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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)

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.

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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)

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.

Ethereum developers launch Hoodi testnet (Shutterstock)