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Finance
Exploits
Crypto Launchpad Team Finance Suffers $14.5M Exploit
The platform has paused all activity till the exploit has been mitigated.
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By Parikshit Mishra
Oct 27, 2022 at 10:53 a.m. UTC
Oct 27, 2022
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Tech
Compound
Compound Pauses YFI, ZRX, BAT and MKR Supply to Protect Against Potential Exploits
Attackers have recently been exploiting DeFi protocols by manipulating thinly traded tokens and eventually draining liquidity.
(Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao/Getty Images)
By Shaurya Malwa
Oct 25, 2022 at 3:47 p.m. UTC
Oct 25, 2022
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Attackers drained all liquidity from the affected QuickSwap pool. (Shutterstock)
Technology
Defi
Polygon-Based DeFi Platform QuickSwap Closes Lending Service After Exploit
Over $220,00 in tokens was stolen on Monday with the use of a flash loan.
Attackers drained all liquidity from the affected QuickSwap pool. (Shutterstock)
By Shaurya Malwa
Oct 25, 2022 at 9:29 a.m. UTC
Oct 25, 2022
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Podcasts
Podcasts
Crypto Update | Blockchain Bridges Keep Getting Attacked. Here's How to Prevent It
With both bitcoin and ether trading in a tight range over the past week amid swirling macroeconomic conditions, plus a look at how to hack a blockchain bridge, CoinDesk’s “Mar...
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By Adam B. LevineAdrian Blust
Oct 21, 2022 at 5:51 p.m. UTC
Oct 21, 2022
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Chris Tarbell (Naxo Labs)
Tech
Fbi
DeFi Exchange Mango's $114M Exploit Was 'Market Manipulation,' Not a Hack, Ex-FBI Special Agent Says
Chris Tarbell, co-founder of crypto investigative firm Naxo, discusses why the theft was more about manipulating the platform's native token than hacking the system.
Chris Tarbell (Naxo Labs)
By Fran Velasquez
Oct 20, 2022 at 6:22 p.m. UTC
Oct 20, 2022
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Finance
Mango markets
DeFi Exchange Mango Markets Will Soon Start Refunding Users for $114M Exploit
The exploiter had come forward and returned most of the stolen funds a few days ago.
(Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)
By Parikshit Mishra
Oct 20, 2022 at 5:40 a.m. UTC
Oct 20, 2022
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Bridge have recently been vulnerable to exploits. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Markets
First mover
First Mover Asia: Why Bridges Are So Vulnerable to Exploit; Bitcoin Falls Under $19K
One crypto developer says that centralization and reliance on private key holders are to blame, not the inherent technology and logic behind the bridges themselves.
Bridge have recently been vulnerable to exploits. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
By Shaurya MalwaJames Rubin
Oct 20, 2022 at 1:02 a.m. UTC
Oct 20, 2022
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Markets
Defi
Celo Protocol Moola Market Loses Over $10M in Market Manipulation Attack
Over 93% of the stolen funds were returned to the protocol shortly after the attack, developers said.
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By Shaurya Malwa
Oct 19, 2022 at 6:44 a.m. UTC
Oct 19, 2022
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Kim Grauer, director of research at Chainalysis (Chainalysis)
Tech
Chainalysis
Bridge Security Is ‘Unresolved Technical Challenge,’ Chainalysis Research Director Says
Kimberly Grauer said on CoinDesk TV's “First Mover” program that industry figures must work together to make the software safer.
Kim Grauer, director of research at Chainalysis (Chainalysis)
By Fran Velasquez
Oct 17, 2022 at 5:25 p.m. UTC
Oct 17, 2022
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Sliced mango (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)
Finance
Mango markets
$114M Mango Markets Exploiter Outs Himself, Returns Most of the Money
Avraham Eisenberg defended his actions after returning $67 million. The Mango DAO plans to vote on how to divvy up the funds next week.
Sliced mango (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)
By Danny NelsonSam Kessler
Oct 15, 2022 at 7:10 p.m. UTC
Oct 15, 2022
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