Wintermute: Everything to know about the $160M exploit

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U.K. based crypto market maker Wintermute became the victim of a hack earlier on 20 September. Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy informed users on Twitter about the exploit on the platform’s DeFi operations, which has led to a loss of about $160 million.

“If you have a MM agreement with Wintermute, your funds are safe. There will be a disruption in our services today and potentially for the next few days and will get back to normal after” Gaevoy warned users as his firm scrambled to get a grip on the situation. 

Data from Etherscan showed that the perpetrator made away with more than $61 million in USD Coin (USDC), $29.4 million worth of Tether (USDT), and 671 wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) worth more than $13 million, among several other tokens worth millions of dollars. 

Evgeny Gaevoy has assured users that in spite of the massive exploit, the company had twice the amount lost, left in equity, putting to rest any concerns over solvency. As per his statement, Wintermute’s estimated remaining equity should be north of $320 million. 

The CEO added that a token sell-off was unlikely, given that the hack was spread over 90 assets, and the maximum concentration of the exploit on an asset did not exceed $2.5 million, with only two affected assets exploited to the tune of over $1 million. He also clarified that CeFi and OTC operations were not affected by the hack.

Gaevoy gave creditors of the Wintermute the option to “recall” loans if they had concerns about the liquidity or solvency of the company.

The CEO has not dismissed the possibility of the hack being the actions of white hat hackers who often identify technical vulnerabilities in exchange for a bounty/ portion of the loot. Well, he has urged the attacker to “get in touch.”

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