Web3 Platforms Face Security Exploits and Regulatory Blocks

Web3 Platforms Face Security Exploits and Regulatory Blocks

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The web3 ecosystem is currently navigating significant challenges, including security vulnerabilities and heightened regulatory oversight. The Squid protocol clarified that its core operations remained unaffected by a $3.2 million exploit targeting a third-party module, SquidRouterModule. Concurrently, Indonesia's regulators have blocked the prediction market platform Polymarket, citing concerns over online gambling, signaling a broader global increase in scrutiny of such decentralized platforms.

‘We don’t know who deployed this’: Squid distances itself from $3.2 million third-party module exploit

Squid said its core protocol was unaffected after a third-party module named SquidRouterModule was exploited for roughly $3.2 million.

Indonesia blocks Polymarket amid crackdown on online betting

Indonesia blocked Polymarket over online gambling concerns as regulators widen global scrutiny of prediction market platforms.