Investment

Features

Fees Safety

Academy

Pluang+

Home/News Feed/Aptos patches critical Move VM bug risking $70B in assets, no losses reported.

APT

Rp11,230

-Rp20 -0.18%

Aptos patches critical Move VM bug risking $70B in assets, no losses reported.

Protocol Fundamentals

05 Jul 2026

Tokenpost

View Source

Bullish

Aptos fixed a critical vulnerability in its Move virtual machine that could have exposed up to $70 billion in digital assets to systemic risk, as identified by security firm Hexens. The bug, discovered in February, could have caused major disruptions in DeFi applications without requiring insider access. Aptos promptly deployed a fix after the private report, and no losses have been reported. This incident highlights the risks Layer 1 blockchains face from smart contract and execution-layer flaws and underscores the importance of robust security measures in crypto networks.

More News (APT)

Aptos TVL drops 43% in a week amid liquidity pull and low user activity

Aptos' Total Value Locked (TVL) fell sharply by about 43% last week, driven by Echo Protocol withdrawing liquidity, a 70% drop in RWA TVL, and declining user activity and earnings. The TVL decline reflects both capital flight and a falling APT price,...

Protocol Fundamentals

Bearish

22 hours ago