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All data as of: 27 Dec 2023 10 AM UTC |
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WAGMI fam - as another trip around the sun concludes, 2023 kept the streak alive as another crazy year for rekt funds. Per Certik, close to $2.4 billion worth of crypto was stolen from protocols, bridges and wallets just in the last 365 days. While ugly, it's still an improvement over 2022's $3.5 billion tally. Across 450 confirmed breaches logged by SlowMist, layer 1 ecosystems like Ethereum became sort of dinner plates of choice for these hackers. So between low risk, high reward and even a chance at white hat bounties if they return funds, ethical barriers remain paper thin for rogue engineers. But which grieving events left the deepest scars? Let's reflect on some hacks that hit home the hardest in 2023: |
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The KyberSwap elastic pool was exploited in November. Nearly $54 million escaped across multiple chains before the emissions got staunched. Adding insult to injury - the attacker offered to return funds in exchange for keys to the Kyber's kingdom! A bargain Kyber promptly refused. Users were left shaken and their trust badly broken. Did the users get reimbursed? Read the full story! |
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Curve Finance's Coding Failure |
This year, Curve had to cough up about $73 million from its stablecoin AMMs. A faulty lock basically gave hackers god-mode access to move funds from liquidity pools freely. While Curve managed to get back some loot, affected users still had a hard time trusting the platform again. So there was no audit of the codes? Read the full story! |
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Euler's Hackers Did the Right Thing |
This could be labeled as the weirdest hack in 2023… In March, the Euler Finance protocol got hacked for $197 million due to a flash loan attack. But the weirdest plot twist saw the hackers return almost all funds after allegedly getting shaken! Were they white-hat angels all along? Did authorities track them? Who knows! More details on the hack! |
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Multichain's Disappearance | WAGMI turned into WTF as Multichain developers pulled the ultimate vanish trick in July - leaving $126 million locked in their cross-chain platform. Some argue it was an inside job all along. Especially as Multichain websites remain frozen but front ends still (uselessly) operate months later! So the victims can never get their money back? Can no one operate the multichain site to refund users? Where are the developers? Read the full story! |
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Atomic's $100 Million Loss |
Atomic Wallet experienced one of the most unexpected crypto hacks this year. Previously considered one of the more secure non-custodial wallets - a hack led to $100 million worth of losses across roughly 0.1% of its users. The June breach, reportedly performed by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus, stunned many since self-custody is meant to offer superior protection versus putting funds on custodial exchanges. In the aftermath, Atomic faced at least 3 lawsuits but stayed mostly silent on its investigation or plans to assist affected individuals. So how did private keys shared by no one but users get compromised en masse? Read the full story! |
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Mixin Network's $200 Million Cloud Breach |
As a popular hub focused on efficient cross-chain swaps, Mixin Network seemed like a reliable player for asset trading. That is until a cloud service hack in September ripped its customers off $200 million. Shortly after the attack, Mixin hit the emergency brakes and suspended its entire network indefinitely. According to the stunned Mixin team, they plan to refund up to 50% of stolen assets over time by issuing "tokenized liability claims" tied to potential future profits. And in a desperate last-ditch attempt, Mixin even tried appeasing hackers with a $20 million bug bounty for returning funds - which ultimately went ignored. So while Mixin picks up the pieces, its users face a long road to partially recover losses from one of 2023's largest decentralized platform exploits. |
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And so another year passes, etched into history for major crypto stumbles as billions vanished into digital thin air. Though hindsight provides insight, the community must keep striving for better safety, clarity and perhaps less turmoil in the future. And on that note, we wrap up today's newsletter. See you tomorrow with another review of 2023 in crypto! |
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