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Poly Network Hack Not Over as Attacker Prolongs Return of Funds

The attacker now says they are considering accepting the $500,000 bounty offered by Poly Network as a reward for returning the funds, and using it to pay anyone else who can hack the DeFi site.

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Market Wrap: Ethereum Keeps Burning and Price Is Hot

The largest cryptocurrency by market value was trading close to its highest level in more than two months

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Poly Network Hacker Returns Most of Stolen Funds, Refuses $500K Reward

The attacker behind the Poly Network hack who drained the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform of over $600 million in crypto has returned most of the stolen funds. Poly offered a $500,000 "Bug Bounty" reward to the hacker for returning the funds, but the hacker declined. "The Hash" panel discusses the ongoing drama around the largest hack in decentralized finance (DeFi) history and whether it appears to be coming to an end.

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Poly Network Mostly Recovers Stolen Assets, Rario Launches Cricket NFT Platform

Poly Network says stolen assets are mostly returned. Samsung reportedly joins South Korea CBDC pilot. Indian-founded Rario launches cricket NFT platform. We’ll have more on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slides as US Lawmakers Wrangle Over Crypto Tax Proposal

Analysts said the market doesn't have much of an appetite now for bitcoin above $46,000 or for a massive selloff.

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$600M Poly Heist Shows DeFi Needs Hackers to Become Unhackable

If computers will continue to do more important things, we'll require those programs to be secure. Learning what not to do is one way there.

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Poly Network Assets Returned, OKEx Lists Baby Doge

Poly Network returns stolen assets. Indian women lead the charge in crypto exchange account sign-ups. OKEx lists Doge memecoin spin-off Baby Doge. We’ll have more on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Most of Stolen Funds From Poly Network Hack Have Now Been Returned

It was also revealed that Poly had offered a $500,000 reward to the hacker for returning the funds, but that the hacker had declined it.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rallies Despite Cooler Inflation Data

The crypto reached its highest level since mid-May.

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Returned Funds, Blacklisted Tokens Raise More Questions Than Answers in DeFi's Biggest Hack

The Poly Network attacker has returned $342 million of their $613 million haul. Should token issuers freeze the rest?

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