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Wormhole

Borderless Capital Leads Wormhole-Powered $50M Cross-Chain Fund

Among the other investors are Jump Crypto, Arrington Capital, the Solana Foundation and Aptos Labs.

By Lyllah Ledesma

May 18, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

May 18, 2023

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Oasis Exploits Its Own Wallet Software to Seize Crypto Stolen in Wormhole Hack

The High Court of England and Wales ordered the crypto platform to reclaim the stolen funds.

By Elizabeth Napolitano Danny Nelson

Feb 24, 2023 at 11:26 p.m. UTC

Feb 24, 2023

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Wormhole Bridge Exploiter Supplies $46M to Crypto Lending Platform Maker, Buys Wrapped Ether

The exploiter may be earning returns on staked cryptocurrency.

By Shaurya Malwa

Feb 13, 2023 at 11:11 a.m. UTC

Feb 13, 2023

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Uniswap Vote Highlights the Opaqueness of Decentralized Governance

A contentious Uniswap vote is drumming up a debate on crypto Twitter over just how decentralized the exchange truly is Compound Labs Founder Robert Leshner discusses the significance of a winning proposal to deploy Uniswap v 3 on the BNB Chain using the Wormhole bridge Plus a closer look at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz which [...]

By CoinDesk Inc

Feb 10, 2023 at 4:20 p.m. UTC

Feb 10, 2023

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Bridge

Blockchain Bridges Keep Getting Attacked. Here's How to Prevent It

Crypto bridges are soft targets providing some of crypto's largest exploits this year.

By Coby Moran

Oct 14, 2022 at 8:43 p.m. UTC

Oct 14, 2022

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Nft

Solana Labs CEO on OpenSea, Wormhole Exploit, Decentralization

Solana Labs CEO & Founder Anatoly Yakovenko discusses the network’s rapid growth and use case for NFTs, noting OpenSea’s recent decision to feature SOL assets. Plus, Yakovenko explains how the protocol addressed the Wormhole exploit and ambitions for increased decentralization.

By CoinDesk Staff

Apr 29, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Apr 29, 2022

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Blockchain Platform Wormhole Says It’s Retrieved $324M Stolen by Hackers

Popular cross-blockchain bridge Wormhole confirmed Thursday all of its funds worth over $326 million stolen from its latest exploit had been restored, and that the bridge’s operations had resumed after the attack vector had been patched. “The Hash” team discusses the latest incident causing a stir in the Solana DeFi landscape.

By CoinDesk Staff

Feb 3, 2022 at 8:58 p.m. UTC

Feb 3, 2022