CipherOwl

📰 Introducing the CipherOwl Weekly Briefing 📰 If your a compliance team, exchange, DeFi protocol or anyone who can't afford to fall behind in compliance, this show is for you! Every week, our Head of Sales Zachary Martin and our Head of Crypto Intelligence break down the most critical developments in crypto security, exploits, and global compliance in just 20 mins so you can stay informed without spending hours reading everything yourself. Here's what we're covering: 🔓 The Week in Exploits - CrossCurve suffered a $2.9M bridge exploit 🔍 Deep Dive Into A $6M Bitcoin ransom demand 🌍 Compliance Corner hitting the U.S., UK, China, South Korea, Dubai, and Canada 📡 Week Ahead Watch for what you should have on your radar for the coming days

@tayvano_ Decentralization is the shield 🛡️ for the illegal acts

Anddddd it’s gone. Everyone say thank you to Thorchain for providing such a valuable service to DPRK and helping them get away once again.

DeFi is not a game; handling other people's money is a high-stakes job - lets be serious about that.

This impact is huge! Each protocol using Vercel should check and never, ever store any secrets on the frontend...

@IntCyberDigest This impact is huge! Each protocol using Vercel should check and never, ever store any secrets on the frontend...

🚨 BREAKING: Vercel has been breached. A threat actor has listed their customers' data, source code, databases, and keys up for sale. Vercel has also publicly disclosed they've identified a security incident involving unauthorized access to their internal systems.

@stacy_muur Thanks for the nice write-up, stay safe!

@officer_secret @zachxbt Another one - we are also busy during weekend ….

According to @zachxbt , a victim appears to have had $280M+ stolen from various DeFi protocls one hour ago on Ethereum and Arbitrum. The attack addresses were funded via Tornado Cash. Theft addresses: 0x5d3919F12bCc35c26Eee5F8226A9bee90c257Ccc| 0xBb6A6006Eb71205e977eCeb19FCaD1C8d631C787 0x1F4C1c2e610f089D6914c4448E6F21Cb0db3adeF 0xeBA786C9517a4823A5cFD9c72e4E80BF8168129B 0xCBb24A6B4DAfaAA1a759A2F413eA0eB6AE1455CC 0x8d11AeAC74267DD5C56D371bf4AE1AFA174C2d49

@officer_secret @zachxbt We are busy during this weekend.….

Everyone should read - in full - be safe!

Slowly ... and suddenly - let’s not be masked by the short-term noise.

@Etherealize_io We knew the stablecoin trx will be 100x by 2030 - are we ready?

Coinbase CEO: Stablecoins transactions will grow by more than 100x as AI agents outnumber human beings “The most interesting thing we see now is that AI agents are increasingly transacting using stablecoins. There’s this emerging area called ‘agentic commerce’, and if you believe as I do that eventually there will be more AI agents than human beings . . . and because stablecoin payments are so fast, cheap, and global, I think there will actually be several orders of magnitude more transactions every day — maybe smaller dollar values — as machine-to-machine payments really start to take off.” Source: @NorgesBank (Mar 2026)

@xiao_zcloak @DBCrypt0 It is a wrapper

@DBCrypt0 This is what happens when a centralized product is presented as if it were decentralized.

🚨BREAKING: Drift Protocol just got drained for over $200 million Solana's largest perps DEX. Gone in one transaction batch. The attacker didn't find a smart contract bug. They didn't exploit a flash loan. They walked in with the keys. On-chain data shows a single account initiating massive outbound transfers. SOL, JitoSOL, WETH, wrapped BTC, stablecoins in USD, EUR, and JPY. Even FARTCOIN. They took the FARTCOIN. A blockchain security researcher confirmed what everyone suspected: a private key compromise. The admin signer was either leaked or someone with access pulled the trigger themselves. And here's what makes it worse. The attacker funded the wallets a week before the exploit. Ran a test transaction. Then waited. This wasn't a hack. This was a heist with a rehearsal. Phantom Wallet already cut off access to the protocol. Drift posted about "unusual activity" and told users to stop depositing. $200 million gone and the official response is "unusual activity." Some estimates put the real number closer to $270 million. We won't know until the dust settles and the wallets stop moving. The funds are already being swapped to USDC and bridged to Ethereum. Classic exit playbook. This is potentially the largest Web3 exploit in three years. But who needs security when you have speed, right Kyle? 🚀

@jack Light-out Firm - x.com/leozc/status/2…

Are we in a bear market?

Shipped ghostwriter -- feedback welcome! github.com/leozc/ghostwri…

GenoBank (@genobank_io) is expanding on Story with its BioIP platform, bringing genomic data onchain and showing how personal data can become a user-owned, revenue-generating asset class within a programmable IP framework. ➤ GenoBank enables genomic data to be registered as programmable digital assets that individuals can own, license, and monetize. The platform supports 7,000+ genomic accounts, 150+ research partnerships, and $6.9M+ in tokenized BioIP value. ℹ️ GenoBank’s BioRouter system, deployed across six smart contracts, enables AI agents to discover, pay for, and access genomic files through micropayment-based licensing without permanent data exposure. Each access generates a time-limited download link, and consent can be revoked at any time. GenoBank is also integrated with Story’s IP Vault, allowing researchers and AI agents to access specific gene sequences (such as BRCA mutations) without receiving the full genome, with every access tracked through Story’s IP licensing.

Now, your agent has the tool to protect itself from interacting with illicit actors - github.com/cipherowl-ai/c…

@TrendingBitcoin Agree 👍 - your assets would be safe!

SEC Chair Paul Atkins: 🇺🇸“All U.S. markets will be on chain within two years.”

Onchain transactions will be 100x by 2030, but we have a hard time understanding all the details we should - luckily, we will have a very capable onchain investigator very soon!