A hacker transforms 25 cents worth of Bitcoin into 46 billion counterfeit BTC tokens via a DeFi bridge
In a startling episode that underscores the lingering vulnerabilities in decentralized finance, a single attacker managed to turn a modest investment of just a quarter‑dollar worth of Bitcoin into an astronomical 46 billion fake BTC tokens on a popular DeFi bridge. The incident, which has sent shockwaves through the crypto community, was made possible by a pair of software bugs that together allo…
Sept. 15, 2026, 1:43 p.m.