The "Hack3D: The Web3 Security Report," published by CertiK, a security company, reveals that blockchain projects experienced 184 security incidents in the second quarter of 2024, resulting in losses totaling $688 million. This marks a 37% increase from the previous quarter.
The team behind Chromia, a relational blockchain for decentralized applications, has announced the mainnet launch set for July 16, 2024. Chromia employs its unique programming language, Rell, which highly resembles traditional SQL.
Worldcoin has introduced its L2 blockchain, World Chain, for a limited number of developers to test and give feedback before the mainnet launch by the end of summer 2024. Developers can also pre-deploy their applications.
Security company SlowMist has analyzed reports of stolen cryptocurrency assets for the second quarter of 2024, which were collected through the MistTrack platform. This analysis only considered hack reports submitted via the official form, identifying three primary attack methods: theft of private keys, the use of fake crypto wallets, and phishing.