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According to market news, LayerZero Labs co-founder and CEO Bryan Pellegrino had a heated debate with security researchers today in the ETHSecurity Community Telegram group. The core controversy includes: since LayerZero Labs can immediately upgrade a default library contract without a time limit to forge messages (similar to the case where rsETH was hacked), the LZ OFT, valued at over $3 billion, is recently at risk of being stolen; researcher Banteg pointed out that mainstream projects like Ethena and EtherFi were still using this default library contract weeks ago, and currently, there is still $178 million worth exposed to risk, with these funds coming from projects that are still using the default library.On-chain data shows that LayerZero Labs multi-signature signers participated in non-multi-signature activities such as meme coin trading, DEX exchanges, and cross-chain bridging, which means that the multi-signature keys in the formal environment were connected to websites, increasing phishing risks. Regarding the multi-signature signers of LayerZero using production environment keys for trading activities, Bryan confirmed that the related transactions were completed by members of the multi-signature team, but denied that it was "meme coin trading," explaining it as "testing PEPE on the LZ OFT token standard," and stated that the involved member has been removed. Bryan also suggested that project parties "directly fix configurations" instead of using default configurations to reduce risks. Banteg subsequently tagged a long list of LayerZero users still using the default library contract, pointing out that these projects should migrate to fixed configurations as soon as possible.

OpenAI stated that during a recent industry-wide security incident, potential security issues were discovered in the third-party development library Axios that they use. After investigation, no evidence was found of user data being accessed, systems being compromised, or software being tampered with.Out of caution, OpenAI has initiated security reinforcement measures, focusing on strengthening the authentication mechanism of the macOS application to prevent malicious parties from distributing counterfeit official applications. OpenAI also reminds all macOS users to update to the latest version of the application as soon as possible, either through in-app updates or official channels, to reduce potential risks.

According to The New York Times, Argentine President Milei had seven phone call records with project-related entrepreneur Mauricio Novelli on the night of February 14, 2025, when LIBRA went live, covering the time around his promotional post on X.The report states that newly discovered mobile forensic information also includes suspected payment recordings and draft funding arrangement documents, further raising doubts about Milei's previous claim of "no connection to the project." Milei has not yet been formally charged but has been listed as a key subject of the investigation.

The attacker stole the npm access token of the chief maintainer of Axios, the most popular HTTP client library for JavaScript, and used that token to publish two malicious versions containing cross-platform remote access trojans (RATs) (axios@1.14.1 and axios@0.3.4), targeting macOS, Windows, and Linux systems. The malicious packages were removed from the npm registry about 3 hours after being published.According to data from security company Wiz, Axios is downloaded over 100 million times weekly and exists in about 80% of cloud and code environments. Security company Huntress detected the first infections just 89 seconds after the malicious packages went live and confirmed that at least 135 systems were compromised during the exposure window. Notably, the Axios project had previously deployed modern security measures such as OIDC trusted publishing mechanisms and SLSA provenance proofs, but the attacker completely bypassed these defenses. Investigations revealed that while configuring OIDC, the project retained the traditional long-lived NPM_TOKEN, and npm defaults to using the traditional token when both coexist, allowing the attacker to publish without breaching OIDC.

According to Argentine media El Destape, forensic experts extracted an unpublished document from intermediary Mauricio Novelli's phone, detailing the payment agreement for the Libra token scam, totaling 5 million dollars, primarily pointing to Argentine President Milei.The document shows that the agreement is divided into three payments: an initial payment of 1.5 million dollars in tokens or cash as an advance; a second payment of 1.5 million dollars, contingent on Milei announcing Hayden Davis (CEO of Kelsier Ventures) as his advisor on Twitter; and a final payment of 2 million dollars, contingent on Milei signing a contract regarding blockchain/AI government consulting in person with his sister Karina. The document was created on February 11, 2025, just three days before Milei posted the relevant tweet and the Libra token went live.Call records have also drawn attention. The forensic report shows that Milei had multiple calls with Novelli within minutes before and after the tweet was posted, and his sister Karina was also in frequent contact; after the token price plummeted that night, Milei's advisor Santiago Caputo joined the call circle late at night, with call records indicating that all parties continued to coordinate in response to the crisis.

Bitcoin Core developer Murch announced on February 11 that BIP 360 (Pay to Merkle Root, P2MR) has officially entered the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal repository, marking the first time the Bitcoin development community has incorporated quantum resistance into the official technical roadmap.The proposal was co-authored by Hunter Beast, Ethan Heilman, and Isabel Foxen Duke, and is currently in the review and discussion stage, with no protocol changes activated yet.

Bubblemaps reveals that Hayden Davis, the key figure behind the LIBRA token scam, is actually the second-largest investor in the Pump.fun private round, having invested a total of 50 million USDC, and sold at a total price of 65 million dollars on the first day of listing. Most people remember that Pump.fun raised 500 million dollars in a public offering in July 2025, but few recall that they also conducted a private financing round with several undisclosed investors.After investing 50 million dollars, Hayden Davis's active address received 12.5 billion tokens when the PUMP token was launched, valued at 73 million dollars, with expected earnings of 15 million dollars. This address had been previously identified, but its actual owner has only been confirmed now. It is still unclear whether Pump.fun's officials are aware of this, but the address is clearly linked to Hayden Davis on-chain and is interconnected in various ways.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve official Daly stated that the Fed's policy is currently in a good state, but it still needs to be calibrated cautiously.

According to Arkham data, at 20:27, 69,265.89 SOL (worth approximately $8.9519 million) was transferred from Libra to an anonymous address (starting with oHtMM...).

According to The Block, the Argentine Congressional Investigation Committee has released a final report accusing President Javier Milei of providing key cooperation in the $LIBRA cryptocurrency collapse and suggesting that Congress evaluate whether it constitutes misconduct.The report shows that Milei promoted the $LIBRA token on his personal social media accounts, after which 8 wallets associated with the Libra team cashed out $107 million, resulting in losses for 114,410 investor wallets. This 200-page report is titled "$LIBRA is Not an Isolated Incident" and reveals a series of systemic issues. The investigation found that the Milei government also promoted a cryptocurrency called the KIP protocol, which experienced a liquidity pool being drained after its launch in December 2024.The committee believes this indicates the government's intention to bypass regulatory bodies such as the National Securities Commission (CNV). Currently, Milei and Libra founders, including American entrepreneur Hayden Davis, are facing judicial investigations in Argentina and a class-action lawsuit filed by Burwick Law in New York. Milei has denied any wrongdoing and disbanded the special investigative task force established by his office in May, after a judge had previously ordered the Argentine Central Bank to unfreeze the bank accounts of the president and his sister, Karina Milei.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the LIBRA team has spent 61.59 million USDC to buy 456,393 SOL at a price of 135 dollars.

According to blockchain analysis platform Bubblemaps, two wallets related to the scandal of the meme coin LIBRA, supported by Argentine President Milei, exchanged 60 million USDC for SOL after a period of silence.

According to market news, the LIBRA team extracted 3.94 million USDC from the liquidity pool, after which two wallets collectively purchased 456,401 SOL, costing approximately 61.59 million dollars, with an average entry price of 135 dollars.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the LIBRA token team has just withdrawn 3.94 million USDC from the liquidity pool and spent 17 million USDC to purchase 127,774 SOL at a price of 133 USDC each.

According to Cryptopolitan, Argentine judge Marcelo Giorgi has ordered the freezing of assets related to the scandal involving the meme coin LIBRA, supported by President Milei. An indefinite "prohibition order" has been imposed on the property and financial assets of Hayden Davis and two cryptocurrency operators (Argentinian Orlando Mellino and Colombian Favio Rodriguez). The cryptocurrency wallets of these two operators have shown suspicious activity and are currently under judicial review.Federal prosecutor Eduardo Taino requested this measure, supported by a technical report from departments related to financial investigations and illegal asset recovery, which recommended filing charges against the three individuals. The judge determined that the case met the criteria for reasonable suspicion and risk of delay, approving the asset preservation request, resulting in investor losses of approximately $100 million to $120 million.The judge emphasized that the prohibition order is only valid for a strictly necessary period and ordered notification to the National Securities Commission, expanding the scope of the asset freeze to all relevant platforms within Argentina. Additionally, the prosecution found that 42 minutes after Milei tweeted a selfie with Davis, Davis transferred $507,500 via Bitget, and these transfers may constitute indirect bribery.

According to the tracking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData X, in the past 7 days, the decentralized artificial intelligence operating library Gradient Network has been the project with the most new followers among X (Twitter) Top personalities. New influential figures on X who have followed this project include DeFi analyst Ignas (@DefiIgnas), DeFi analyst Ignas (@DefiIgnas), and Mr. Block (@mrblocktw).

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized staking protocol Lido has launched the Earn tab to showcase a selection of various strategy pools. The first project to go live is the GG Vault (GGV) launched by Veda Labs, which provides one-click access to "blue-chip" DeFi strategies using ETH, WETH, stETH, or wstETH. The second project to go live is the Decentralized Validator Vault (DVV) developed by Mellow, expected to launch in mid-September.