shell attack, runs five separate Linux persistence mechanisms and leverages Ethereum smart contracts for communication with the ...

Recent tests by Anthropic have revealed how far AI has come in targeting smart contract vulnerabilities on various blockchains, though the progress largely builds on flaws that humans have already ...

AI agents are now capable of exploiting smart contracts on Ethereum and other blockchains, raising urgent questions about the economic risks of autonomous cyber capabilities. A joint project by ...