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Hackers steal $31.6M in 2 crypto bridge attacks within 7 hours
What happened
AFX, a decentralized perpetual exchange operating on Arbitrum, reportedly lost $24.15 million on Wednesday, while the Verus Ethereum bridge was attacked hours later. [Update 7:20 am UTC, July 23: Adds comments from Blockaid CEO Ido Ben Natan starting in the eighth paragraph.].
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