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“# Value DeFi protocol suffers $6 million flash loan exploit ” Following a Twitter thread on Friday that highlighted the decentralized finance protocol’s flash loan exploit prevention methodology, Value DeFi appears to have been the victim of a $6 million flash loan exploit. At roughly 10:45 AM EST, a user took out a flashloan of…
“# KuCoin recovered 84% of stolen crypto after $280M hack, says co-founder ” KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange has recovered the majority of funds lost in a $280 million hacking incident in September, a senior executive has said. Johnny Lyu, a co-founder and CEO at KuCoin, announced on Nov. 11 that the exchange has now recovered 84%…
“# Report: Crypto crimes declined in 2020, but DeFi hacks are on the rise ” Cryptocurrency-related crimes have slowed down in 2020, but some sectors within the crypto industry have become a new hotbed for criminal activity, a new report says. Citing major crypto analytics firm CipherTrace, Reuters reported on Nov. 10 that total losses from…
“# Report: Blockchain-related hacks have declined in 2020 ” The amount of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related hacks has been decreasing over the course of 2020, a new report claims. According to data analyzed by VPN provider Atlas VPN, the number of hacks in the first half of 2020 dropped more than three times compared to the…
“# MicroStrategy’s bottom line gets beefier on Bitcoin moves: Bad crypto news of the week ” It’s been another strong week for Bitcoin. The dollar price is up about 2.5 percent over the week, although that’s still something of a decline from its recent high above $13,400. At one point, Bitcoin fell 4 percent in…
“# Harvest Finance puts $100K bounty on alleged hacker ” Harvest Finance, a major decentralized finance protocol, has seemingly issued a $100,000 bounty in the aftermath of a $24 millon attack targeting its liquidity pools. In an Oct. 26 tweet, Harvest Finance said that there is enough data so far to identify the attacker, “who…
“# The unluckiest DeFi protocol? A personal take on bZX’s tumultuous year ” Decentralized finance platform bZX has frequently been in the spotlight this year, only not for the right reasons. Most DeFi platforms popular today, including bZX, began their journey around 2018, at the tail-end of the initial coin offering boom. In 2019, DeFi…
“# Telecoms protocol from 1975 exploited to target 20 crypto executives ” Hackers compromised the Telegram messenger and email accounts of multiple cryptocurrency executives last month by exploiting a vulnerability in a decades old protocol. The fraudsters are believed to have been trying to intercept two-factor authentication codes of victims in an attack on Israel-based…
“# New York polls crypto firms on security measures after Twitter hack ” The New York Department of Financial Services, or NYDFS, has released a lengthy report analyzing the impact of July’s high-profile Twitter hack, which resulted in the theft of over $118,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC). Far beyond the immediate material impact, the NYDFS states that…
“# Yearn Finance’s founder says he ‘doesn’t build for speculators’ ” The founder of Yearn Finance, Andre Cronje, has seen a fair share of criticism lately as he deployed some smart contracts that ended up losing users’ money. Cronje defended himself in a blog post and explained why he believes he shouldn’t be held responsible…