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“Wormhole forgot to exclude exploiters from airdrops.” famous A cryptocurrency user with the pseudonym Pland on
About four addresses involved in the hack were allocated 31,600 W tokens, worth about $38,000.
The tokens were initially allocated to this address, but have now been removed from allocation, according to sources familiar with the situation.
address It was owned by a hacker who stole 120,000 ETH from the 2022 Interoperability Protocol. At the time, the hacked amount amounted to approximately $323 million, making the attack one of the largest hacks in the history of decentralized finance.
Wormhole’s airdrop event attracted significant attention from the cryptocurrency community. Initial announcementAccording to , $1.25 billion worth of W tokens have been traded since the event began. data From CoinGecko.
The price of W token, which rose to $1.66, continued to fluctuate throughout the day. It is currently $1.21 at the time of publication.
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Danny Park is The Block’s East Asia reporter, writing about topics including Web3 development and cryptocurrency regulation in the region. He previously worked as a reporter for Forkast.News, where he actively covered the fall of Terra-Luna and FTX. Based in Seoul, Danny previously produced written and video content for media companies in Korea, Hong Kong and China. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Business Marketing from the University of Hong Kong.