Hackers took off with $570 million worth of Binance’s BNB token after they exploited a blockchain “bridge” that links two chains associated with the token, Binance disclosed on Friday. It’s one of the largest hacks in a year during which thieves have already stolen more than $1.9 billion in cryptocurrencies, according to the blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. “An exploit on a cross-chain...
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