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Leading DeFi Platforms Band Together, Offering Bounty to Retrieve Stolen Cryptocurrency

by BlockNews Team
August 8, 2023
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  • Curve, Metronome, and Alchemix propose a deal to get back about $70 million in stolen digital currencies.
  • The trio offers a $7 million bounty to encourage the culprits to return the stolen assets.
  • The breach arose from a glitch in the Vyper programming language, unsettling the digital currency world.

Major decentralized finance platforms Curve, Metronome, and Alchemix, have recently declared their collaboration to address a concerning security breach. The partnership seeks to recover a significant sum of cryptocurrencies pilfered from Curve’s digital reserves.

From a closer look at blockchain records, the platforms are dangling an enticing carrot for the culprits. They’re putting forth a lucrative 10% reward from the looted sum, pressing the guilty parties to hand back the rest. The total theft, which happened on July 30, amounted to an alarming $70 million, putting the proposed reward at a whopping $7 million. The digital pact guarantees the perpetrators complete amnesty from any legal implications if they decide to cooperate.

The united front of these platforms reassures that there will not be any “tangles with the law,” reiterating their wish for a harmonious settlement. They caution, though, that should the thieves shrug off the olive branch by August 6, 8:00 AM UTC, the hunt will be on. They plan to extend the bounty offer to the general public, promising a handsome sum to anyone who can point out the culprits in a manner leading to a legal conviction. The joint statement does not mince words, warning they would come after the attackers.

To streamline dialogue and negotiations, the three platforms have made available a direct email. They stress the importance of authentic verification for any party reaching out via this channel.

This incident stemmed from a hiccup in the Vyper coding language. Specific versions, particularly Vyper 0.2.15, 0.2.16, and 0.3.0, had a glitch that was taken advantage of, impacting four of Curve Finance’s liquidity reserves.

This unsettling episode has caused ripples of unease among cryptocurrency enthusiasts, prompting questions about the future stability of the DeFi world. As a sign of the times, Curve Finance’s own digital coin, crvUSD, wobbled off its usual value on August 3, reflecting the fog of confusion around the protocol post-heist.

Crypto Thefts Plunge in 2023 Amid Enhanced Security

The allure of cryptocurrencies’ high returns and anonymity has brought along a dark side, with cybercriminals causing chaos in the market. In 2022, thefts reached a staggering $3.8 billion, leveraging techniques like keyloggers and phishing, with notable attacks on big players such as Binance and Poly Network.

North Korean hackers were frequently fingered as major culprits. The following year saw a silver lining, with the first quarter of 2023 registering a 70% decline in attacks and more than half of the stolen amounts being reclaimed. Nevertheless, the second quarter saw a persistent challenge with $300 million losses and a notable rise in exit scams. Platforms like Ethereum and BNB Chain remained hot targets. As security measures tighten, the tug-of-war between cybercriminals and the crypto community persists.

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