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Crypto Investor Loses Nearly $25 Million for the Second Time A crypto investor has reportedly lost almost $25 million in digital assets after funds from two wallets were transferred to a new address on August 12. The stolen assets included DAI, WBTC, aUSDC, LDO, sUSDe and ETH. Scam Sniffer believes the wallets may have been compromised after the private key was exposed. Most of the assets were quickly converted into DAI and ETH within about an hour. Around $20 million in DAI and 3,000 ETH are still held in related wallets. This is not the first major loss for the investor. In September 2023, the same user reportedly lost around $24 million in a phishing attack. However, the case has raised some doubts. Some users on X suggested that the wallets could be connected to money laundering. Their theory is based on the fact that, after the 2023 incident, the attackers reportedly returned around 90% of the stolen funds to the owner. The exact circumstances of the latest incident remain unclear.

A crypto investor has reportedly lost almost $25 million in digital assets after funds from two wallets were transferred to a new address on August 12. The stolen assets included DAI, WBTC, aUSDC, LDO, sUSDe and ETH. Scam Sniffer believes the wallets may have been compromised after the private key was exposed. Most of the assets were quickly converted into DAI and ETH within about an hour. Around $20 million in DAI and 3,000 ETH are still held in related wallets. This is not the first major loss for the investor. In September 2023, the same user reportedly lost around $24 million in a phishing attack. However, the case has raised some doubts. Some users on X suggested that the wallets could be connected to money laundering. Their theory is based on the fact that, after the 2023 incident, the attackers reportedly returned around 90% of the stolen funds to the owner. The exact circumstances of the latest incident remain unclear.

Types of stablecoins Today, we’ll tell you about the three main categories of stablecoins. ▪️ Stablecoins backed by fiat currencies These coins are backed by real-life assets, fiat money, or paper money. Two examples of this stablecoin are Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC). The companies issuing these coins own large reserves to support every issued coin; however, Tether has come under intense scrutiny in the past for this specific issue. ▪️ Stablecoins backed by cryptocurrencies Some projects are so bold that they’re willing to back their stablecoin with other cryptocurrencies (not real assets or money). For example, a crypto-backed stablecoin with a value of $1 could be supported by a crypto asset worth $2. The logic here is that if the underlying asset’s value were to drop, the stablecoin would still be able to maintain its dollar peg. The most famous crypto-backed stablecoin is Dai (DAI). ▪️ Algorithmic stablecoins Algorithmic stablecoins are not backed by assets or fiat currencies, which makes it difficult to understand why or how they’re stablecoins in the first place. As their name indicates, the value of these coins is controlled by computer algorithms. If the stablecoin’s value is pegged to $1 but rises above $1, the code will automatically mint and release more coins into circulation to lower the stablecoin’s value back to $1. Conversely, if the value drops below $1, the algorithm will remove—or burn—coins from circulation to lift the value back up to $1. The amount of coins you hold will change, but they’ll always reflect the value you own. Please note: Stablecoins are not dollars—they’re cryptocurrencies. Even when dealing with stablecoins, investing in crypto carries inherent risks—case in point the collapse of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD. $TUSD $USDC

$6M gone since July 6, and the guy still has 4.67M DAI just sitting there untouched. Quick recap for anyone catching up: Summer.fi got hit through the Lazy Summer Protocol, attacker used a flash loan to mess with the vault accounting and walked away with 6.017M $DAI. Since then he's been chopping it into smaller batches, swapping through Uniswap, feeding bits into Tornado Cash small small. Standard laundering moves. But this is the part that got my attention. The majority of the haul, about 4.67M DAI, is still parked in the original wallet. No mixing, no moving. When someone sits on funds like that instead of rushing to clean it, na one of two things dey happen — either he's waiting for the heat to die down, or there's a quiet negotiation going on behind the scenes for a return. Flagged wallets if you're watching or building a block list: 0x7BF716167B48CF527725722C6d79494b45B3BDCa 0x46e0...eBa7 (intermediary wallet) This makes it the third notable DeFi exploit this month. Vault share-pricing risk isn't something to sleep on anymore, it's becoming a real line item protocols need to budget for. If you were running Summer.fi right now, would you push for a whitehat deal or just wait and see if the rest of the funds move first? Drop your take, and follow along if you want the next update the moment those wallets move. #DeFi #Security #Ethereum #OnChain #CryptoHack