DeFiance Capital founder loses $1.6M in hot wallet hack

DeFiance Capital founder loses $1.6M in hot wallet hack

The hackers took on one of the biggest names in DeFi, but may have bitten off more than they could chew as "Arthur_0x" warned, “you messed with the wrong person.” Founder of major crypto investment firm DeFiance Capital, “Arthur_0x”, has suffered a hack on one of his hot wallets resulting in the loss of more than $1.6 million in nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and crypto.In a tremendous show of support, the crypto community has come to his aid to help retrieve the stolen items as he asked people to blacklist the hacker’s wallet. Several individuals on Twitter have attempted to determine exactly....


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