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Hacker loses millions after massive token burn
The world of crypto is often called the Wild West and the argument is not without merit. The market is very volatile, and scams and hacks abound. Recently, a shocking case of a crypto hack has come into view, where the hacker's payday was cut short. On Nov. 30, Yearn Finance, a popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol dedicated to yield aggregation, suffered a loss of approximately $9 million in a security incident. • $8 million from the impacted stableswap pool • $0.9 million from the yETH-WETH stableswap pool on Curve The funds got drained from yETH, a Yearn token that puts different types of staked ... (full story)