Suspected $3.7M Exploit Hits Venus Protocol After Attacker Uses Illiquid Token as Collateral
Venus Protocol, a decentralized finance ( DeFi) lending platform on BNB Chain, is investigating unusual activity after an address allegedly used the illiquid $THE token as collateral to extract roughly $3.7 million in di...
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