
Cosmos restarted to seize $2.2 million in stolen ATOM, but 169,000 tokens still escaped
The chain-wide pause reached unrelated Hub users; secured Neutron-linked funds now sit in a validator multisig.

The chain-wide pause reached unrelated Hub users; secured Neutron-linked funds now sit in a validator multisig.

The Hub produced no blocks for 24 hours and 48 minutes. The attacker bought voting power for 20,199 USDC and staked it 12 minutes before an expedited Neutron proposal closed.

The incident highlights the critical need for robust governance security and cross-chain risk management in decentralized ecosystems.

In what’s been a rough few months for Cosmos ecosystem projects, the latest incident saw Cosmos Hub halted for over 24 hours.

ZetaChain tokenholders approved a 1:1 ZETA migration to Solana, but the Cosmos-based Layer 1 will keep running until a second vote sets terms.

ZetaChain plans to wind down its Cosmos-based layer 1 and migrate ZETA to Solana, joining other crypto projects moving away from standalone chains.

Balances, history and transactions remain unavailable in the app, but Ledger lists Cosmostation and Keplr for urgent access.

Two more projects in the Cosmos ecosystem affected by an exploit which saw 40 BTC of unbacked nBTC minted in late June.

Holders can use supported exchanges, Noble DEXs or CCTP V1 beforehand; afterward, Circle’s manual redemption process requires approval.

The adoption of Injective USDC as the standard across Cosmos could streamline operations but introduces a single point of dependency risk.

The discontinuation of USDC support on Noble could disrupt Cosmos' DeFi ecosystem, necessitating urgent adaptation and contingency planning.

Cosmos has launched a 17-company partner network as it prepares for a Wells Fargo tokenized-deposit rollout planned for fall 2026, according to its chief commercial officer. Cosmos Chief Commercial Officer Eran Barak told crypto.news that the Partner Network is designed…

Cosmos launched a 17-member partner network with BitGo, Galaxy and OpenZeppelin to help banks deploy tokenized deposits and digital assets.

ATOM rallied 12% as trading activity, leveraged participation, and whale-sized orders strengthened around its breakout.

The Cosmos Partner Network streamlines digital asset adoption for banks, potentially accelerating institutional integration and market growth.

VVV has rocketed the most over the past 24 hours, jumping by more than 50%. LIT, ATOM, and DOT follow suit.

Polkadot rose 16.7% on the day and 42.5% on the week, with Cosmos Hub, Decred and Ethereum Classic all up more than 8%, while bitcoin ended the first U.S. session since Labor Day down 0.83% at $78,539. Polymarket traders raised the odds of a quarter-point Federal Reserve increase next week to

Cosmos Labs has disclosed that attackers exploited a critical Cosmos EVM vulnerability across six blockchain networks between Aug. 20 and Aug. 25, converting stolen tokens into about $5.72 million in assets through decentralized and centralized exchanges. Cosmos Labs said in…

MANTRA Chain, which lost $3.6 million, claimed the patch was only released 20 hours before the attack began and did not identify the flaw it fixed.

The upstream fix reached release branches hours before the incident, while MANTRA says none of the tokens have been recovered.