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Most crypto investors probably never heard of Wintermute Trading before the Sept. 20 $160 million hack, but that does not reduce their significance within the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The London-based algorithmic trading and crypto lending firm also provides liquidity to some of the largest exchanges and blockchain projects.As a crypto-native trading
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Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute has $200 million in outstanding DeFi debt to several counterparties, according to data provided by Nansen. Source
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Blockchain cybersecurity company Certik has said a vulnerable private key was attacked in the Wintermute hack. A vulnerability in private keys generated by the Profanity app was likely exploited. The vulnerability has been known since at least January.The U.K.-based algorithmic crypto market maker announced the hack on Tuesday and said
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Cryptocurrency market maker and liquidity provider Wintermute has lost $160 million in a hack relating to its DeFi business, according to a tweet from the company's founder and CEO. Source
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Wintermute, which trades billions of dollars across crypto markets daily, will provide stability for Tron's native TRX tokens and liquidity for major TRX trading pairs across various exchanges, Tron said Monday. That could help the token, which has daily trading volume of over $390 million across multiple crypto exchanges, data
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The decentralized exchange, Bebop, is scheduled to go live this summer. Source
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An opportunity for attack came when Wintermute gave the wrong wallet address to Optimism. The money was supposed to be held in a multi-signature wallet belonging to the Wintermute team, but the address provided by Wintermute was for a wallet on Ethereum, whereas it should have been an address on
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The new platform, Wintermute Node, will be a one-stop shop providing price discovery, trading and exposure monitoring of digital assets. The single-dealer platform, which will charge zero fees, allows clients to directly access Wintermute’s liquidity over API and web interface. Original Source
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