OPTIMISM HACKER WHO WALKED AWAY WITH 20M TOKENS SENDS 1M TO ETHEREUM FOUNDER VITALIK BUTERIN

Last updated: June 17, 2025, 02:30  |  Written by: Charlie Shrem

Optimism Hacker Who Walked Away With 20M Tokens Sends 1M To Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin
Optimism Hacker Who Walked Away With 20M Tokens Sends 1M To Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin

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Optimism Hacker Who Walked Away With 20M Tokens

Hacker Sends 1 Million OP Tokens to Vitalik Buterin. A hacker managed to stole 20 million OP governance tokens from liquidity provider Wintermute’s wallet address.

Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Optimism revealed yesterday that a hacker made away with 20 million Optimism (OP) tokens after token launch partner Wintermute

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Optimism

Optimism, the platform behind Ethereum’s layer-2 scaling solution, witnessed an exploit recently. A hacker got away with 20 million OP tokens after token launch partner

The market maker for Optimism’s native OP token lost 20 million tokens after it discovered it didn’t have access to its contract on the layer-2 scaling solution. The hacker

Hacker got optimized and stole around $35 million - Medium

The Optimism Foundation Has Revealed

A mysterious hacker has carted away 20 million stolen Optimism (OP) tokens due to an accidental transfer between Wintermute and Optimism.

The Optimism Foundation has revealed that it lost 20 million OP tokens in an incident involving the market-making firm Wintermute. Wintermute had mistakenly provided

Optimism Hacker Sends 1 Million Tokens to Ethereum Founder

The Anonymous Hacker Who Stole

Optimism Losses 20 Million OP Tokens to Hackers as

Is Vitalik Buterin Behind The Recent $16 Mln Optimism (OP) Hack?

The anonymous hacker who stole 20M OP tokens has sent another 1M to Vitalik Buterin and made a reassuring promise to Optimism.

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