A hacker transformed 25 cents worth of Bitcoin into 46 billion counterfeit BTC tokens via a DeFi bridge
In the rapidly evolving world of decentralized finance, a single exploit can ripple across the entire ecosystem, exposing vulnerabilities that many thought were already mitigated. This was precisely what happened when a hacker, armed with only a modest 25‑cent investment in Bitcoin, managed to generate an astronomical 46 billion fake BTC tokens on a DeFi bridge. The incident not only underscores …
Sept. 15, 2026, 1:43 p.m.