⬢ GM Security — 2026-07-18: $47.3M across 30 incidents

Daily crypto security briefing

2026-07-18 08:00 UTC · last 72h · 30 items · $47.3M reported losses · 22 sources

📊 Trend tracker

11 new today · 19 developing
7-day: 111 incidents, $238.0M stolen (-92% vs prior week)
30-day: 433 incidents, $5.43B stolen
7-day vectors: oracle manipulation (12), smart-contract bug (4), phishing / wallet drainer (4)
Repeat targets (30d): bitcoin (19), trump (11), coinbase (10), certik (10), ethereum (8)

Last 24 hours

[EXPLOIT · DEVELOPING · day 3] SummerFi to Wind Down After Seven Years, Citing Exploit (The Defiant)
[OTHER · DEVELOPING · day 15] eToro Takes Strategic Stake in Onchain Derivatives Exchange Extended, Plans Zengo Tie-Up (The Defiant)
[OTHER · NEW] Elizabeth Warren corners Trump over $1.4B crypto fortune (crypto.news)
[OTHER · NEW] Consensys halts releases after North Korea-linked developer gains access (crypto.news)
[EXPLOIT · NEW] Piero Cipollone rattles Coinbase and Circle with stablecoin warning (crypto.news)
[EXPLOIT · NEW] ECB Warns Stablecoins May Drain Bank Deposits—Here's What That Means (Decrypt)
[ADVISORY · NEW] OpenZeppelin Stack for Zama: Smart Accounts Audit (OpenZeppelin)
[ENFORCEMENT · NEW] SBI Holdings seizes control of Coinhako in Singapore crypto push (crypto.news)
[EXPLOIT · NEW] Three Men Jailed for Posing as Police in $5.3M UK Crypto Fraud — ~$5.3M (Decrypt)
[OTHER · NEW] Is there a Robinhood Chain token? (crypto.news)
[ENFORCEMENT · NEW] Taiwan court sentences BitShine founder to 22 years in $39M crypto fraud — ~$1.27B (crypto.news)
[ENFORCEMENT · NEW] Taiwan sentences BitShine crypto exchange ringleader to 22 years in $39 million fraud case: reports (The Block)
[ENFORCEMENT · DEVELOPING · day 4] Argentine judge orders freeze of 25 crypto wallets in $LIBRA probe (crypto.news)

Earlier · 24–72h

[ENFORCEMENT · DEVELOPING · day 2] Dutch crypto exchange Knaken bankrupt as €7M in funds goes missing (crypto.news)
[EXPLOIT · DEVELOPING · day 2] Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky confirms X hack after crypto tokenization posts (crypto.news)
also: CoinDesk
[ADVISORY · DEVELOPING · day 2] USDT vs USDC: Comparing the Two Largest Stablecoins (The Block)
[EXPLOIT · DEVELOPING · day 2] BlockThreat - Week 28, 2026 (BlockThreat)
[OTHER · DEVELOPING · day 2] Bitcoin Q-Day Recovery Proposal Aims to Let Users Prove Ownership After Quantum Attack (Decrypt)
[EXPLOIT · DEVELOPING · day 2] Ostium Vault Exploiter Routes 10,540 ETH to Tornado Cash — ~$24.0M (The Defiant)
[OTHER · DEVELOPING · day 2] UK gang who posed as cops to steal $5.4M in crypto jailed (Protos)
also: The Block
[ADVISORY · DEVELOPING · day 2] QuicknodeEarn Audit (OpenZeppelin)
[OTHER · DEVELOPING · day 2] Crypto for Advisors: Strengthening defenses against AI fraud (CoinDesk)
[ENFORCEMENT · DEVELOPING · day 2] A crypto risk management framework for financial institutions (Elliptic)
[EXPLOIT · DEVELOPING · day 2] Morning Minute: Base Hands Its App Over to Cobie (Decrypt)
[ADVISORY · DEVELOPING · day 2] DefiTuna Lending — exploit — $580K (SlowMist Hacked DB)
also: DeFiLlama Hacks DB
[ENFORCEMENT · DEVELOPING · day 2] Feds Arrest Florida Man Over Video Game Malware That Stole $220K in Crypto — ~$220K (Decrypt)
[ENFORCEMENT · DEVELOPING · day 3] OFAC Sanctions Iran Central Bank Crypto Wallets, Freezing $131M in Stablecoins (Chainalysis)
[EXPLOIT · DEVELOPING · day 3] Another DeFi Exploit: Perp DEX Ostium Loses $18 Million in Oracle Attack — ~$18.0M (Decrypt)

🧠 Deep reads

💡 Security thought-spark

Set a circuit breaker: auto-pause if outflows exceed N% of TVL in a single block. Bybit-scale losses happen in minutes, not days.

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