A hacker transformed 25 cents worth of Bitcoin into 46 billion counterfeit BTC tokens via a DeFi bridge
In early 2024 a startling incident unfolded in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem that highlighted both the promise and the perils of permissionless blockchain bridges. An individual—identified only as a hacker—started with a modest amount of Bitcoin, roughly twenty‑five U.S. cents in value, and managed to generate a staggering 46 billion fake Bitcoin‑backed tokens, known as syBTC, on the…
Sept. 15, 2026, 1:43 p.m.