Max Bid Crypto Now: Market Maker Wintermute Turns Fully Bullish
Wintermute, one of crypto’s largest market makers, struck an overtly risk-on tone in a Monday market update on X, arguing that a dovish macro turn and thawing US–China tensions have reset positioning and liquidity into a friendlier Q4 regime. In a post dated October 28, the firm wrote that “risk appetite is returning as softer CPI data and improving Trump-Xi relations lifted markets, with yields easing and volatility declining,” adding that “Bitcoin reclaimed $115k on ETF inflows and short squeezes, while DeFi and AI sectors led the recovery.” Wintermute’s Bullish Crypto Outlook For....
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The CEO of Wintermute has stated that they are "open" to treating the hack as a white hat hack and would speak to the attacker. Wintermute, a cryptocurrency market maker based in the United Kingdom, became the latest victim of decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks for approximately $160 million, according to Evgeny Gaevoy, the company’s founder and CEO.Short communication on the ongoing Wintermute hack— wishful cynic (@EvgenyGaevoy) September 20, 2022 According to Etherscan, over 70 different tokens have been transferred to “Wintermute exploiter,” including $61,350,986 in USD Coin....
After repayment of TrueFi’s $92 million loan, Wintermute still owes $97.4 million to Maple Finance and Clearpool in loans. When Wintermute, a cryptocurrency market maker, lost $160 million due to a hack, concerns related to the repayment of debt worth $189.4 million surfaced. However, in an exciting turn of events, Wintermute paid back its largest debt due Oct. 15, involving a $92 million Tether (USDT) loan issued by TrueFi.After repayment of TrueFi’s $92 million loan, Wintermute still owes $75 million to Maple Finance in USD Coin (USDC) and wrapped ether (WETH) and $22.4 million to....
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The Hong Kong-based group documented its reproduction of the hack on its tech and security oriented blog, seeking insights into Web3’s attack surface spectrum. Amber Group has reproduced the recent Wintermute hack, the Hong Kong-based crypto finance service provider announced on its blog. The process was fast and simple, and used hardware easily accessible to consumers. Wintermute lost over $160 million in a private key hack on Sept. 20.Reproducing the hack can help “build a better understanding of the attack surface spectrum across Web3,” Amber Group said. It was only hours after the hack....
Tron (TRX) has recently disclosed a collaboration with Wintermute to boost Tron’s DeFi ecosystem and more so, to enhance network accessibility and liquidity. TRX price up by 0.43% Tron spikes in terms of popularity and value amounting to $1.2 billion Network integration with Wintermute to improve liquidity, accessibility Not that Tron needs it desperately as it has been outpacing its rivals but continuous pump and evolution is necessary to thrive in the crypto arena. Overall, the partnership aims to make Wintermute as Tron’s official market maker to basically increase trading volumes and....