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Journalists have learned about the hacker attack on the hedge fund BlockTower Capital

Forklog / 15.05.2024 / 12:48
Journalists have learned about the hacker attack on the hedge fund BlockTower Capital

Cryptocurrency hedge fund BlockTower Capital lost an unnamed amount as a result of a hacker attack. Bloomberg learned about the incident from informed sources.

According to PitchBook, the company has assets worth $1.7 billion under management.

The attackers remain at large.

The firm hired blockchain forensic analysts to investigate.

BlockTower declined to comment on the hack.

In February 2023, the organization was already a victim of hackers. Then the losses amounted to $1.55 million in TrueFi tokens.

The company previously closed a market-neutral fund that once managed assets worth over $100 million, according to Bloomberg.

Founded in 2017, BlockTower Capital has invested in well-known cryptocurrency and Web3 firms like Dapper Labs, Sky Mavis, Aptos Labs, Maple Finance, according to Dealroom.

In October 2022, the company launched a structure with an AUM of $150 million.

Recall that a month before, the Wintermute market maker lost $160 million in assets as a result of a hacker attack.

Experts linked the incident to a vulnerability in the Ethereum address generator.

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