DeFi project Pickle Finance exploited for $20 million
The DeFi project Pickle Finance is the latest DeFi platform to experience an exploit that resulted in tens of millions of dollars stolen.
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Origin Protocol struggles to compensate exploit victims
Origin Protocol, the DeFi project that was exploited for $7.7 million on November 17th, is having trouble compensating exploit victims.