Wintermute

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy has publicly criticized Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) leaders, including co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Uniswap‘s Hayden Adams, for their perceived ideological contradictions between capitalist and socialist principles. What Happened: Gaevoy expressed his views on social...

On-chain analysis tool PeckShield's data indicated on Nov. 14, 2023, that FTX-labelled addresses had transferred 250,000 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) worth around $13.5 million and $4 million in Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) stablecoins to crypto exchange Binance and trading firm Wintermute...

Igor Igamberdiev, the head of research at Wintermute — an algorithmic trading firm focused on innovative digital asset markets — has suggested a possible connection between the Bald (CRYPTO: BALD) memecoin and Alameda Research, a prominent cryptocurrency...

Crypto trading platform Wintermute Asia PTE. has been granted membership on the FTX creditor committee, giving it the opportunity to influence decisions regarding the closure of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, alongside organizations from the Caribbean, Hong Kong, and the United...

Automated market maker Wintermute, which was hacked of $160 million worth of funds, has told the hacker to return the stolen funds or face legal consequences. In an on-chain message sent to the hacker on Thursday, Wintermute warned whoever it was to accept a $16 million white-hat bounty...

The theft of about $160 million from algorithmic market maker service Wintermute was caused due to a “human error,” the company’s CEO Evgeny Gaevoy on Wednesday explained the attack vector was associated with Wintermute’s Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) vault, used for on-chain...

A hacker has returned 1 million OP tokens to Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Some 18 million more tokens are expected to be returned once certain conditions are met. What Happened: Following the recent exploit of Optimism (CRYPTO: OP) where 20 million OP were stolen due to a...

On June 9, Optimism (CRYPTO: OP) reported it suffered a loss of 20 million OP, currently valued at more than $16 million, due to an exploit by a hacker. What Happened: Major Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) layer-2 protocol, Optimism incorrectly sent 20 million OP to the wrong blockchain address....