Attack on Aevo Ribbon DOV Vault Results in $2.7 Million Loss
On December 12, the old version of the Ribbon DOV vault on the Aevo platform was attacked due to a vulnerability in the smart contract, resulting in a loss of approximately $2.7 million and 32% of assets. The platform continues to operate, all Ribbon vaults are halted and will be deactivated. Users are advised to withdraw their funds after the contract update, which will be released next week, and compensation claims can be submitted until June 12, 2026, with potential payouts of up to 19% of the lost funds.

Huma Finance and Obligate Join Forces for Rare Earth Mineral Trading on Solana
Huma Finance, Obligate, and TradeFlow Capital announced a partnership to provide liquidity in stablecoins on the Solana platform, simplifying global trade of rare earth minerals. The agreement was announced at the Solana Breakpoint conference.

Ethereum increased the blob size in the block to 15
The Ethereum Foundation announced the activation of EIP-1, which increased the blob size in the block to 15, enabling second-layer scaling solutions without a hard fork. In January, EIP-2 is scheduled to be launched with an even greater capacity increase.

The Aster Fund burned 77.86 million ASTER tokens worth $79.81 million as part of a buyback
The Aster Fund destroyed 77.86 million ASTER tokens, which accounts for 50% of the tokens repurchased during season S3, totaling approximately $79.81 million. This operation was confirmed by on-chain data.

Arkham Swap launched with support for five blockchains
Arkham has launched Arkham Swap, allowing users to exchange tokens directly on Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, and Optimism platforms. The new service is already available to all Arkham users without restrictions.

Georgia and Hedera plan to transfer the land cadastre to blockchain and tokenize real estate
The Ministry of Justice of Georgia has signed a memorandum with the Hedera blockchain to explore the possibility of transferring land cadastre data to the blockchain. This will enhance the protection of property rights, transparency, and reliability of real estate recordkeeping.

Trading Volume on Hyperliquid and other Perp DEX exceeded $10 billion
In the last 24 hours, the trading volume on the Lighter, Aster, and Hyperliquid platforms exceeded $10 billion for the first time in nearly 10 days. Thus, the trading volume for Hyperliquid amounted to around $102.2 billion, TVL — $42.8 billion, and open interest — $59.5 billion. Other DEXs are also demonstrating increased activity and a recovery in volumes.

The startup Nillion is developing a long-term buyback program after the sharp decline of NIL$NIL .

$WLFI The Trump family crypto project WLFI will distribute 8.4 million coins among participants of the USD1 rewards program.
The crypto project WLFI announced that its partner CEX will distribute 8.4 million WLFI coins among participants of the USD1 reward program. The program will expand with new ways to earn bonuses, trading pairs, and integrations with DeFi, which will increase the usage and adoption of USD1.

The Decentralized Exchange Aster has completed compensation payments to users who lost funds due to an error in the perpetual contract of the XPL coin from the stablecoin pro project Plasma.
On September 25, the price of the coin on the platform soared to $4, while on other exchanges the figure was around $1.3. According to Abhishek Pava, the founder of the Web3 agency AP Collective, the problem arose due to an incorrectly configured index, manually set by the Aster team at $1.

BitMine continues to strengthen its position in the market very actively. It has become known that the organization recently acquired additional ether coins worth over $200 million. This has brought the company's cryptocurrency treasury to an impressive $9.2 billion. This move indicates that BitMine is making a serious bet on cryptocurrency technologies, which is especially felt in the context of declining demand for traditional financial assets.

#CRO Trumps are going to pump $CRO
Trump Media, in partnership with Yorkville and Crypto, is creating the Trump Media Group CRO Strategy, which will allocate:
➖ $1 billion for the purchase of tokens $CRO
➖ $5 billion credit line, if necessary — will go towards the purchase of $CRO
➖ $200 million — reserve for operational expenses
➖ $220 million — guarantees for the future
Trump Media also integrates a wallet.