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E11 - Acala DeFi Bug Exploited & Exploration of Popular Anti-crypto Sentiment - 8/18/2022
Manage episode 338331269 series 3337136
show notes here -->https://hackmd.io/@idegen/E11-Acala-hack-and-anti-crypto-sentiment
I, Degen - E11 - Acala Bug Exploited & Exploration of Popular Anti-crypto Sentiment - 8/18/2022
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Listen at: idegen.fm
Contact us: @idegenfm
Intro
Welcome to I, Degen - We track down and explore the most exciting crypto hacks, mysteries, exploits, and anything that feeds our crypto curiosity each week. We dig in, cutting through the misinformation and hype in search of a signal in the noise.
Episode Summary
This week we talk about the strange story of an Acala DeFi liquidity pool bug being exploited, leading to the minting of billions of illegitimate aUSD.
We also dive into an articulate Reddit comment that hits on a number of the more popular anti-crypto arguments floating around right now.
I,Degen - Weekly
- Coinbase says it will pause deposits and withdraws temporarily during Ethereum merge as a saftey precaution. Stock drops 8%. Bloomberg Law
- Pig Butchering Scams on the rise - Coinbase TripWire
- South Korea to block 16 unregulated exchanges
- Canadian exchanges limit purchases to 30k a year in altcoins that are not BTC, ETH, LTC and BCH
- Celer Protocol DNS poisoning
I, Degen - Deep Dive Acala
Acala (the ‘DeFi hub’ of Polkadot)bug exploited to mint stable coins Rekt coindesk
Anti-crypto sentiment appears to be rising rapidly.
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I, Degen - Most creative personal hack attempt of the week?
Zak: nothing too crazy, standard SMS ‘wrong number’ with a mild twist.
We do our best to report accurately on the topics we discuss, but we won’t always get everything correctly. Please comment here or reach out to us @idegenfm with corrections or comments!
22 episodes
Manage episode 338331269 series 3337136
show notes here -->https://hackmd.io/@idegen/E11-Acala-hack-and-anti-crypto-sentiment
I, Degen - E11 - Acala Bug Exploited & Exploration of Popular Anti-crypto Sentiment - 8/18/2022
Comment
Listen at: idegen.fm
Contact us: @idegenfm
Intro
Welcome to I, Degen - We track down and explore the most exciting crypto hacks, mysteries, exploits, and anything that feeds our crypto curiosity each week. We dig in, cutting through the misinformation and hype in search of a signal in the noise.
Episode Summary
This week we talk about the strange story of an Acala DeFi liquidity pool bug being exploited, leading to the minting of billions of illegitimate aUSD.
We also dive into an articulate Reddit comment that hits on a number of the more popular anti-crypto arguments floating around right now.
I,Degen - Weekly
- Coinbase says it will pause deposits and withdraws temporarily during Ethereum merge as a saftey precaution. Stock drops 8%. Bloomberg Law
- Pig Butchering Scams on the rise - Coinbase TripWire
- South Korea to block 16 unregulated exchanges
- Canadian exchanges limit purchases to 30k a year in altcoins that are not BTC, ETH, LTC and BCH
- Celer Protocol DNS poisoning
I, Degen - Deep Dive Acala
Acala (the ‘DeFi hub’ of Polkadot)bug exploited to mint stable coins Rekt coindesk
Anti-crypto sentiment appears to be rising rapidly.
[image]
I, Degen - Most creative personal hack attempt of the week?
Zak: nothing too crazy, standard SMS ‘wrong number’ with a mild twist.
We do our best to report accurately on the topics we discuss, but we won’t always get everything correctly. Please comment here or reach out to us @idegenfm with corrections or comments!
22 episodes
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