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Malicious actors targeting the crypto space have taken more than $45 million in digital assets from their victims in the month of August alone and a total of $997 million year-to-date (YTD), according to a report shared by the blockchain security firm CertiK.In the report, CertiK highlighted that exit scams
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Of the $303 million this month, investors lost about $285 million in exploit attempts and hacks including the Multichain and Curve attacks, per CertiK’s data. Roughly $8.7 million of assets were drained abusing flash loans. This is a sophisticated exploit venue that lets traders borrow unsecured funds using smart contracts
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Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.The past week in DeFi was dominated by exploits and hacks, with three DeFi platforms losing nearly $39 million. Alphapo’s hot wallets were
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Total value locked (TVL), which measures the amount of capital that is held across all DeFi protocols, slumped from $45.3 billion to $42.9 billion in July as the sector failed to turn the tide against falling asset prices. During this period, ether (ETH) traded down from $1,920 to $1,850 whilst
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A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focusing on gaming has recently warned its users that some of its X accounts were compromised. The company reminded its community that they don’t have airdrops, new mints or anything else planned. In a tweet published on July 24, decentralized game publisher Treasure posted that their
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According to a June 30 report by Web3 security firm Beosin, the total value of cryptocurrencies lost in scams, hacks and rug pulls amounted to $656 million during the first half of 2023. This includes the loss of $471.43 million in 108 protocol attacks, $108 million in various phishing scams
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Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.The second quarter of 2023 saw over $208 million exploited and hacked from DeFi protocols, and with just $4.5 million of funds recovered,
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Over $204 million was lost in decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks and scams in the second quarter of 2023, according to a June 27 report from Web3 portfolio app De.Fi. The report, titled “Q2 De.Fi Rekt Report,” was partially based on data from De.Fi’s “Rekt Database.” Over $208.5 million was initially
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied May witnessed a notable decrease in web3 hacks and scams. The total losses reached $19.69 million, marking a significant 79% decline compared to April. According to data released by blockchain analytics and security platform Beosin EagleEye, a
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“To date, hacking victims have recovered over half of all stolen funds in Q1 2023,” the firm added. “For example, in March 2023, a hacker exploited a bug in Tender.fi’s code that allowed the attacker to steal over USD 1.5 million. The hacker later contacted Tender.fi and agreed to return
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