Blast shuts down $20M layer-2 network, forcing Oct. 26 exit deadline
Ethereum layer-2 network built around native yield Blast said on Oct. 2 that it will shut down because maintaining the chain costs more than it earns. The project asked users to move their assets to Ethereum mainnet by Oct. 26 to withdraw through its…
Pragma flags 6 price feeds as critical risk following $3.5M Starknet lending exploit
Oracle provider Pragma classified 6 of 22 mainnet market and rate feeds as critical risk in a Sept. 18 assessment, warning lenders that an available token price does not establish that collateral can be sold to cover a loan. The liquidity report followed…
7-day blockchain outage wipes out a full week of staking rewards after emergency aelf shutdown
aelf, a blockchain network built around its AELF MainChain and tDVV dAppChain, has restored public node access and several core services after malicious smart-contract activity led to a controlled recovery. The incident halted block production for…
Cosmos is back online after outage, but Ledger users still can’t see or send their ATOM
Ledger’s status page continued to list Cosmos (ATOM) as a major outage on Sept. 13, leaving users unable to view ATOM balances or transaction history and unable to submit transactions through Ledger Wallet more than four days after the incident…
A major outage and corporate backlash hit Robinhood Chain at the peak of its growth
Robinhood Chain’s rapid growth ran into two problems at once on Sept. 4 as the network briefly stopped producing blocks while AMC challenged its fast-growing Stock Token business. On Sept. 4, the Ethereum layer-2 network halted block production for at…
Stopping a blockchain doesn’t always recover stolen funds – What actually happened when 3 networks pulled the plug
Three blockchain networks stopped producing blocks within four days. Each blockchain halt used different emergency powers, and Cronos alone also replaced part of its canonical history. Cronos said validators halted the network by consensus after an…
Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue
Ontology suspended mainnet block production to investigate a potential security concern, pausing the network while its technical team and validators reviewed the issue. A public-node snapshot showed a gap of about five hours and six minutes since the…