A hacker transformed a quarter‑dollar worth of Bitcoin into 46 billion counterfeit BTC tokens via a DeFi bridge
In a striking illustration of how vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols can be exploited for massive gain, a hacker managed to turn a modest 25‑cent holding of Bitcoin into an astonishing 46 billion fake Bitcoin tokens, known as syBTC, on a cross‑chain bridge operated by the Symbiosis platform. The incident underscores the growing risks associated with complex smart‑contract i…
Sept. 15, 2026, 1:43 p.m.