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Blockchain security firm CertiK confirmed it was behind a bug exploit that resulted in an unauthorized withdrawal of $3 million worth of tokens from Kraken. New York-headquartered blockchain security firm CertiK has admitted to being behind a bug exploit that…
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Decentralized lending protocol UwU Lend has unveiled a $5 million bounty to “identify and locate” the exploiter. Developers of UwU Lend are promising to pay up to $5 million “to the first person to identify and locate” a hacker, who…

Markets
Tornado Cash (TORN) price and defi total value locked (TVL) surged while the broader crypto market has been consolidating in bearish condition.
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Vitalik Buterin has continued to portray his support for Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm, who have been accused of money laundering. On May 8, the Ethereum co-founder donated 30 ETH, valued at approximately $113,000, to the Juicebox…
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Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has reportedly appealed a guilty verdict in the Netherlands as the case sparked a crypto privacy discourse.

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A hacker behind Poloniex, despite being allegedly identified, successfully laundered more than half of stolen funds via Tornado Cash. A hacker, who attacked Poloniex in late 2023 and was later allegedly identified, laundered over $66 million out of $100 million…

Opinion
Instead of scapegoating developers like Perstev and Swartz, we as a community should focus on addressing the root causes of criminal activity and promoting responsible use of technology.
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Alexey Pertsev has been sentenced to 64 months in prison over his involvement in developing the Ethereum privacy tool Tornado Cash.

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The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange hacker transferred 100 ETH to the Tornado Cash mixer.

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Crypto detective ZachXBT has identified the alleged PrismaFi hacker, exposing their involvement in the $11.1 million theft and subsequent demands. Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT uncovered an alleged attacker behind the PrismaFi hack, which left the protocol without $11.1 million worth of…

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FARM, the native token of the yield farming protocol Harvest Finance, was trending in the U.S. as it was exchanging hands at $88, up 80% in the past day. At the time of writing, FARM had a 24-hour trading volume…
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Permissionless money market protocol OpenLeverage has reportedly incurred a loss of $236,000, allegedly due to a hacker attack funded via Tornado Cash. Decentralized margin trading protocol OpenLeverage has apparently suffered a hacker attack, losing as much as $236,000 worth of…
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Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash, seeks to dismiss charges accusing him of running a money laundering operation and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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Stablecoin protocol Prisma Finance was breached earlier this week, causing the platform to lose almost $11.6 million.

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PeckShield reported the movement of assets from addresses related to the hacking of the Prisma Finance protocol.
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Exploiters who hacked Heco Bridge laundered the stolen assets through the controversial cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash.