AscendEX loses $80M following ERC-20, BSC, Polygon hot wallet compromise
Out of the lot, around $60 million worth of tokens were transferred over the Ethereum blockchain alone. Tokens stolen from BSC and Polygon are worth $9.2 million and $8.5 million, respectively.
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Out of the lot, around $60 million worth of tokens were transferred over the Ethereum blockchain alone. Tokens stolen from BSC and Polygon are worth $9.2 million and $8.5 million, respectively.
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