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Finance

DeFi Protocol Temple DAO Struck by $2.3M Exploit

The hack equates to around 4% of Temple DAO's total value locked (TVL).

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Finance

Binance Exec: BNB Smart Chain Hack Could Have Been Worse if Validators Hadn’t ‘Sprung Into Action’

Patrick Hillmann, chief communications officer at crypto exchange Binance, joined “First Mover” to discuss last week’s $100 million exploit and how validators prevented the worst-case scenario.

Patrick Hillmann, chief communications officer (Binance)

Finance

Transit Finance Hacker Returns $2.74M to Victims, Sends $686K to Tornado Cash

Transit Finance hacker has sent $686,000 worth of BNB tokens to the sanctioned Tornado Cash protocol.

La billetera de criptomonedas BitKeep sufrió un hackeo de US$1 millón de tokens. (Unsplash)

Policy

EU's ESMA Raises Alarm Bells Over Growing Crypto Use as It Prepares for New Powers

The European Securities and Markets Authority is worried about consumer rip-offs as well as novel risks like hacks and consensus manipulation

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Finance

Transit Swap Exploiter Returns Large Chunk of $28.9M Hack

Security firms help locate the hacker's IP address following the $28.9 million exploit.

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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)

Technology

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.

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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)

Mga video

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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