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One week of blockchain security, distilled.
The incidents, vulnerabilities, postmortems, and research worth your attention, in one briefing a week. Curated and analyzed by hand: what broke, the lessons worth keeping, statistics back to 2011. That is how threats get named here before they become breaches.
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Follow the latest attacks, vulnerabilities, technical deep dives, threat research, defensive tools, major ecosystem updates, and emerging trends. BlockThreat has covered the whole field without a gap since 2019, not one corner of it.
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See the trends and top attack vectors gaining momentum, plus the emerging risks before they become the next major incidents.
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Weekly briefing
BlockThreat - Week 6, 2026
Bear markets don’t slow hackers down. They make them deadlier. The data reveals why 2026 is shaping up to be brutal and highlights the latest emerging threats. Read this edition
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BlockThreat - January, 2026
$103.7M lost across 28 DeFi incidents. Lessons and attack patterns shaping blockchain security. Read this edition
Deep dive
BlockThreat - Defending DeFi in the Age of AI Offensive Tooling
AI changes the timeline, but does it change the game? A reality check on offensive AI tooling, human audits, and defense before hype and panic harden into bad security decisions. Read this edition
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