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Mango Markets Exploiter Faces Fraud Charges, Filing Reveals

Court documents reveal Avraham Eisenberg, the crypto investor whose “highly profitable trading strategy” drained decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform Mango Markets of crypto worth $110 million, was arrested Monday in Puerto Rico. "The Hash" panel discusses the details.

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Mango Markets Exploiter Arrested in Puerto Rico on Fraud Charges

Avraham Eisenberg, the crypto investor who drained DeFi trading platform Mango Markets of crypto worth $110 million, was arrested Monday in Puerto Rico on charges of commodities fraud and commodities manipulation. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses what we know so far.

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Mango Markets Exploiter Eisenberg Arrested in Puerto Rico

The investor drained $110 million in cryptocurrencies from the platform.

Mango DAO's Discord channel celebrated the news of Avraham Eisenberg's arrest with memes. (Mango Discord)

Tech

DeFi Exchange Mango's $114M Exploit Was 'Market Manipulation,' Not a Hack, Ex-FBI Special Agent Says

Chris Tarbell, co-founder of crypto investigative firm Naxo, discusses why the theft was more about manipulating the platform's native token than hacking the system.

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Mango Markets Will Soon Start Refunding Users for $114M Exploit

Mango Markets, the decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) which suffered an exploit earlier this month, will soon start refunding users for the $114 million lost. Chris Tarbell, former FBI special agent and current co-founder of investigative firm NAXO, discusses the latest developments and his outlook on regulation in the space. "We're going to see regulators step in, even if crypto doesn't want it," Tarbell said.

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Finance

DeFi Exchange Mango Markets Will Soon Start Refunding Users for $114M Exploit

The exploiter had come forward and returned most of the stolen funds a few days ago.

Sliced mango served up on a table (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)

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$114M Mango Markets Exploiter Outs Himself

Avraham Eisenberg, who has publicly acknowledged his role in last week's $114 million exploit of decentralized crypto exchange Mango Markets, returned $67 million Saturday as he defended his actions. Chainalysis Inc. Director of Research Kimberly Grauer discusses the details and the wider landscape of crypto crime.

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Finance

$114M Mango Markets Exploiter Outs Himself, Returns Most of the Money

Avraham Eisenberg defended his actions after returning $67 million. The Mango DAO plans to vote on how to divvy up the funds next week.

Sliced mango served up on a table (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)

Finance

Mango Markets Community Counters Exploiter’s Settlement Offer

The initial offer appeared to have been rejected.

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Markets

How Market Manipulation Led to a $100M Exploit on Solana DeFi Exchange Mango

The trader capitalized on a lack of liquidity by manipulating the price of MNGO on decentralized exchange, Mango.

Attackers drained all liquidity from the affected QuickSwap pool. (Shutterstock)

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