Balancer Protocol Exploited for $900k Despite Prior Vulnerability Alert
Decentralized finance protocol Balancer was exploited for nearly $900,000 on Sunday, a few days after a critical vulnerability was reported affecting a number of V2 pools. Blockchain security expert Meier Dolev revealed...
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