Alchemix and JPEG'd Recoup Losses as Curve Finance Hacker Returns Stolen Funds

A crypto wallet labeled “Alchemix/CurveFinance Exploiter” has returned funds that were stolen from Alchemex earlier in the week. The NFT staking platform JPEG'd has also seen the return of stolen assets.

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For the second consecutive day, Curve DAO (CRV) is on a bullish rampage in what appears as a push from the growing positive sentiment that its biggest woes might soon be over. The CRV token is changing hands at a price of $0.6275, up by 10.2% over the past 24 hours.

On July 30, JPEG'd, which offers a DeFi lending protocol that lets users borrow against their collateralized NFTs (non-fungible tokens), was hacked, losing $11.6 million in cryptocurrencies.

Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov sells 8 million CRV to 5 investors again through over-the-counter (OTC) to pay off his $80 million debt. Meanwhile, Curve Finance pools hackers agreed and started to return funds in exchange for a 10% bounty announced by Curve and other DeFi protocols to prevent a major collapse of DeFi.

Curve Finance's native token witnessed some recovery after the exploit that hit the network recently. However, the slight recovery was accompanied by token metrics indicating a loss of investor confidence.

JPEG'd verifies the retrieval of $10 million in Ether following the Curve Finance breach, as the hacker commences a surprising return of stolen assets across various DeFi platforms.

The attacker who targeted Curve Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has begun returning some of the stolen funds. The attacker sent 4,821 Ethereum (ETH), worth approximately $9 million, in a series of transactions to Alchemix Finance, one of the victims.

In a surprising turn of events, the hacker known as the “Alchemix/Curve Finance Exploiter” has returned a total of 4,819.55 alteth and 6106 Ethereum (ETH) to Alchemix Finance, as reported by the journalist Colin Wu. The hacker, who had gained unauthorized access to the protocol, had earlier demanded that the Alchemix Finance team confirm the address to which they wanted the stolen funds returned.

In a significant turn of events, the infamous hacker responsible for the breach of Curve Finance, a prominent Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol has initiated the process of returning the stolen funds. This unexpected development marks a significant stride in the ongoing battle to enhance the security and resilience of the DeFi ecosystem.

The Curve Finance team confirmed contact with the Alchemix alETH pool exploiter via on-chain messages. Curve, Metronome, and Alchemix previously asked the exploiters to return 90% of the drained funds for a 10% bounty in return.

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