Symbiosis says it recovered 15 BTC after Bitcoin bridge exploit, offers attacker 20% bounty
Blockchain security firm Blockaid said roughly 46.1 billion syBTC were minted but the attacker realized only about $336,000 in proceeds.
High signal
Published in the last two hours. The story has cross-source confirmation.
Why this matters
Bitcoin is showing up inside the Security Incidents theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
Original source
Read on The BlockSame story, other sources
Cross-source coverage
2 sources
Symbiosis recovers 15 BTC after Bitcoin Bridge exploit, offers attacker 20% bounty
The incident underscores systemic vulnerabilities in cross-chain protocols, emphasizing the nee...
Related market context
Hackers mint trillions in fake Bitcoin, but 15 BTC bridge recovery leaves liquidity providers unpaid
Cross-chain protocol Symbiosis said it recovered approximately 15 BTC after an attacker exploited its native Bitcoin Bridge, but a...
Blockstream bets 600 Bitcoin by rejecting Liquid hacker’s $50 million bounty demand
Blockstream is refusing to pay the Liquid attacker nearly 600 Bitcoin (roughly $50 million), escalating a dispute over how the cry...
SlowMist details Liquid Network exploit, attacker mints 3,998 L-BTC in largest Bitcoin sidechain hack of 2026
The exploit highlights critical vulnerabilities in sidechain security, urging immediate audits and reevaluation of cryptographic v...
Audited DeFi protocols lost $885M to attacks that occurred completely outside their audit scopes
In decentralized finance, “audited” is often presented as a verdict on an entire project. In practice, an audit usually covers nam...
Osmosis took 74 days to discover 40-BTC Nomic exploit
An attacker minted over 40 BTC worth of Nomic’s nBTC out of thin air on June 25. It took Osmosis, whose allBTC later turned out to...
Blockstream Says It Will Not Pay a Ransom for the Bitcoin Still Missing From Liquid
Blockstream said it will not pay for the return of the roughly 598.5 BTC that remains with the group behind the Liquid Network exp...