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Sam Bankman-Fried Suggests Bounty Cap for White Hat Hackers

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried floated a plan for reducing the impact of security breaches and hacks in crypto. In a recent tweet thread and blog post, the billionaire suggested a plan for a "community standard" that requires attackers to return the vast majority of assets.

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Pantera Capital Exec on How Venture Capital Is Investing in the Digital Economy

Venture capital (VC) funding for crypto startups sank 37% in Q3 to its lowest level in over a year. Pantera Capital Partner Lauren Stephanian discusses the state of VC crypto investing and institutional adoption. Plus, the impact and "pushback effect" of recent decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks on the industry.

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Cream Finance Exploited in Flash Loan Attack Netting Over $100M

An attacker has gained over $130 million of assets in an exploit that appears to have drained Cream’s coffers.

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After ‘Stealing’ $16M, This Teen Hacker Seems Intent on Testing ‘Code Is Law’ in the Courts

Will DeFi’s unofficial ethos hold up in court? A Canadian math prodigy could be betting his future on just that.

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No, Airdropped NFTs Cannot Empty Your Crypto Wallet

As NFT collectors learn about smart contracts for the first time, rumors and misinformation run amok.

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Vee Finance Hit for $35M in Second Major Exploit on Avalanche

The platform was attacked for a total of 8804.7 ETH (around $26 million) and 213.93 BTC (around $9 million).

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Avalanche-Based Zabu Finance Sees $3.2M Hack

The attacker used Zabu’s “Transfer Tax” mechanism to mint tokens, sending their value to zero.

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Money Trail From Liquid Exchange Hack Points to Wasabi Privacy Wallets

Hackers are using Wasabi wallets to launder BTC stolen from Liquid or received in exchange for other stolen cryptos, according to Crystal Blockchain.

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Poly Network Hacker Releases Private Key for Remaining Looted $141M

In a note to the Poly Network team, the attacker referred to the saga as "one of the most wild adventures in our lives."

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