Circle ruled out the impact of the Nomad and Slope incidents on the company
Circle Internet Financial, the company behind the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, was one of the investors of two projects affected by hacking this week — Nomad and Slope. In February 2022, Circle took part in a Series A funding round. At that time, the Slope wallet provider raised $8 million, CoinDesk reported. In April, the…
Nomad offered hackers to return 90% of the funds for a reward
The Nomad cross-chain protocol team offered hackers who withdrew about $190 million from the project’s smart contracts to return the stolen assets for a 10% reward. “Nomad will consider any party that returns at least 90% of the amount of stolen funds as a white hacker. The team will not take any legal action against…
Slope denied the connection of the bug in the wallet with the hacking of Solana
Auditors have not found “convincing evidence” linking the vulnerability of the Slope wallet with the hacking of Solana addresses worth millions of dollars, the developers of the application said. On August 3, unknown persons gained access to more than 8000 wallets based on the network. Preliminary estimates of user damage reached up to $8 million.…
A well-known crypto analyst was accused of stealing $350,000 from the Velodrome
The decentralized Velodrome exchange has identified a former team member responsible for the theft of $350,000 from one of the platform’s wallets in August. According to representatives of DEX, an anonymous coder Gabagool, known on Twitter under the nickname Gabagool.eth, is involved in the theft. He gained popularity due to the fact that he is…
BlueBenx announced a $31 million hack and stopped withdrawing funds
Brazilian cryptocurrency platform BlueBenx blocked withdrawals by customers, citing hacking. This is reported by Portal do Bitcoin. The company said it was the victim of an “extremely aggressive” hacker attack, but did not disclose any details. The lawyer of the firm Assuramaya Kuthumi stated the alleged damage of 160 reais (~$31.54 million). Rumors are circulating…