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Finance

Framework Ventures Leads $24M Round for Web3 Security Platform Immunefi

Immunefi focuses on bug bounties for crypto projects.

Immunefi CEO Mitchell Amador (Immunefi)

Tech

Push to Cut Ethereum Network Fees Opens Funds-Draining Bug in Scaling Tool Arbitrum

The vulnerability would have allowed attackers to steal all ether deposits into Arbitrum Nitro.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Finance

Hacked Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Has $200M in Outstanding DeFi Debt

The firm's CEO described the company as solvent following the $160 million hack.

Evgeny Gaevoy, Wintermute CEO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Cryptocurrency Market Maker Wintermute Lost $160M in Hack

Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute lost $160 million in a hack relating to its decentralized finance (DeFi) operation, but the company’s lending and OTC operations have not been affected. “The Hash” panel breaks down the details.

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Finance

Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Hacked for $160M, OTC Services Unaffected

Wintermute's lending and OTC operations have not been affected despite the hack.

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Finance

DeFi Platform Kyber Says It Removed Attack Vector, Compensated Affected Wallet

The Sept. 1 exploit saw $265,000 stolen from one Kyber wallet.

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Finance

Hacker Steals Bill Murray’s Crypto After $185K NFT Charity Auction

The auction's original runner-up bidder has already offered to replace the stolen funds.

Bill Murray's NFTs are safe and sound but his crypto flew the coop. (Coinbase, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

DeFi Platform Kyber Network Discloses $265K Exploit, Vows to Reimburse All Funds

This most recent attack on a decentralized finance platform resulted from malicious website code.

Two RPC interfaces for Polygon and Fantom were impacted in a DNS hijack attack. (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

Finance

Defunct Crypto Exchange Mt. Gox to Set Creditor Repayment Date 'in Due Course'

Creditors have until Sept. 15 to make or transfer a claim.

Mt. Gox will set a repayment date in due course. (CoinDesk)