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Today in crypto, the Balancer DAO has given the hacker behind the exploit until Saturday to return the stolen funds for a bounty. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan is considering converting part of its sovereign wealth and gold reserves into digital assets, and a new Schwab survey shows that 45% of ETF investors plan to buy crypto ETFs.
The Balancer Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) issued an onchain notice to the wallet holder behind an exploit this week that resulted in more than $100 million in digital assets being stolen.
In a Friday X post, Balancer posted a copy of the message it sent to the individual or group responsible for the incident tied to the platform’s V2 Composable Stable Pools. The decentralized exchange offered them until Saturday to return the funds in exchange for an unspecified bounty, or it would use “technical, onchain, and legal measures” to pursue matters.
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