Founder Of Compound Finance Apologizes For Lashing Out After Bug Caused ~$50M...

Founder Of Compound Finance Apologizes For Lashing Out After Bug Caused ~$50M...

Compound Finance (COMP) was the latest victim of a bug that led to millions worth of tokens lost. The bug had affected the latest rewards distribution round that saw an additional $50 million worth of COMP tokens distributed. About 280,000 tokens were reported to be at risk after Proposal 062 was executed, leading to discrepancies […]


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