A hacker transformed 25 cents worth of Bitcoin into 46 billion counterfeit BTC tokens via a DeFi bridge
In a striking episode that underscores the vulnerabilities inherent in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, a malicious actor managed to turn a modest investment of just a quarter‑dollar in Bitcoin into a staggering 46 billion fake Bitcoin tokens, known as syBTC, on the Symbiosis DeFi bridge. The exploit was made possible by the convergence of two separate software bugs within the bridge’s sma…
Sept. 15, 2026, 1:43 p.m.