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Today in crypto, decentralized finance protocol Balancer is the target of an ongoing exploit, with more than $116 million in staked Ether tokens transferred to a new wallet, Aster surged 30% after Binance co-founder revealed on X that he had bought around $2.5 million of the token using his personal funds, and Coinbase is nearing a deal to acquire stablecoin startup BVNK.
The decentralized exchange (DEX) and automated market maker (AMM) Balancer has been exploited, with more than $116 million worth of digital assets transferred to a newly created wallet.
“We’re aware of a potential exploit impacting Balancer v2 pools. Our engineering and security teams are investigating with high priority,” the Balancer team said in a Monday X post, adding that it will share more updates as information becomes available.
