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Weekend Wrap: Uniswap dev sacked for alleged rug, Steadefi hacker goes mixing and more

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Uniswap developer AzFlin has admitted to creating the FRENS token but has argued what he did doesn't constitute a rug pull. Uniswap dev loses job, was it worth it? A Uniswap developer known as “AzFlin” has been sacked by the founder of Uniswap Labs, Hayden Adams, for alleged ly creating a memecoin and rug pulling it a few hours later for 14 wrapped-Ether (wETH), worth $25,800. It is understood that AzFlin developed and deployed FrensTech token (FRENS) on Coinbase’s new layer 2 blockchain Base on Aug 12 before selling the tokens raised from the liquidity shortly after. Adams publicly confirmed the sacking of AzFlin, adding that such behaviour is neither supported nor condoned at Uniswap Labs. Wanted to let people know this person is no longer with the company. Not behavior we support or condone. https://t.co/sxVowwIR3Q — hayden.eth (@haydenzadams) August 12, 2023 The developer has mocked the situation at hand with a series of light-hearted posts along with a new X (formerly Tw...

Arcadia Finance hacker used reentrancy exploit, team demands return of funds

In a post-mortem report, Arcadia Finance developers said an attacker stole funds by liquidating a vault before it could perform a health check, interrupting the app’s normal flow of operations. The Arcadia Finance attacker used a reentrancy exploit to drain $455,000 from the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, according to a July 10 post-mortem report issued by the app’s development team. A “reentrancy exploit” is a bug that allows an attacker to “reenter” a contract or interrupt it during a multi-step process, preventing the process from being completed correctly. The team has sent a message to the attacker demanding the return of funds within 24 hours and threatening police action if the hacker fails to comply. Post Mortem of ongoing situation, providing a technical overview and sharing more information on next steps.https://t.co/NPNbbSzKBQ — Arcadia Finance (@ArcadiaFi) July 10, 2023 Arcadia Finance was exploit ed on the morning of July 10 and drained of $455,000 worth of...