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Morning Edition · Wednesday, September 2, 2026Published at 1:46 AM EDT · New York
Rounding Error Mints 4,408 Pool Tokens for One Satoshi in $234,000 Balancer V1 Drain
A second exploit the same week took $28,000 from Float Protocol through a manipulated Uniswap V3 spot price, and both targeted code no team actively maintains.
Two exploits of unmaintained decentralized finance code were reproduced this week as public proof-of-concept tests, one against a legacy Balancer pool and one against Float Protocol. DeFiHackLabs published runnable reproductions of the Bala…
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Bridge and Mint Exploits Sustain Heavy DeFi Losses
Over 3-6 months, recurring bridge proof-validation and unauthorized-mint exploits keep monthly DeFi losses elevated, including drains of deprecated contracts.
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