ChainCatcher news, according to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, zkLink (ZKL) will unlock approximately 19.4861 million tokens at 00:00 Beijing time on February 22, worth about 2.3241 million USD.

ChainCatcher message, zkLend has released a post-incident analysis of the security event on platform X, which indicates that zkLend was attacked starting from February 11, resulting in a loss of approximately $9.6 million:Before considering restarting the protocol, the security team and auditors will deploy security patches and conduct a thorough review.Continue to collaborate with zeroShadow to trace further fund flows.Regularly provide the community with transparent updates, informing them of the progress of the situation and the measures taken to protect user funds.Subsequently, collect community suggestions and feedback to formulate a fair and appropriate compensation plan.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from zkLend, since the hacker did not contact the project team before the deadline, the zkLend team has submitted an incident report to the Hong Kong police, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security and initiated an investigation.The investigation shows that the hacker is related to attacks on other DeFi protocols that occurred previously. The project team has monitored the flow of funds and identified multiple related wallet addresses, and the relevant information has been submitted to centralized exchanges. zkLend will announce the fund recovery and release plan next week, while the security team is preparing a post-incident analysis report.Previously, it was reported that zkLend was attacked by hackers, and the team issued an announcement through the ZEND token deployer account, proposing that the hacker could keep 10% of the funds as a white hat reward.

ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist founder Cosine posted on X confirming that the hacker who attacked zkLend is the same as the hacker who attacked EraLend in July 2023.

ChainCatcher news reports that according to Yu Xian, the founder of Slow Mist, the lending protocol zkLend on the Starknet chain was hacked on February 12, resulting in losses exceeding $9.5 million. The reason for the attack lies in the safeMath library used by its market contract, which employs direct division for calculations. This led to a rounding error in the actual number of zTokens that needed to be burned during withdrawals, which the attacker exploited for profit.On-chain data shows that the attacker's address has an active history of 235 days and has interaction records with multiple platforms, including Binance. The hacker has since transferred the stolen funds across chains, with most of it moved to the Ethereum network. Yu Xian stated that by tracking the associated Starknet addresses, it was discovered that this attacker is linked to the hacking incident of EraLend on July 25, 2023.

ChainCatcher message, StarkWare posted on the X platform stating that the dApp zkLend built on Starknet was attacked by hackers. The StarkWare team immediately initiated a coordinated response and took the following steps:Alerted the zkLend team to suspicious activities.Worked closely with cybersecurity firms to investigate the incident.Confirmed that the vulnerability does not involve a flaw in Starknet's core technology, but rather an irreparable application-specific issue.

ChainCatcher message, regarding today's zkLend theft of over 9 million dollars, SlowMist released an analysis stating that the core reason for this attack lies in the safeMath library used in the market contract. During division calculations, direct division was used, resulting in a rounding vulnerability when calculating the actual amount of zToken that needs to be burned during withdrawals. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to gain illegal benefits.Users are advised to closely monitor their asset status on zkLend and temporarily halt any deposit actions related to zkLend to avoid potential losses.

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist Yu Sen posted on platform X stating that hackers have cross-chain transferred the stolen funds from zkLend on the Starknet network to other networks, with most of the funds flowing to the Ethereum network.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cyvers Alerts monitoring, the lending protocol zkLend suffered a vulnerability attack on the Starknet network, resulting in a loss of $4.9 million. The attacker attempted to transfer the stolen funds across chains to Ethereum and launder them through the privacy protocol Railgun, but due to Railgun's policy restrictions, the funds were forcibly returned to the original address.In previous news, zkLend has offered a 10% white hat hacker bounty to the attacker through on-chain messages, and the related transaction has been confirmed on the Ethereum blockchain.

ChainCatcher message, zkLend suffered a hacker attack this morning. The team issued an announcement through the ZEND token deployer account, proposing that the hacker may keep 10% of the funds as a white hat reward, but must return the remaining 3,300 ETH to a designated address by February 14 at 00:00 (UTC). zkLend promises that once the transfer is received, all liabilities of the hacker in this attack will be waived.Earlier news stated that zkLend reported a security incident and has urgently suspended the withdrawal function, urging users to pause deposit and repayment operations.

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement from zkLend, the protocol is currently experiencing a security incident. The team is investigating the specific reasons and has suspended withdrawals. The official call to users is to refrain from making deposits or repayments until further notice.

ChainCatcher news reports that according to RootData market data, the zkLink token (ZKL) has increased by 44.15% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $0.147.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, zkLink is a transaction-centric multi-chain L2 network with unified liquidity protected by ZK-Rollups. dApps built on the zkLink L2 network leverage seamless multi-chain liquidity to provide rapid deployment solutions for decentralized and non-custodial order books, AMMs, derivatives, and NFT exchanges. zkLink operates as a trustless, permissionless, and non-custodial interoperability protocol designed to connect different blockchains, eliminate discrepancies between different tokens, and address the liquidity island problem formed by isolated chains.

ChainCatcher news, zkLink Core DAO has decided to postpone its token allocation plan (originally scheduled to start on October 22) by six months, involving 40.5% of the total supply of ZKL.The zkLink team and advisors will start receiving tokens from early private sale buyers on April 22, 2025, and the total amount of vested tokens will remain unchanged.This move comes ahead of a series of planned token unlocks.

According to ChainCatcher news, data from RootData shows that the zkLink token (ZKL) has increased by 80.22% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $0.171.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData indicates that zkLink is a transaction-centric multi-chain L2 network with unified liquidity protected by ZK-Rollups. dApps built on the zkLink L2 network leverage seamless multi-chain liquidity to provide rapid deployment solutions for decentralized and non-custodial order books, AMMs, derivatives, and NFT exchanges. zkLink operates as a trustless, permissionless, and non-custodial interoperability protocol designed to connect different blockchains, eliminate discrepancies between different tokens, and address the liquidity island problem formed by isolated chains.

ChainCatcher message, zkLend announced on social media that it has integrated the price feed service of the oracle service Chainlink, which will cover the prices of USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH, wstETH, STRK, and DAI on zkLend.

ChainCatcher message, as the first liquidity infrastructure focused on improving capital efficiency on zkLink, Sumer.money officially launched on the zkLink mainnet on August 16. At the same time, assets such as USDT, USDC, wBTC, ETH, and solvBTC.m will receive up to 20 times Nova Points and up to 4 times Sumer early bird points, provided by zkLink, as rewards for users providing liquidity.Previously, Sumer.money had received investments from multiple VCs including Pantera, and supports several ecosystems such as Arbitrum, Base, and Meter.

ChainCatcher message, announced by UXUY incubated by Binance Labs, declares $ZKL as the third project of the platform's Launchpool. From August 12, 8:00 to August 15, 8:00 (UTC), during the event, users can stake USDC (Base Chain) or INDS (BRC-20) in the Launchpool section of the UXUY APP, and share the $ZKL reward pool according to the amount and duration of their stake. Rewards will be distributed to users' UXUY wallets within 24 hours after the event ends.It is reported that zkLink's zkLink Nova is a multi-chain aggregation Layer 3 network based on zero-knowledge proof technology. It uses zkLink's independently developed multi-chain ZK-Rollup architecture to aggregate fragmented liquidity from L1 and multiple L2 networks, providing developers with a unified access point. zkLink recently received strategic investment from OKX Ventures.UXUY founder Kevin stated, "ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups, as mainstream scaling solutions for Ethereum, have improved efficiency but also caused fragmentation of liquidity and assets. zkLink's initiative effectively addresses this issue, and UXUY will continue to collaborate with zkLink to promote the occurrence of crypto equality."

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, OKX Ventures has completed a strategic investment in zkLink.The zkLink Nova created by zkLink is a multi-chain aggregation Layer 3 network based on zero-knowledge proof technology. It uses zkLink's independently developed multi-chain ZK-Rollup architecture to aggregate the fragmented liquidity of multiple Layer 1 blockchains and Layer 2 Rollup networks, providing developers with a unified access point. Since 2021, zkLink has developed into an aggregation infrastructure for assets, liquidity, and applications across various L1 and Ethereum L2, offering two core solutions: zkLink Nova and zkLink X.Dora Yue, founder of OKX Ventures, stated: "With the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade, ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups have become more prosperous as mainstream scaling solutions, exemplified by Arbitrum One, which ranks first in TVL at $16 billion, accounting for 41%; meanwhile, the flourishing of Layer 2 networks has brought challenges of liquidity fragmentation and interoperability. zkLink's multi-chain aggregation layer solution enhances capital efficiency and utilization. OKX Ventures continues to be optimistic about the liquidity aggregation layer protocol represented by zkLink, constantly improving Web3 infrastructure to prepare for accommodating millions of users."

ChainCatcher message, the L3 zkEVM Rollup network zkLink Nova announces that the Aggregation Parade Season 2 has officially begun.Starting from May 31, 2024, the Aggregation Parade Season 2 will distribute $ZKL rewards by Epoch, with each Epoch lasting approximately 6 weeks. There will be at least three Epochs until all 30 million $ZKL are distributed.The total prize pool for Season 2 of the Aggregation Parade is 30 million ZKL (3% of the total supply), which will be distributed to users over at least three Epochs. At the end of each Epoch, Nova Points will be converted into ZKL and awarded to participants, with rewards based on the Nova Points accumulated by users throughout the Epoch.

ChainCatcher news, OKX Web3 Wallet collaborates with dappOS, Noman Capital, and zkLink to host the "Rooftop Soirée" themed event during ETHCC. This event will officially take place on July 10 in Brussels, Belgium, bringing together industry leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs from the blockchain, Web3, and Bitcoin sectors to discuss the evolution and future prospects of the Web3 ecosystem.It is reported that the specific list of partners and guests for this event includes founders and investors from projects such as SOFA, Conflux, ZettaBlock, Stakestone, BounceBit, Manta, Taiko, and Leland Ventures.