According to PeckShieldAlert monitoring, the attackers of the Adshares bridging attack have returned 256 ETH (worth $540,700) to the deployer, representing 86% of the stolen funds. The Adshares bridging attack occurred on May 17, 2026, resulting in a loss of approximately $628,000.

In the past hour, total liquidations across the network reached $15.95 million, with $3.40 million from long positions, with $12.55 million from short positions. BTC liquidation $4.55 million, ETH liquidation $8.52 million.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Verus confirmed on the X platform that its Verus-Ethereum cross-chain bridge was attacked, resulting in the theft of ETH, USDC, and tBTC from its Ethereum on-chain contracts. Other bridged assets are currently unaffected. The Verus network is currently suspended, and most block-producing nodes have proactively gone offline following the impact of the attack. The development team is fully investigating the scope of the incident, the attack path, and subsequent handling plans, and will release updates as more information becomes available. Verus stated that it is willing to cooperate with relevant law enforcement agencies to pursue legal action; however, if the attackers return all funds, the project is willing to provide a bug bounty and will not pursue further legal action. Verus also warns that anyone claiming to be a member of the Verus team or community and offering "compensation" or "reimbursement plans" in public channels, private messages, or other channels is a scammer. The official statement emphasizes that users should not interact with anyone claiming to have compensation programs or offering refunds, and should promptly report such accounts to Discord or the X platform. Previous reports indicated that the Verus Ethereum cross-chain bridge suffered an attack, resulting in a loss of approximately $11.58 million.

MyToken data monitoring shows that on 【May 18th, 19:41】 (Beijing Time), an address starting with 【0x8e9d】 transferred 【89593462.27 USDT】 to an address starting with 【0xdac1】, with a total value of approximately 【89.37 million】. Real time monitoring of large transfers：https://www.mytokencap.com/large-transfers/

According to Odaily, sources close to the negotiating team revealed that the US has accepted in its new text the temporary lifting of oil sanctions against Iran during negotiations, a provision not included in the previous US text. Iran insists that the lifting of all sanctions must be part of a US commitment, but the US has proposed temporary waivers for overseas asset controls pending a final agreement.