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BlockTower Capital’s Primary Hedge Fund Falls Victim to Fraud
May 15, 2024 3:53 AM

BlockTower Capitals primary hedge fund has fallen victim to fraudsters, who have managed to drain its assets partially.

According to the Bloomberg report, the stolen funds have not yet been recovered, and the perpetrator remains at large. However, one source revealed that the firm roped in blockchain forensics experts to investigate the theft and recently informed its partners about the incident.

The latest development suggests that even a major investment firm is not immune to threats that mostly prey on retail investors. Interestingly, BlockTower Capital lost nearly $1.5 million after the exploit of decentralized exchange aggregator Dexible last February. The wallet address in question linked to the Dexible exploiter drained approximately $1.5 million in TRU tokens from a wallet identified as BlockTowers by Arkham Intelligence. Nansen also confirmed the wallet was labeled as BlockTower Capital. The company shut down its market-neutral crypto fund last year due to a shortage of viable investment opportunities. In addition to BlockTowers exploit, a lesser-known decentralized lending protocol called Sonne Finance was also exploited that resulted $20 million in losses. In its post-mortem report, Sonne stated that its team discovered the issue 25 minutes after the exploit occurred. Although they couldnt recover the funds, the investigation into the exploiters identity is currently underway. The protocol also mentioned they are willing to offer a bounty to the exploiter and commit to not pursuing the matter further if the funds are returned.

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