A Hacker Transforms 25 Cents Worth of Bitcoin into 46 Billion Counterfeit BTC Tokens via a DeFi Bridge
In the rapidly evolving world of decentralized finance, a recent incident has highlighted both the promise and the peril inherent in the technology. A single individual, armed with only a modest 25 cents worth of Bitcoin, managed to exploit vulnerabilities in a DeFi bridge to generate an astonishing 46 billion counterfeit Bitcoin tokens, known as syBTC. This dramatic breach not only underscores t…
Sept. 15, 2026, 1:43 p.m.